Jim Davis (DJ)
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Jim Davis (born 1972 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a radio presenter / DJ.
Jim is currently working with 100.7 Heart FM & Heart 106 in the Midlands, presenting various shows including club classics, and LBC 97.3 in London presenting a lunchtime Lifestyle, Health and Well-being show every weekday from 1pm until 2pm, and as a Music & RCS consultant.
Before the station re-branded to Heart 106 in August 2005, Jim hosted the breakfast show for 106 Century FM. He started working for Century in 2002 and was moved to the breakfast slot in January 2004, where he built audiences to record figures and helped take Century to the number 1 position in the East Midlands for the first time in the station’s history.
Jim was also the Head of Music for Heart 106. This role involved programming the station’s music content and liaising with the record industry. He is fully trained and experienced in all aspects of RCS software and music research. Jim recently built the entire Heart 106 Selector database from scratch prior to the station’s re-launch. After 9 months on air, Heart 106 has the best BPR tracking figures for music in the whole group.
Between 1996 and 2002, he spent 6 years at Signal Radio, where, again on the breakfast show, he built audience figures and developed a loyal following. He also rose to the position of Group Head of Music for The Wireless Group. Over the years he has developed valuable links with the UK’s music industry.
Jim’s career started like many of his colleagues, broadcasting to a day room full of OAP’s on hospital radio stations, in Maidenhead and Windsor, once a month on a Sunday morning. A career decision sparked by his cousin Julie, when he was just 15, after sitting in on her radio show for BBC Radio Cumbria.
Jim has grabbed every opportunity to travel that has come his way "I want to experience as much of this planet as possible”, said Jim on his recent return from his first trip to New York. He has visited most of Europe, America and spent 6 months travelling round South Africa.
