Biography
He trained at London's National Broadcasting School in Programming and Journalism, which led to a presenting job at Radio Mercury in Sussex, presenting a chart show every Sunday from 3-5pm. He then landed a journalist job at Brighton's Southern Sound, before moving to Finland where he presented his own show on Helsinki's Radio 1. Russ lives in Tewin, Hertfordshire.
Williams returned to the UK and joined Newcastle's Metro Radio. In 1990, he joined London's Capital Radio to present the Weekend Breakfast Show, which remained his domain for three years. He often stood in as holiday relief for Chris Tarrant, and he also hosted The Rebel Yell Rock Machine, which was syndicated across the nation's airwaves every week.
Williams has been at Virgin Radio since it went on air in 1993. His first role was the Breakfast show, initially on his own, then alongside Jonathan Coleman. From 1995 to 1996, he was host of the Sky Sports TV show, Soccer AM. In October 1997, due to Chris Evans' arrival at the station, the duo went on to present the Drivetime show & in early 1998, Williams took on the mid-morning show on his own, where he remains to this day. Also in 1998, he was the announcer on ITV's Saturday night show Don't Try This at Home!. Then in 2001, he was the event commentator on the Channel 5 sports show Under Pressure which lasted just one series and ten episodes. On January 2, 2006, his show was extended giving him 4 hours of air (10am-2pm) every week-day. Absolute Radio reverted back to its old time slots on July 23, 2007, and his show currently runs between 10am and 1pm every weekday. In addition to Russ' shows on Absolute Radio, he is also a DJ on sister station Absolute Classic Rock, presenting on weekday afternoons between 2pm and 6pm.
In Russ' daytime show on Absolute Radio, the last hour between noon and 1pm is known as "The 80's Hour". In this hour, every day of the week, Russ plays music from the 1980s.
Russ was a regular stand-in presenter on talkSPORT's Kick-Off and Final Whistle shows.
Russ now presents the Rock'n'Roll Football show every Saturday afternoon between 2pm and 7pm on Absolute Radio. He is a dedicated supporter of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and works with Ed Draper on the station's Rock and Roll Sport Podcast.
During ITV's brief acquisition and broadcasting of Premier League football coverage from 2001–04, Russ was part of the team, commentating on edited match and goal highlights.
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