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Dominic Byrne is a British newsreader, presenter, songwriter and musician. He works on Radio X and has previously worked for BBC Radio 1 and Capital FM, interviewing celebrities and hosting features and parody songs.
Actor: Space Pirates. Dominic Byrne is known for Space Pirates (2007), The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2015) and At Home with the Buckleys (2020).
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Dom was born in Norwich on 10 November 1972. He likes to make it known he moved soon after. He describes himself as 'having lived all over the place'. After leaving college, Dom went to university in Bournemouth, albeit for just 2 weeks. He was offered a job in a radio newsroom, so he quit, £1000 in debt after buying a big hi-fi and big TV.
Dom was a freelance reporter before he joined Radio 1 in 1997. He first worked (briefly) alongside Chris Moyles when he read the overnight news on Chris's 4-7am show. Following work as a Newsbeat reporter, Dom returned to the studio as part of the regular presentation team a couple of years later. He would often fill in for Carolyn Atkinson and rea...
Dominic joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new Chris Moyles Breakfast Show, describing the first day as "early, and fantastic". Since moving to Breakfast, Dom became a hugely popular member of the team - and the source of many funny moments. They include his Hunt For David Hoff in Hawaii, and ...
In March 2013, he joined commercial radio station Capital FM to read the news on their flagship breakfast show. He left the station in June 2014.
In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the Radio X Breakfast Showwhen it launched on 21 September 2015.
On television, Dominic provided the voice of Zorst in the CBeebies show Space Pirates in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he was the presenter on Newsbeat's Oddbox; a short programme broadcast on BBC News looking at strange news stories from that week. He also presented Dragons' Den Online, an online version of the hit BBC Two series Dragons' Den.
Dom was married to Nicola until they split in 2015. The couple were married since March 2001 and have three children: son Finton, born in July 2003, and two daughters Xanthe, born in November 2005, and Tilda, born in May 2009. Nicola died of lung cancer in 2018. At the time of Nicola's illness, Dominic was absent from the show for a prolonged time,...
Despite being from Norwich, he hates the Norfolk accent.He claims to be a vegetarian, but eats chicken, duck and fish.He supports Liverpool FC and his favourite colour is red.He likes to visit Whipsnade Zoo and in particular, Barclay the sea lion.- 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Jan 23, 2023 · Dominic Byrne, a producer on The Chris Moyles Show, has a number one song on iTunes with Holy Water, featuring Abigail DB. The track was promoted by Chris Moyles, who asked listeners to support it on iTunes.
Nov 9, 2022 · Dominic Byrne is a newsreader and presenter who joined BBC Radio 1 in 1997 and now works with Chris Moyles on Radio X. He reads the news for the breakfast show and has interviewed celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Dominic Byrne’s 50 at 50 challenges this week saw him take on two new career paths: Magician and Postman. One experience included a straitjacket and the other included an a questionable tour of Soho.
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Oct 23, 2020 · Dom has been ill all week! Dr. Moyles has decided to investigate was was wrong with him...ever miss a beat (or riff) by SUBSCRIBING to The Chris Moyles Show ...
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