Dominic King
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Dominic King is a Sony Gold Radio Academy award winning radio broadcaster.
. For several years he worked for commercial radio stations in the South East of England including KFM
in Tonbridge, Mercury FM in Crawley, Fame 1521, TLR
, and Medway FM
. In 2000, he went to work for Sky News Radio, before going freelance. After a six month spell at Kent Police in Folkestone as a Press Officer, he joined the new BBC South East news division in Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 2001.
Initially as a news reader at BBC Radio Kent
he became the regular drive presenter with his Big Drive Home show. In January 2008, he took over the mid morning slot, now known as 'Dominic King in the Morning' between 10am and 1pm. In July 2009, he went back to the 4-7pm Drivetime programme. On December 6th 2010 he became the presenter of Drivetime across the South East broadcasting on BBC Radio Kent, BBC Sussex
and BBC Surrey
.
He is married and lives on the Romney Marsh
.
He won two Gold BBC Frank Gillard awards for local radio, and received a Gold Sony Radio Academy award for his coverage of the 60th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.
Biography
King started his career as a journalist with the Early Times Newspaper for Young People, before working with the BBC as a youth reporter for the BBC Nature series, presented by Michael BuerkMichael Buerk
Michael Duncan Buerk is a BBC journalist and newsreader, most famous for his reporting of the Ethiopian famine on 23 October 1984, which inspired the Band Aid charity record.-Early life:...
. For several years he worked for commercial radio stations in the South East of England including KFM
KMFM West Kent
KMFM West Kent is an Independent Local Radio serving the towns of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England...
in Tonbridge, Mercury FM in Crawley, Fame 1521, TLR
KMFM Thanet
KMFM Thanet is an Independent Local Radio serving the Isle of Thanet and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:...
, and Medway FM
KMFM Medway
KMFM Medway is an Independent Local Radio serving the Medway Towns and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:...
. In 2000, he went to work for Sky News Radio, before going freelance. After a six month spell at Kent Police in Folkestone as a Press Officer, he joined the new BBC South East news division in Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 2001.
Initially as a news reader at BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the...
he became the regular drive presenter with his Big Drive Home show. In January 2008, he took over the mid morning slot, now known as 'Dominic King in the Morning' between 10am and 1pm. In July 2009, he went back to the 4-7pm Drivetime programme. On December 6th 2010 he became the presenter of Drivetime across the South East broadcasting on BBC Radio Kent, BBC Sussex
BBC Sussex
BBC Sussex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Sussex. It began on 14 February 1968 as BBC Radio Brighton, later becoming BBC Radio Sussex and then part of BBC Southern Counties Radio, before adopting its present name on 30 March 2009...
and BBC Surrey
BBC Surrey
BBC Surrey is the BBC Local Radio service covering the English county of Surrey, along with North-East Hampshire and the northern fringes of West Sussex including Crawley, East Grinstead and Gatwick Airport...
.
He is married and lives on the Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about 100 mi ² .-Quotations:*“As Egypt was the gift of the Nile, this level tract .....
.
He won two Gold BBC Frank Gillard awards for local radio, and received a Gold Sony Radio Academy award for his coverage of the 60th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.