Jordan North Biography
Jordan North is an English radio DJ and television broadcaster who has formerly aired shows on BBC Radio One. After Roman Kemp leaves Capital Breakfast in April 2024, he will take over as host.
How old is Jordan North? – Age
He is 34 years old as of 14 February 2024. He was born in 1990 in York, United Kingdom. His real name is Jordan Levi North.
Jordan North Family – Education
North was born to Graham and Wendy North. He grew raised in Burnley, Lancashire, specifically in Harle Syke. He attended St James’ Lanehead Primary School till the age of eleven. After relocating to Preston, North attended Penwortham Priory Academy and later Preston’s College. He was born to a military family.
Nine of his close family members have served in the army, including his father Graham, who served in the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment from 1982 to 2006, and his brother Ryan, who serves in 2 PARA. North graduated from the University of Sunderland in 2011 with a First Class degree in B.A. Media Production. In July 2023, the University of Sunderland awarded North an Honorary Fellowship.
Jordan North Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of £75,000.
Jordan North Podcast
Since March 2018, North has co-hosted the comic agony aunt podcast Help I Sexted My Boss with friend and etiquette expert William Hanson.The show expects to offer counsel to audience members who have experienced cutting edge issues. The digital recording is at present in its twelfth series (as of February 2024) and was designated for Best Diversion Webcast at the English Digital recording Grants 2020. On 5 February 2020, North showed up on kids’ singing contest Got The stuff? as a visitor tutor during the program’s yearly Radio 1 meeting challenge. In November 2020, it was reported that North would partake in the 20th series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!. He completed second on 4 December 2020, with Giovanna Fletcher delegated the Sovereign of the Palace.
Jordan North Career
While working at Spark FM during his final year of university, North entered a Bauer Radio talent search and won a Sunday show on The Hits Radio. He has also worked for Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s in-house radio station and Preston FM, a community radio station.
After leaving Spark and graduating from university, North worked as a researcher and producer for BBC Radio 5 Live. After filming a “pilot” show for Capital North East, he began hosting shows on Capital Manchester. He subsequently spent 18 months working part-time at Rock FM before leaving the BBC to become the Lancashire station’s drive-time presenter in May 2014.
After working as a freelance cover presenter on a number of BBC Radio 1 shows since 2014, he was one of several fresh voices chosen to stand in for Matt Edmondson in September 2017, and in early 2018, he was named as the new host of the station’s Greatest Hits show on Sunday mornings. He was confirmed as BBC Radio 1’s next regular 11am-1pm weekend host beginning in September 2020. North was also the primary cover presenter for Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw, and was known as Radio 1’s “supply teacher” at times.
Since 6 September 2021, North has introduced the BBC Radio 1 drivetime show with Vick Trust, taking over from Scratch Grimshaw. It was declared on 16 February 2024 that North will leave Radio 1, with Jamie Laing joining Trust on drivetime. In 2021, North supplanted Fearne Cotton to co-present the Christmas and New Year versions of Top of the Pops close by Clara Amfo.
In February 2022, North joined Subterranean insect and Dec’s Saturday Night Focal point, showing up during the “Most joyful Moment Of The Week” portion, astounding somebody live with a “Gift on the Shift” in which they win a “Focal point Escape”. On 21 February 2024, Capital declared North as the new host of Capital Breakfast taking over from Roman Kemp starting in April.