OJ Borg
Encyclopedia
OJ Borg is an English
radio and television presenter.
s. He started out at Galaxy Manchester
as a member of The Ground Crew; he then progressed through Traffic and Travel with Trafficlink
to the evening show at Kix 96 Fm in Coventry
. From there he moved back to Manchester
to co-present The Breakfast Club on Oldham's 96.2 The Revolution with Sarah Mills.
Through summer 2008, Borg presented The Saturday Breakfast Show on Xfm South Wales before the station was sold and renamed Nation Radio
.
Borg has also worked for Kerrang! Radio
in Birmingham
and in Summer 2010 sat in for Iain Lee
on Absolute Radio.
Borg sat in for Janice Long overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 15th-19th August 2011.
Borg sat in for Alex Lester overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 19th - 24th September 2011.
From October 2011 he presents a Saturday breakfast show on Key 103
.
in late 2005 when he was picked up by VH1
to host their live and interactive show Radio Gaga alongside Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion. He has fronted guides to the Oxegen Festival in Ireland
and Ibiza
and presented The Rewind and Ultimate Charts, and the film show Screen.
Borg has also been a presenter
on TMF
Kicks, working first with Carole Machin
, then Kate Edmondson daily from 4-8 pm.
Borg is also a presenter of the National Lottery
and Euromillions
programmes on BBC One
.
On 12 September 2007, Borg, along with Lynsey Horn
, launched the new Freeview channel Nuts TV
, presenting the weeknight live shows along with gameshow North Vs South. During this time he also presented with Chanelle Hayes
and Lucy Pinder
.
Borg was a continuity voice on newly branded channel Five, and took part in The Bullrun, a Gumball 3000
style rally across the United States
which was documented for Nuts TV.
Borg has also been the post-fight interviewer for Cage Rage
promotions on NutsTV. Along with that he now presents Cage Fighter for Sky Sports which is an MMA panel show.
.
In August 2009, Borg was voted "Personality Most Likely To Turn On Cathedral Square Christmas Lights" by readers of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph
. The lights were in fact switched on by former BBC Radio 1
disc jockey
Jakki Brambles
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
radio and television presenter.
Radio
Borg has worked at various radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s. He started out at Galaxy Manchester
Galaxy Manchester
Capital Manchester is a Manchester, England radio station owned by the Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital network specialising in mainstream music...
as a member of The Ground Crew; he then progressed through Traffic and Travel with Trafficlink
Trafficlink
Trafficlink is a British company specialising in providing real-time traffic information. Clients include the BBC, ITN, ITV, Sky News and Transport Direct...
to the evening show at Kix 96 Fm in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
. From there he moved back to Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
to co-present The Breakfast Club on Oldham's 96.2 The Revolution with Sarah Mills.
Through summer 2008, Borg presented The Saturday Breakfast Show on Xfm South Wales before the station was sold and renamed Nation Radio
Nation Radio
Nation Radio launched on 16 June 2008 as a regional radio station broadcasting to the South Wales area from Neath.Nation Radio took over the Ofcom broadcasting licence held by Xfm South Wales when GCap Media sold the station to Town and Country Broadcasting for an unspecified fee on 30 May 2008....
.
Borg has also worked for Kerrang! Radio
Kerrang! 105.2
Kerrang! Radio is a specialist rock music radio station broadcasting to the West Midlands, England. The station's format mixes modern & classic rock with speech programmes targeted at young people and an adult rock audience. Broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands and DAB & Freeview and online,...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and in Summer 2010 sat in for Iain Lee
Iain Lee
Iain Lee is a British comedian, and a television and radio presenter. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 and RI:SE...
on Absolute Radio.
Borg sat in for Janice Long overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 15th-19th August 2011.
Borg sat in for Alex Lester overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 19th - 24th September 2011.
From October 2011 he presents a Saturday breakfast show on Key 103
Key 103
Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of...
.
Television
Borg moved into televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in late 2005 when he was picked up by VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
to host their live and interactive show Radio Gaga alongside Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion. He has fronted guides to the Oxegen Festival in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
and presented The Rewind and Ultimate Charts, and the film show Screen.
Borg has also been a presenter
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
on TMF
The Music Factory
The Music Factory is a pop music television channel that operates in Belgium .TMF previously operated channels in the Netherlands , the UK with TMF UK and Australia with . The brand is owned by MTV Networks International...
Kicks, working first with Carole Machin
Carole Machin
Carole Machin is an English television presenter who is currently seen on TMF as the channel's news anchor and also introduces programmes under the 'TMF Kicks' banner. She appears in the factual consumer rights programme 'Don't Get Screwed' broadcast first on BBC three in October 2009...
, then Kate Edmondson daily from 4-8 pm.
Borg is also a presenter of the National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
and Euromillions
EuroMillions
EuroMillions is a transnational lottery, launched on 7 February 2004 by France's Française des Jeux, Spain's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, and the United Kingdom's Camelot. The first draw was held on Friday 13 February 2004 in Paris...
programmes on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
.
On 12 September 2007, Borg, along with Lynsey Horn
Lynsey Horn
Lynsey Hipgrave, formerly known as Lynsey Horn, is an English television and radio presenter.-Radio:Hipgrave's big break came on Manchester radio station Galaxy 102 where she presented the breakfast show, before being appointed a travel reporter on Radio 5 Live.She co-presents the Saturday morning...
, launched the new Freeview channel Nuts TV
Nuts TV
Nuts TV was a British television channel related to Nuts magazine. Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007, and launched on Sky Digital on 21 January 2008....
, presenting the weeknight live shows along with gameshow North Vs South. During this time he also presented with Chanelle Hayes
Chanelle Hayes
Chanelle Jade Hayes is an English television personality, singer and model. She was a student at NEW College, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, studying Spanish, Music & English before becoming well known by appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2007 when she was 19 years...
and Lucy Pinder
Lucy Pinder
Lucy Katherine Pinder is an English glamour model, from Winchester, Hampshire.-Modelling career:In the summer of 2003, Pinder was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach...
.
Borg was a continuity voice on newly branded channel Five, and took part in The Bullrun, a Gumball 3000
Gumball 3000
The Gumball 3000 is an annual international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different route around the world each year. Founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, it sees an annual entry of 120 cars, which are mostly exotic and powerful sports cars. However, more unusual entries ...
style rally across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
which was documented for Nuts TV.
Borg has also been the post-fight interviewer for Cage Rage
Cage Rage
Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...
promotions on NutsTV. Along with that he now presents Cage Fighter for Sky Sports which is an MMA panel show.
Digital media
Borg also presents and produces his own programme, The 11th Commandment on digital media network MevioMevio
Mevio Inc., is an American internet entertainment network, whose properties include PodShow+, PodShow Podcast Network, PodShowPDN, Podcast Alley, CastBlaster, the Podsafe Music Network and, BT PodShow...
.
Other achievements
In August 2008, Borg participated in the UK Air Guitar Final at the Carling Academy Islington, under the name Johnny Hot Sausage, finishing 12th overall.In August 2009, Borg was voted "Personality Most Likely To Turn On Cathedral Square Christmas Lights" by readers of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
The Peterborough Evening Telegraph, or ET as it is known locally, is the local newspaper for the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom...
. The lights were in fact switched on by former BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
Jakki Brambles
Jakki Brambles
Jackie Brambles , formerly known as Jakki Brambles, is an English journalist, radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life and early career:...
.