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OJ Borg
Borg in 2015
Born
Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi

(1979-04-04) 4 April 1979 (age 45)
Leicester, England
NationalityBritish (Maltese father)
Occupation(s)Broadcaster and presenter
EmployerBBC
SpouseMarried
ChildrenTwo daughters

Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi (/bɔːrdʒ/), known as OJ Borg (born 4 April 1979),[1] is a British radio and television presenter employed by the BBC.

Career

Radio

Since May 2018, Borg has presented BBC Radio 2's weekday overnight programme 12-3am. He also regularly deputises for Sara Cox, Scott Mills, Rylan and Craig Charles. When Steve Wright was replaced by Scott Mills in 2022, Borg covered the Afternoon Show from 2 to 5pm for several weeks between the two presenters.

Borg also co-owns his own production company – MegaCityDigital – through which he produces and hosts a cycling podcast and a Mixed martial arts (MMA) podcast for the BBC, directed and presented '100 things to do on your bike' for the Bike Channel and produced social media content for the Esports awards.

Previously, Borg has presented BBC Radio 5 Live's cycling show BeSpoke, regularly attending and reporting from events such as the Tour de France.

For two years he was the presenter of The Hometime show on

Kerrang Radio with Kate Lawler
.

Borg presented The Saturday Breakfast Show on

96.2 The Revolution
.

From 2016 to 2017, he presented Rock 'N' Roll Football on Absolute Radio.

Television

In 2005, Borg began his TV career hosting a daily live show on

Kate Edmondson
.

For three years, Borg was a regular presenter of the National Lottery and EuroMillions programmes on BBC One.[2]

On 12 September 2007, Borg, along with

Lynsey Horn, launched the new Freeview channel Nuts TV, presenting the weeknight live shows along with game show North vs South. During this time he also presented with Chanelle Hayes and Lucy Pinder
.

Borg was a continuity voice on newly branded channel

Fiver, and took part in The Bullrun, a Gumball 3000 style rally across the United States which was documented for Channel 4 and Nuts TV.[1][3]

Borg has a keen interest in MMA and was the post-fight interviewer for

BT Sport
.

On 27 December 2011, he appeared on

Wayne’s World
, he finished first with 16 points.

From October 2020, Borg has presented World of Zwift,[5] a weekly round-up of what's going on in Zwift racing.

Esports

Borg works with

ESL at ESL One Cologne 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2019 as Stage host, as well as multiple other ESL and IEM events. He has also worked with ESL for the Call of Duty World League, where he hosted events in the European region.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kerrang! hires Nuts TV host". Radio Today. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ The National Lottery: Midweek Draws BBC One, 3 March 2010. And the Saturday draw on 22 May 2010
  3. Tiscali. Retrieved 6 January 2009.[permanent dead link
    ]
  4. ^ "Radio Times – Celebrity Mastermind: Series 9, Episode 1".
  5. ^ "World of Zwift – Episode 1" – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "European Stage 1 Finals Preview". Call of Duty.

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