Gary King (born Stevenage, England, August 1963) is a popular British radio presenter who has worked for most of the country's best-known stations. Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, and is part of the London Commuter Belt. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

King began his career as a mobile DJ after giving up plans to be an actor and quickly progressed to the London training ground of Radio TopShop. He then joined Radio Luxembourg before becoming the inaugural presenter on the newly-launched Atlantic 252 in 1989 - in a parody of the four-minute warning, his opening words were "mine is the first voice you will ever hear - on Atlantic 252". Within less than a year, he had been poached by BBC Radio 1. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Topshop is a clothing retailer in the United Kingdom. ... Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992) was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ... Atlantic 252 was a long wave radio station broadcasting to the United Kingdom and Ireland on 252 kHz (1190. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ...

He presented the weekend early show on Radio 1, progressing eventually to the weekday equivalent and becoming a frequent stand-in for presenters on higher profile shows when they took holidays. In 1991, King spent a number of weeks hosting the prestigious Radio 1 breakfast show - the biggest show in UK radio - when regular DJ Simon Mayo took a period of extended paternity leave. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Simon Mayo (born 21st September 1958) is one of the most recognised and respected voices of radio in the UK, currently presenting a daily afternoon programme on BBC Radio Five Live. ... Parental leave is the right to take time off work, paid or unpaid, to care for your child or make arrangements for your childs welfare. ...

King left Radio 1 in March 1992 and joined Key 103 in Manchester. He then started a round-robin of stations in London - a spell at Virgin Radio (which re-introduced him to a national audience for a third time) made him the first DJ to work for all three national pop and rock stations - Atlantic 252, Radio 1 and Virgin. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Key 103 FM Key 103 is a radio station that broadcasts on 103 FM, from a 4KW transmitter on Saddleworth Moor, to Manchester and the north west of England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. ...

This was followed by a spell at Heart 106.2 in London. He then joined Capital FM - achieving a lifetime's ambition - to host the weekend breakfast show and memorably carded a million London listeners on a number of occasions. Heart 106. ... Capital FM is a London radio station owned by GCap Media (formerly Capital Radio Group). ...

King now works for Magic 105.4 in London and produces a networked 1980s show for commercial radio stations around the UK, entitled Totally 80s. Magic 105. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Commercial Radio Hong Kong is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting company in Hong Kong (the other being Metro Radio). ...

Moves into television have been infrequent for King, although he was the voiceover artist on the UK version of 1990s children's gameshow Fun House and currently appears on a sporadic basis as an expert in "consumer electronics" for shopping channel QVC. He also occasionally appears on Sky News to comment on showbiz stories. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Fun House was the name of a United States childrens television game show that aired from 1988 - 1991, originally in syndication, and later on the Fox Network. ... QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania based multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. ... Sky News is Europes first 24-hour television news channel, originally launched as part of the 4-channel Sky Television satellite package in February 1989. ... Disambiguation: for business entertainment, see Show business. ...

King is married to Sue and has a son and daughter. A son is a male offspring; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to his parents. ... Note: Daughters is also a band. ...

External links

• Gary King on Magic 105.4
• Gary King on Radio Rewind - the Radio 1 nostalgia site