Byron Cooke

One of Australia’s most respected music radio personalities, Byron Cooke is the host of two nationally broadcast weekly music shows – The Today Network’s RADAR NEW HITS & Triple M’s new rock show RADAR RADIO. He also DJ’s for “Fifi & Jules,” driving Australia home on over 70 radio stations, 4-6pm Mondays to Thursdays.

Over the past ten years Byron has worked on some of the world’s most influential radio stations including XFM in London, Sydney’s no.1 music station 2DAYFM, and Australia’s Triple M Rock Radio Network. On Triple M’s “Shebang” with Fifi Box and Marty Sheargold in the afternoon drive slot, Byron anchored the country’s most listened-to radio show according to AC Nielsen figures.

Concurrently Byron secured a guest-host role on afternoon drive at Indie 103.1 Los Angeles in December 2004. In that same year, Indie 103.1 was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine as “the world’s coolest radio station”. He also featured on the stations weekly import music show “Passport Approved‟.

In 2006 Byron won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for “Best Music Special” for Triple M’s broadcast of the historic “Live 8‟ event. In that same year he successfully developed and launched his own original U.S commercial radio format. Combining the genres of rock, hip-hop and alternative with a target audience of 18-34 year old men, the 103.9 Revolution [KMBY-FM] in Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz was born. Within a year of launch Monterey County Weekly readers voted it “Local Radio Station of the Year” and the format went to #1 in its target demographic.

Byron is the only Australian to host a syndicated daily radio show in the USA. From 2007 to 2009, the “B-Team” aired weekdays in 5 Northern Californian markets with co-host Crissy Whalin. He was also recently appointed as a Digital Radio Ambassador by Commercial Radio Australia.

Career highlights include face-to-face interviews with U2, Metallica, Coldplay, Green Day, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and the Black Eyed Peas. From his Los Angeles base Byron also presented “Movies that Rock‟ specials for the Triple M Network, going one-on-one with Hollywood stars Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Orlando Bloom, Steve Carell and Chris Tucker.

Byron’s passion for radio has now moved across to TV with his artist video interviews reaching a growing online audience worldwide for Austereo’s websites. He is regularly seen on the Ten Network’s “7pm Project” & the Channel 9 hit “20 to 1.” His new music blog launched in January 2011 at http://www.byroncooke.com is already generating worldwide interest.

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