Paul Hayes (radio presenter)
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Paul Hayes is a British radio presenter and voiceover artist who presents on the Magic family of stations and on Virgin Radio Chilled.
Background
[edit]Hayes grew up in Uckfield, East Sussex.[1] At the age of 15, Hayes and a friend started a wedding disco business. He attended university for a year, but stopped attending because he was offered a job.[2]
Career
[edit]Hayes' career in broadcasting started when he worked on the consumer part of the Young Good Morning programme on BBC One in 1996; on this, he worked with James Corden.[3]
Hayes' radio career began when he started presenting on Neptune Radio in Kent, where he worked from 1998 until 1999.[4]
Around the turn of the millennium, Hayes presented the weekday late show on Southern FM. He then presented at Galaxy Yorkshire.
As of 2003, Hayes was a presenter of the weekday mid-morning show at TFM in Cleveland.[5]
Between January 2004[4] and 2010, Hayes presented on Heart 106.2 in London and across the Heart Radio network. In 2008, he was presenting the evening show between 7pm and 10pm between Monday and Thursday, and Club Classics on Friday and Saturday evenings from 6pm on Heart.[4]
In 2010, moved from Heart Sussex, where he was presenting the drivetime show, to presenting the drivetime show on Channel 4 FM in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[6] While in Dubai, he also presented on Coast 103.2.[7]
Until 2013, Hayes presented for three years on 92.5 The Beat in Montreal, Canada.[8] While at the station, he presented the Heartbeats show between 8pm and 11pm on weekdays, which focussed on love songs and listeners' dedications.[7]
In 2013, Hayes began presenting a show between 10am and 3pm on weekdays on Radio Aire in Leeds.[8] In the same year, Hayes began presenting on Magic Radio.[9] As of 2021, Hayes presented the weekday early breakfast show between 4am and 6am and a 10pm-midnight show on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on Magic Radio.[10]
In 2023, Hayes became the Content Editor at Radio News Hub,[11] which supplies bulletins of news and other information for radio stations across the world.[12]
Hayes has presented across the Magic network of radio stations for several years. Hayes currently presents the weekday breakfast show between 7am and 10am on Magic Soul[13] (which he began presenting in 2022[14]), the weekday drivetime show between 4pm and 8pm on Mellow Magic[15] and the Monday-Thursday early breakfast show between 4am and 6am on Magic Radio.[16]
In addition, Hayes works at Virgin Radio Chilled, where he presents the weekend breakfast show between 6am and 10am.[17]
Hayes has done extensive voiceover work for media outlets in several countries, including imaging and promos.[18] As of 2017, Hayes was voiceover for Radio 2, a radio station broadcasting across the United Arab Emirates.
Personal life
[edit]Hayes is interested in cooking and cars. He enjoys spending time in the outdoors.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Hayes, Paul. "(1) Paul Hayes 🎧 on X: "Congrats @RagNBoneManUK..." X. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "S03 E23 - Paul Hayes". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Paul Hayes – Voicetracker Hub". Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b c "heart - Paul Hayes". web.archive.org. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Live, Teesside (2003-07-23). "Top of the fashion pops". Teesside Live. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "No more Heart for Paul Hayes". RadioToday. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b "Paul Hayes joins Canadian station The Beat". RadioToday. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ a b "Hayes to take over afternoons on Radio Aire - Prolific North". 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b "Paul Hayes | Presenter Biography - Magic Classical". Planet Radio. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Simon Phillips and Sonali Shah among new shows on Magic Radio". On The Radio. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Paul Hayes joins Radio News Hub as Content Editor". RadioToday. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "About | Radio News Hub". www.radionewshub.com. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Magic Soul Schedule | List of Upcoming Shows". Planet Radio. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ bauermediaadmin (2022-04-29). "Magic Radio welcomes a new presenter and schedule changes from May". Bauer Media. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Mellow Magic Schedule | List of Upcoming Shows". Planet Radio. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Magic Radio Schedule | List of Upcoming Shows". Planet Radio. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Virgin Radio Chilled | Virgin Radio". virginradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Paul Hayes - voice actor | Bunny Studio". bunnystudio.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.