Joel Helmes
Joel Helmes is an Australian radio broadcaster. He has held a variety of positions at radio stations.Career
Joel started out at the Max Rowley Media Academy where he spent 18 months training. Joel found work firstly as a traffic announcer with radio 2ME, then full-time employment as a control room operator with 2KY. After two and a half years at 2KY Joel sought a more mainstream station and was offered the role of breakfast host and news director at 2LT. After nearly three years at 2LT, Joel moved to Queensland where he hosted the drive show at Crow FM Kingaroy and worked as a journalist at 4KQ in Brisbane. Joel later returned to 2LT to take up the 2LT program directors position, before returning to Brisbane and 4BC as the senior news editor.
Joel is a qualified radio program director through AFTRS and hosts the nationally syndicated motoring show Behind the Wheel. He currently runs radio syndication business Helmes Media Solutions and the Sydney Radio School.
