Jo Good (born 28 November 1978) is a British broadcaster.

Career

A radio 'anorak' since her early teens, Jo joined the radio industry straight out of school, aged 17. At this point she moved from

Alnwick Alnwick ( ) is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. The population at the 2011 Census was 8,116. The town is south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish border, inland from the North Sea ...

, Northumberland, to Manchester. Working first as a travel reporter, then a broadcast journalist, she started presenting solo shows at 20. She worked in the media industry for a decade before joining

BBC 6 Music BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It primarily plays a wide range of alternative music, from established and emerging artists and bands. In 2002 it was the first national music radio station t ...

. Among her previous work is presenting on the music channel

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

, where she hosted ''The Dancefloor Chart''. She has also presented the afternoon show on

XFM Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. The station launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992. The station b ...

. In summer 2012 she completed a degree in

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at the

University of Salford The University of Salford is a Public university, public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, be ...

. She left Radio X in 2017.

Personal life

Jo Good lives in

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with her partner and two rescue dogs.

References

External links

Jo Good on Radio X
1978 births Living people Kuwaiti expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of the University of Salford English radio DJs English radio personalities Mass media people from Manchester {{UK-radio-bio-stub