Russ Williams
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Russ Williams trained at London's National Broadcasting School in Programming and Journalism, which led to a presenting job at Radio Mercury in Surrey, presenting a chart show every Sunday from 3-5pm. He then landed a journalist job at Brighton's Southern Sound, before moving to Finland where he presented his own show on Helsinki's Radio 1.
Williams returned to the UK and joined Newcastle's Metro Radio. In 1990, he joined London's Capital Radio to present the Weekend Breakfast Show, which remained his domain for three years. He often stood in as holiday relief for Chris Tarrant, and he also hosted The Rebel Yell Rock Machine, which was syndicated across the nation's airwaves every week.
Williams has been at Virgin Radio since it went on air in 1993. His first role was the Breakfast show, alongside Jonathan Coleman. In October 1997, due to Chris Evans' arrival at the station, the duo went on to present the Drivetime show & in early 1998, Williams took on the mid-morning show on his own, where he remains to this day. As of January 2nd 2006, his show was extended giving him 4 hours of air (10am-2pm) every week-day, thanks to the new-look day-time schedule on Virgin Radio. In addition to this, he can also be heard on sister station Virgin Radio Classic Rock, presenting the Afternoon slot.
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