Dan Wood is an English broadcaster, DJ, podcaster and video producer.

Background

Wood studied New Media Production and English Language at the

University of Lincoln The University of Lincoln is a public university, public research university in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England, with origins dating back to 1861. It gained university status in 1992 and its present name in 2001. The main campus is in the hea ...

while pursuing a career in broadcasting, website creation and DJ work.

Career

Wood has worked as an on-air radio personality for several UK radio networks including

Global Radio Global Media & Entertainment Limited, trading as Global, is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysal ...

and

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since 2001. He currently presents the weekday mid-morning show on

Gem 106 Hits Radio East Midlands is an Independent Local Radio, Independent Regional Radio station based in Nottingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Midlands. As of Septe ...

in the East Midlands and programmes on the

Free Radio ''Free Radio'' is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has also aired on Comedy Central, and Super Channel. It stars Lance Krall, prominent for his role on ''The Joe Schmo Show'', and An ...

network. Previously, Wood presented 'Music On Demand' a daily nationally syndicated programme across 38 radio stations on

GCap Media GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed on 9 May 2005. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index ...

The One Network The One Network was the collective name for thirty-eight regional Independent Local Radio licences operated by GCap Media in the United Kingdom. It was formed from the combination of GWR Group's 'The Mix Network' and Capital Radio Group's 'The ...

from 2007-2009, along with regular shows on

GWR FM GWR FM was a Broadcast network, network of three Radio broadcasting, radio stations in the south west of England broadcasting to Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. All three stations were rebranded and joined the Heart (radio network ...

and Red Dragon FM. He was also heard on various

Emap Radio Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of Bauer Media Group owning brands; Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Jazz FM, Hits Radio, KISS, Planet Rock, Magic, Kerrang! Radio and Heat Radio. History In early 2008, German ma ...

stations in the 2000s, including

Viking FM Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire, formerly Viking FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire an ...

Radio Aire Radio Aire was an Independent Local Radio station, serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. The station was merged and relaunched as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. History Radio Aire was launched a ...

Metro Radio Hits Radio North East, formerly Metro Radio, is an Independent Local Radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. The station launched in 1974 as Metro Radio. It broadcasts to County Durham, No ...

The Hits Radio Hits Radio is a network of 26 contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. The network launched in 2018 with the rebranding of Bauer's Manchester station Key 103 and its merger with The Hi ...

and

Heat radio Heat Radio is a British digital radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. It originally launched in 2003, related to the ''Heat'' magazine. Heat Radio currently broadcasts on DAB in London and nationwide online. As of Decem ...

. Dan also hosted the syndicated

Floorfillers Floorfillers is a dance album compilation brand by All Around the World Records (in association with UMTV) that has evolved from a range of separate compilations that ''AATW'' used to compile for a number of Northern radio stations in Emap's Big ...

dance music show and was involved in the accompanying compilation CD albums. Dan hosted and mixed the syndicated weekly 'Dan Wood In The Mix' radio show from 2008-2013 which aired on radio stations around the world including Rapture Radio, SS Radio Deep & Soulful,

Gaydio Gaydio is a radio station for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) community in the United Kingdom, and is broadcast on 88.4 FM in Greater Manchester, 97.8 FM in Brighton, on DAB digital radio in Greater London, parts of the Home ...

, and

Pure Dance Pure Dance is a British online radio station specialising in dance music. History Originally active in the early 2000s, Pure Dance broadcast on satellite television and online via Windows Media Audio, RealPlayer, and mp3PRO streams. Typical mu ...

. Dan's radio journery began on 8 January 2008 being a presenter on Heart East Midlands hosting Saturdays 9pm-12am and Sundays 3-5pm. In June 2012 Dan began covering Monday-Friday 3am-6am on Sam FM and in November 2013 He started to move stations as he Hosted Hits Radio Overnights from 1-6am Monday-Friday. He left on 31 October 2014 and from 1 June 2015 hosted Gem Daytimes first from 11am-4pm then from 2 January 2020 10am-2:30pm. From 8 March 2020 he started hosting Sunday Afternoons from 12pm-4pm. From 5 January 2019 Wood hosted Saturday Night Gem Anthems from 8pm-12am Outside of radio broadcasting, Wood produces video and audio content relating to technology, video games and computers. He presented videos for Channel Flip and Chris Pirillo's Lockergnome network from 2007-2010, as well as his own technology focused Youtube channel. In 2010 Wood co-hosted the Logic Weekly

podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...

with Craighton Miller, a weekly technology news summary and discussion show. He currently co-hosts The Retro Hour podcast with Ravi Abbott, a weekly audio podcast focussing on the history of video games and personal computers. The podcast has interviewed many industry veterans including

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John Romero Alfonso John Romero (born October 28, 1967) is an American video game developer. He co-founded id Software and designed their early games, including ''Wolfenstein 3D'' (1992), ''Doom (1993 video game), Doom'' (1993), ''Doom II'' (1994), ''Hexen ...

Richard Garriott Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (''né'' Garriott; born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut. Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer ...

and

The Oliver Twins Andrew Nicholas Oliver and Philip Edward Oliver, together known as the Oliver Twins, are British twin brothers and video game designers. They developed computer games while they were still at school, contributing their first type-in game to a ...

. Wood and Abbott regularly host the podcast live at events such as PLAY Expo Manchester and Blackpool. Wood founded a network of music websites under the Mirrorball brand from 1996-2001 which received coverage in

Mixmag ''Mixmag'' is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights. History The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was printe ...

and 7 Magazine His passion for electronic music, mainly

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and

UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house and jungle production methods, but also incorporates elements from ...

saw him hold weekly and guest residencies at various bars and clubs across Yorkshire and the Midlands, including fronting his own night under the Mirrorball brand, a chain of Bodymoves UK garage nights and supporting

DJ EZ Otis Roberts, better known by his stage name DJ EZ (pronounced "DJ ee zed") is a UK garage DJ from Tottenham, North London. He was one of the earliest proponents of UK garage music, hosting a long-running Kiss 100 radio show and mixing the '' ...

and the

Dreem Teem The Dreem Teem are a British DJ, music production and remixing trio consisting of DJ Spoony, Mikee B, and Timmi Magic. They formed in 1996 through pirate radio, and were instrumental in developing the UK garage sound. They presented radio shows ...

on various tours and dates. Wood is currently working with

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UK's former Managing Director David Pleasance on a book, audio book and

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video detailing the inside happenings at the home computer company. In June 2017, Wood joined the team at Friend Software Labs as Media Manager UK and presents their weekly Friend UPdate videos and tutorials.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Dan Living people English DJs British broadcasters Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Lincoln