Jordan North


Jordan North is an English radio DJ, best known for hosting shows on BBC Radio 1.

Early life

North was born in York and grew up in Burnley, Lancashire, living in Harle Syke and attending St James' Lanehead Primary School until the age of 11. Then moving to the Preston area, he continued his education at Penwortham Priory Academy and then Preston's College. He was born into a military family, his father Graham who served in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment from 1982-2006, and his brother Ryan who serves in 2 PARA are among nine close family members who have worked in the army.
North is an alumnus of the University of Sunderland where he graduated in 2011 with a B. A. in Media Production. Working at Spark FM while at the university, during the last year of his degree, Jordan entered a Bauer Radio competition to find new talent, winning a Sunday show on The Hits Radio.
He has also worked at the in-house radio station at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and community station Preston FM.

Career

After university North worked as a researcher and producer at BBC Radio 5 Live while presenting shows on Capital North East and then Capital Manchester. He then spent 18 months working part-time at Rock FM before leaving the BBC when he was appointed as the Lancashire station's drive time presenter in May 2014.
After appearing as a freelance cover presenter in a number of BBC Radio 1 shows from 2014, he was one of a number of new voices picked to stand-in for Matt Edmondson during September 2017. And in early 2018 he was announced as the new host for the Greatest Hits show on Sunday mornings.
Since March 2018 Jordan has co-presented the comedy-agony-aunt podcast 'Help I Sexted My Boss' together with friend and etiquette expert William Hanson. The show aims to offer advice to listeners who have encountered modern day problems. The podcast is currently in its fifth series and was nominated for 'Best Entertainment Podcast' at the British Podcast Awards 2020.

Personal life

North is a keen supporter of Burnley FC and was reported to be a season ticket holder in early 2018.