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Radio X (United Kingdom)

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Radio X is a commercial radio station brand focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, which is owned by Global. [1]

93 relations: Adam and Joe, Alex Zane, Alternative rock, Association football, BBC Radio 1, Birmingham, Capital (radio network), Capital London, Capital Scotland, Capital South Wales, Capital XTRA, Cardiff, Charlotte Street, Chris Moyles, Christian O'Connell, Classic FM (UK), Clint Boon, Commercial broadcasting, Danny Wallace (humorist), Dave Berry (presenter), Dave Rowntree, Dermot O'Leary, Digital audio broadcasting, Digital One, Eddy Temple-Morris, Electronica, Elis James, Eoghan McDermott, Fiction Records, Freesat, GCap Media, Girls Aloud, Glasgow, Global (company), GMG Radio, Gold (radio), Gordon Smart, Heart (radio network), Hertz, Indie rock, Jesus Jones, Jo Good, John Robins (comedian), Johnny Vaughan, Jon Holmes, Josh Widdicombe, Justin Lee Collins, Karl Pilkington, Kevin Greening, KROQ-FM, ..., Lauren Laverne, LBC, Leicester Square, Lliana Bird, Love Machine (Girls Aloud song), Manchester, Marc Haynes, Marsha Shandur, Mary Anne Hobbs, Nation Broadcasting, Nation Radio Scotland, Nation Radio Wales, NME Radio, Ofcom, Phil Clifton, Radio X (United Kingdom), Restricted Service Licence, Richard Skinner (broadcaster), Rick Shaw, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Wilson (singer), RTÉ Radio, Russell Brand, Scroobius Pip, Shaun Keaveny, Simon Pegg, Sky UK, Smooth Radio, Soho Radio, Stephen Merchant, The Office (UK TV series), The Storm (radio station), Tim Lovejoy, Toby Tarrant, Tom Binns, United Kingdom, Vernon Kay, Virgin Media, Virgin Media Ireland, XFM Manchester, Zane Lowe, Zoë Ball, Zoophilia. Expand index (43 more) »

Adam and Joe

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe.

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Alex Zane

Alex Zane (born Faris Alexander L. Albayaty; 3 March 1979) is an English television presenter and DJ.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Capital (radio network)

Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming.

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Capital London

Capital London is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network.

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Capital Scotland

Capital Scotland (formerly known as Beat 106, XFM Scotland, and later Galaxy Scotland) is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global Radio.

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Capital South Wales

Capital South Wales (formerly Red Dragon) is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network.

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Capital XTRA

Capital XTRA (originally Choice FM) is a Global-owned radio station that began broadcasting from London on 96.9 and 107.1 MHz in the FM band in 1990; alongside DAB Digital Radio, Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media and online nowadays.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Charlotte Street

Charlotte Street is a street in Fitzrovia, central London.

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Chris Moyles

Christopher Moyles (born 22 February 1974) is an English radio and television presenter, author, and presenter of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X. Previously he has presented The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2012 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night between 2009 and 2012 on Channel 4.

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Christian O'Connell

Christian Liam O'Connell (born 7 April 1973 in Winchester, Hampshire) is a British radio DJ, TV host, writer and comedian who presents The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne.

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Classic FM (UK)

Classic FM (stylised as Classic M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations.

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Clint Boon

Clinton David Boon (born 28 June 1959) is an English musician, DJ and radio presenter.

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Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship.

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Danny Wallace (humorist)

Daniel Frederick "Danny" Wallace (born 16 November 1976) is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television.

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Dave Berry (presenter)

David Robert "Dave" Berry (born 14 September 1978 in Lewisham, London) is a British TV and radio presenter.

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Dave Rowntree

David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964) is an English musician, politician, solicitor and animator.

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Dermot O'Leary

Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr. (born 24 May 1973), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British-Irish television presenter for ITV and a radio presenter for BBC Radio 2.

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Digital audio broadcasting

Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services, used in many countries across Europe, Asia, and the Pacific.

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Digital One

Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva.

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Eddy Temple-Morris

Edward Owen Kayvan Temple-Morris (born 26 April 1965 in Cardiff) is a British DJ, record producer and TV presenter.

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Electronica

Electronica encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, jungle and other electronic music styles intended not just for dancing.

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Elis James

Owain Elis James (born 3 November 1980) is a Welsh comedian and actor originally from Haverfordwest.

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Eoghan McDermott

Eoghan McDermott (also known as Eoghan Mac Diarmada; born 15 April 1983) is an Irish television and radio presenter mostly known for hosting The Voice of Ireland in Ireland, and Xfm Drivetime in the UK.

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Fiction Records

Fiction Records is a British record label founded by Chris Parry in 1978, owned by Universal Music Group and based in the United Kingdom.

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Freesat

Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television service in the United Kingdom, provided by joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc.

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GCap Media

GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group.

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Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are an English-Irish pop girl group, which was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Global (company)

Global (also known as Global Media & Entertainment) is a British media company formed in 2007, which owns a large number of radio stations across the country.

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GMG Radio

GMG Radio, and for a short while Real and Smooth Limited, was a company which owned the Real Radio and Smooth Radio networks.

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Gold (radio)

Gold is a network of oldies radio stations which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold Network in August 2007.

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Gordon Smart

Gordon Smart (born 31 March 1980 in Edinburgh and raised in Kinross) is a Scottish broadcaster and former journalist and editor of ''The Scottish Sun''.

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Heart (radio network)

Heart is a radio network of 22 adult contemporary local stations operated by Global in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones are a British alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, formed in late 1988, who recorded and performed from the late 1980s to the 2000s.

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Jo Good

Jo Good is a British broadcaster.

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John Robins (comedian)

John Robins (born 4 May 1982).

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Johnny Vaughan

Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is a television and radio personality and a film critic.

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Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1969) is a British comedian, writer, presenter and broadcaster known for his work on such programmes as The Now Show, Listen Against (for BBC Radio 4), along with both music and speech radio.

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Josh Widdicombe

Joshua Michael Widdicombe (born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian and radio and television presenter, best known for his appearances on The Last Leg (2012–present), Fighting Talk (2014–2016), Insert Name Here (2016–present), Have I Got News for You (2014–present) and his BBC Three sitcom Josh (2015–present).

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Justin Lee Collins

Justin Lee Collins (born 28 July 1974) is an English radio host, television presenter and actor.

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Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English television presenter, author, comedian, radio producer, actor, and voice actor.

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Kevin Greening

Kevin Greening (30 December 1962 – 29 December 2007) was a British radio presenter, who co-hosted The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 with Zoë Ball from 1997 to 1998.

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KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM (106.7 FM, 106.7 KROQ) is a radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles Area.

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Lauren Laverne

Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton, born 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author, singer and comedian.

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LBC

LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a London-based national talk and phone-in radio station.

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Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England.

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Lliana Bird

Lliana Bird, or Birdy (born 17 August 1981), is a British radio presenter (currently on Radio X), writer, actress and co-founder of charities Help Refugees and The Kindly Collective.

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Love Machine (Girls Aloud song)

"Love Machine" is a song recorded by British girl group Girls Aloud from their second studio album, What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004).

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Marc Haynes

Marc Haynes is an English comedy writer and radio broadcaster.

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Marsha Shandur

Marsha Shandur (born 1977) is a Storytelling Coach and former radio presenter, DJ, music manager, voiceover artist and music supervisor who is also best known for presenting on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester (known just as Marsha).

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Mary Anne Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs (born 16 May 1964) is an English DJ and music journalist from Lancashire, England.

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Nation Broadcasting

Nation Broadcasting Limited (formerly Town and Country Broadcasting Limited and UK Sports Radio Limited) is a media company registered in Wales.

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Nation Radio Scotland

Nation Radio Scotland (formerly XFM Scotland (2014), 96.3 Rock Radio Real XS, Q96 and 96.3QFM) is a forthcoming Scottish independent local radio station for Renfrewshire, Glasgow and West Central Scotland, owned by Nation Broadcasting.

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Nation Radio Wales

Nation Radio Wales is a regional radio station, broadcasting to South Wales on FM and in West and North East Wales on DAB.

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NME Radio

NME Radio was a radio station operated under NME magazine branding, that broadcast a commercially oriented alternative music format.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau), commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Phil Clifton

Phil Clifton is a British television and Sony nominated radio presenter, appearing on MTV (UK and Ireland), Radio X and formerly Channel 4.

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Radio X (United Kingdom)

Radio X is a commercial radio station brand focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, which is owned by Global.

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Restricted Service Licence

A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL), is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event.

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Richard Skinner (broadcaster)

Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British broadcaster.

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Rick Shaw

Richard F. "Rick" Shaw (born Jan. 16, 1956) is the director of Pictures of the Year International (POYi), a photojournalism program, and an educator in visual journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism.

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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and singer.

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Ricky Wilson (singer)

Charles Richard "Ricky" Wilson (born 17 January 1978) is an English singer-songwriter, and the frontman of five-piece band Kaiser Chiefs.

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RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio is a division of the Irish national broadcasting organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Russell Brand

Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist.

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Scroobius Pip

David (Dave) Meads (born 3 August 1981), known professionally as Scroobius Pip, is an English spoken word poet and hip hop recording artist from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex.

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Shaun Keaveny

Shaun William Keaveny is a British broadcaster who presents the breakfast show on digital radio station BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Simon Pegg

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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Sky UK

Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

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Smooth Radio

Smooth Radio is a network of adult contemporary local radio stations broadcasting on FM and MW stations in the United Kingdom.

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Soho Radio

Soho Radio is an independent online radio station based in Soho, London.

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Stephen Merchant

Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor.

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The Office (UK TV series)

The Office is a British mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001.

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The Storm (radio station)

The Storm was a digital-only, modern rock music radio station broadcasting in parts of Central and Southern UK, and owned by GCap Media.

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Tim Lovejoy

Timothy Paul Lovejoy (born 28 March 1968) is an English television presenter, best known for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM with Helen Chamberlain for over a decade.

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Toby Tarrant

Tobias Tarrant (born 29 October 1991) is an English radio broadcaster on Radio X.

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Tom Binns

Christopher Thomas "Tom" Binns is a British writer, actor, comic, television presenter and radio presenter.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vernon Kay

Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English television presenter, radio DJ and former model best known for his television roles with ITV, presenting shows such as All Star Family Fortunes (2006–2015), Beat the Star (2008–2009) and Splash! (2013–2014).

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Virgin Media

Virgin Media Limited is a British company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom.

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Virgin Media Ireland

Virgin Media Ireland is Liberty Global's telecommunications operation in Ireland.

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XFM Manchester

Xfm Manchester was a commercial radio station broadcasting alternative and indie music to Manchester in North West England.

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Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe (born Alexander Zane Reid Lowe; 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand-born radio DJ, Live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.

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Zoë Ball

Zoë Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is an English television and radio personality, best known as the first female host of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, as well as for presenting the 1990s children's show Live & Kicking.

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Zoophilia

Zoophilia is a paraphilia involving a sexual fixation on non-human animals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)

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