Dominic King (broadcaster)

Dominic King (born 1974 in Dover, Kent) is a Sony Gold Radio Academy award winning radio broadcaster.
Biography
Career
King began his career as a journalist with the Early Times newspaper for young people, before working for the BBC as a youth reporter on the BBC Nature series, presented by Michael Buerk. For several years he worked for commercial radio stations in the south east of England including KFM in Tonbridge, Mercury FM in Crawley, Fame 1521, TLR, and Medway FM. In 2000, he went to work for Sky News Radio, before going freelance. After a six month spell as a press officer with Kent Police in Folkestone, he joined the new BBC South East news division in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 2001.
Initially a news reader for BBC Radio Kent, he became the regular drive presenter with his Big Drive Home show. In January 2008, he took over the mid-morning slot, then re-titled Dominic King in the Morning, broadcasting between 10 am and 1 pm. In July 2009, he went back to the 4-7 pm drivetime programme. On 6 December 2010, he became the presenter of drivetime across the south east, broadcasting on BBC Radio Kent, BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey.
Personal life
He is married and lives on the Romney Marsh. He has two dogs called Toby and Smudge.
Dominic King is also a crew member of the Littlestone RNLI.
King's career was greatly improved when he began working with his full-time producer/carer Lauren Troup in 2016. Together the pair have produced iconic programmes for BBC Radio Kent including covering the Westminster terror attack, Donald Trump's rise to US President and sadly the death of the late Dave Cash. In 2018 King was dropped from his drive-time slot and now broadcasts the early evening show.
King won two Gold BBC Frank Gillard awards for local radio, and received a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for his coverage of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

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