Jo Whiley
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Whiley at the 2005 Student Radio Awards
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| Birth name | Johanne Whiley |
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4 July 1965 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Show | The Jo Whiley Show |
| Station(s) | BBC Radio 2 |
| Time slot | 20:00–22:00 Monday-Thursday |
| Style | DJ |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Parents | Martin and Christine Whiley |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Morton (1991–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website |
BBC Radio 2 minisite Myspace site |
Johanne "Jo" Whiley (born 4 July 1965) is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running weekday Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1.
Whiley was born in Northampton to Martin, an electrician, and Christine, a postmistress. She attended Campion School at Bugbrooke, near Northampton and then studied applied languages at Brighton Polytechnic. She swam competitively for Northamptonshire.
Whiley had an unusual upbringing due to her sister, Frances, suffering from cri du chat, the symptoms of which meant that her sister suffered from outbursts and temper tantrums, obsessive behaviour and a short attention span. The illness is congenital and Whiley is a carrier. In 2006, she said that she had been tested at each of her pregnancies, and that she would have terminated any of the pregnancies if the tests had proved positive.
In Whiley's final year of her degree, still unsure of what she wanted to do, a conversation with a lecturer led to a job with BBC Radio Sussex on a show called Turn It Up. It allowed anyone to get on the radio and required Whiley to attend shows and interview the musicians.
After a year, Whiley left for City University London for a one-year course on radio journalism. After writing many letters, she got a job as a researcher on WPFM, a BBC Radio 4 youth culture and music show. When the presenters Terry Christian and Gary Crowley left, she took over, gaining her first presenting role. She then moved into television, firstly at British Satellite Broadcasting where she produced and presented the indie show, and then at Channel 4 where she worked as a researcher on The Word, with her friend Zoë Ball. Whiley moved on to BBC Radio 1 from September 1993 until March 2011, during the heyday of Britpop with bands such as Blur and Oasis. She hosted a weekday evening show called The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, which was oriented towards less-mainstream, non-dance music. Whiley presented her own show on Saturday afternoon in late 1995.
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