Danny Cox (radio presenter)
{{Short description|British radio presenter and journalist}}
Danny Cox is a British radio presenter and journalist.
He currently presents music-based shows on Virgin Radio Anthems{{Cite web |title=Virgin Radio Anthems {{!}} Virgin Radio |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/play/virginradioanthems |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=virginradio.co.uk}} and Virgin Radio 80s Plus;{{Cite web |title=Virgin Radio 80s Plus {{!}} Virgin Radio |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/play/virginradio80splus |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=virginradio.co.uk}} he is also a journalist for BBC News Streaming, a presenter of The Newsroom on the BBC World Service, and a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Oxford - Danny Cox, 22/10/2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jxv4jv |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
Career
Cox's career began at BBC Radio Leicester.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-14 |title=Danny Cox to control Mix 96 |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2009/10/danny-cox-to-control-mix-96/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}
In the 1980s, Cox presented the chart show on Radio Trent in Nottingham.{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=David |date=2020-06-28 |title=Trent 301 - Beginnings |url=https://www.davidlloydradio.com/post/trent-301-beginnings |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=davidlloydradio |language=en}} The show involved a countdown of the best-selling pop music songs of the week, with some or all of the songs being played in full.
In the latter half of the 1990s, he worked as a presenter at Fox FM (now known as Heart Oxfordshire) in Oxfordshire; during this time, he lost his fiancee, the broadcaster Sue McGarry, to suicide.{{Cite web |last=Tarrant |first=Fiona |date=1998-09-21 |title=How I'll remember my Sue |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6638448.remember-sue/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}
Cox launched the Oxford Channel in 1999.
In 2006, Cox was working as a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford, presenting on weekdays between 10am and 1pm.{{Cite web |last=BBC |title=Danny Cox |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2006/01/10/danny_cox.shtml |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-gb}} In 2008, Louisa Hannan, also a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford at the time, joined Cox for a new mid-morning show on the station, "Daytimes with Danny and Lou". The show was created as a result of feedback from members of the BBC Radio Oxford audience, some of which was gathered at a special event.{{Cite web |date=2008-02-08 |title=Oxford's new mid-morning show |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2008/02/oxfords-new-mid-morning-show/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}} The show included music, consumer advice and other content.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Oxford - Daytime with Danny & Lou |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d76l |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Cox and Hannan presented their last programme together in 2009.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Oxford - Daytime with Danny & Lou - Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d76l/episodes/guide |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Hannan continued to present the programme after Cox's departure from BBC Radio Oxford in 2009. In 2009, Cox was also working as a voiceover artist.{{Cite web |date=2009-05-05 |title=Radio Oxford presenter to leave |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4343996.radio-oxford-presenter-leave/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}
In 2009, Cox was appointed Station Controller and presenter of the morning show at Mix 96 in Buckinghamshire.{{Cite web |last=ResponseSource |title=New programmer into the Mix |url=https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/new-programmer-into-the-mix/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=ResponseSource |language=en}}
As of 2016, Cox was a sports presenter at BBC Radio Oxford.{{Cite news |title=BBC Local Live: Oxfordshire on Friday 22 January 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-oxfordshire-35284858?page=3 |access-date=2024-11-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} He also presented the station's Saturday afternoon sports programme at this time. Cox is still a presenter of sports programmes for the station.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Oxford - Danny Cox - Available now |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01224g3/episodes/player |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} In addition, in the 2010s, Cox presented some travel bulletins for the station, live from the Traffic Control Centre of Oxfordshire.
Since 2014, Cox has been at the BBC World Service as a presenter of The Newsroom (a programme featuring reports from BBC journalists from around the world about the latest news stories); he has also presented BBC Outside Source (a programme featuring in-depth coverage of current news stories from across the world). As part of his duties as a presenter of The Newsroom, Cox also presents the BBC's Global News Podcast.
Cox is a presenter on Virgin Radio Anthems, a radio station broadcasting nationally on DAB+ in the UK, and Virgin Radio 80s Plus, which broadcasts to some of the UK on digital radio. He joined Virgin Radio Anthems no later than 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=Schedule changes for Virgin Anthems, Chilled and Groove |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/02/radio-schedule-changes-for-virgin-anthems-chilled-and-groove/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}
Cox is also a Senior Journalist at BBC News Streaming.{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Danny |title=Danny Cox (@dannycoxlive) {{!}} X |url=https://x.com/dannycoxlive?lang=en |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=X}}
Cox has been the sole voiceover for BBC Radio Derby.
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Category:British radio presenters