Dominic Byrne - Revision history

Swaddon1903 at 10:46, 7 January 2021

2021-01-07T10:46:59Z

Swaddon1903: /* Personal life */

2019-05-14T19:32:37Z

‎Personal life

Richardtomlinson: /* Personal life */

2015-11-07T10:08:30Z

‎Personal life

Swaddon1903: Made a few grammatical changes

2015-09-18T17:40:03Z

Made a few grammatical changes

James h at 10:32, 7 September 2015

2015-09-07T10:32:36Z

Swaddon1903: /* Radio X */

2015-09-07T02:39:32Z

‎Radio X

Swaddon1903 at 02:39, 7 September 2015

2015-09-07T02:39:00Z

Swaddon1903: /* The Chris Moyles Show */

2015-09-07T02:37:32Z

‎The Chris Moyles Show

Swaddon1903: /* Post-Radio 1 work */ updated

2014-06-24T19:59:37Z

‎Post-Radio 1 work: updated

Swaddon1903 at 14:39, 14 September 2013

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 {{TeamMember|Dom2012.jpg|Dominic Byrne, 2012|Dominic Byrne}}
-Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, was the newsreader on [[The Chris Moyles Show]]. He is soon to be the news reader on [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].
+Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, is the news reader and co-presenter of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].
 ==Early life and career==
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 ==Radio X==
-In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]] when it launches on 21 September 2015.
+In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]] when it launched on 21 September 2015.
 ==Television work==

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 ==Personal life==
-Dom lives with wife Nic. The couple have been 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. Chris has nicknamed the former Carpet (as in 'carpet burn') and famously told Dom that he should have got an iPod instead of a child.
+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, although nothing was specifically mentioned about it on air.
-Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]
+Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]. He also owns a company called Open Mouth Productions, through which he provides vocal training for both corporate and private individuals.
 ==Trivia==

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 ==Personal life==
-Dom lives with wife Nic. The couple have been married since March 2001 and have two children: son Finton, born in July 2003, and daughter Xanthe, born in November 2005. Chris has nicknamed the former Carpet (as in 'carpet burn') and famously told Dom that he should have got an iPod instead of a child.
+Dom lives with wife Nic. The couple have been 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. Chris has nicknamed the former Carpet (as in 'carpet burn') and famously told Dom that he should have got an iPod instead of a child.
 Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]
 ==Trivia==

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 {{TeamMember|Dom2012.jpg|Dominic Byrne, 2012|Dominic Byrne}}
-Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, was the newsreader on [[The Chris Moyles Show]].
+Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, was the newsreader on [[The Chris Moyles Show]]. He is soon to be the news reader on [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].
 ==Early life and career==
-Dom was born in Norwich on 10 November 1972. He likes to make it known he moved soon after, but to quite where we aren't so sure. He describes himself as 'having lived all over the place'. After leaving college Dom went to uni in Bournemouth, albeit for just 2 weeks. He was offered a job in a radio newsroom so quit, £1000 in debt after buying a big hi-fi and big TV.
+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.
 ==BBC Radio 1==
-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. This large sound file from October 97 has a snippet Dom of at the beginning of it, talking in his posh news voice. 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 read the news on Chris' afternoon show, where he struck up a good rapport with Chris and [[Comedy Dave|Dave]]. They even made him his own advert, voiced by Mark Goodier, advertising 'The Greatest Hit Blunders Of Dominic Byrne' - a spoof CD full of his news reading cock ups. Hear the ad here. Following a move to Entertainment News, he made a brief return to Chris' afternoon show in 2003, participating in ''Huey Lewis & The News'' - an odd short-lived feature that interspersed Huey tracks with the latest showbiz headlines.
+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 [[The Early Bit|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 read the news on [[The Afternoon Show|Chris' afternoon show]], where he struck up a good rapport with Chris and [[David Vitty|Dave]]. They even made him his own advert, voiced by Mark Goodier, advertising ''The Greatest Hit Blunders Of Dominic Byrne'' - a spoof CD full of his news reading cock-ups.  Following a move to Entertainment News, he made a brief return to Chris' afternoon show in 2003, participating in ''Huey Lewis & The News'' - an odd short-lived feature that interspersed Huey tracks with the latest showbiz headlines.
 ==The Chris Moyles Show==
-Dom joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]], describing the first day as "early, and fantastic". Since moving to Breakfast, Dom has become a hugely popular member of the team - and the source of many funny moments. They include his Hunt For David Hoff in Hawaii, and the time he rang the Eiffel Tower as part of investigative feature Get Dom On It. His spoof feature ''One Road Travel'' parodied local radio by just reporting one road a day.
+Dominic joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new [[The Chris Moyles Show|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 the time he rang the Eiffel Tower as part of investigative feature Get Dom On It. His spoof feature ''One Road Travel'' parodied local radio by just reporting one road a day.
 Dom was rather gullible on the show, often falling for the rest of the team's practical jokes, including the time that they convinced him that the guest, hypnotist Paul McKenna, was reading his mind by describing what car he was thinking of buying (the information had been provided by Dom's wife).

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 * He likes to visit Whipsnade Zoo and in particular, Barclay the sea lion.
 * He once soaked the crotch of radio personality Dave Pearce whilst flipping beer mats.
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	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 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.
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		+	In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]]] when it launches on 21 September 2015.

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 ==Post-Radio 1 work==
-In March 2013, he joined commercial radio station Capital FM to read the news on their flagship breakfast show.
+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.
 ==Television work==