the choice of music played, at this time in 2008. When Virgin rebranded to Absolute Radio they announced the launch of four new weekly shows, The 90s hour, the album hour, the classic artist hour and The A-Z hour. All of these were hosted by Jones. Jones also presented on DAB Digital sister station Absolute 80's weekdays from 1 pm to 5 pm. Jones also co-presented the weekly Absolute Radio Movies Extra Podcast with Adrian Hieatt. His former evening show was broadcast just after Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show between 8–11 pm. On 9 May 2011, it was confirmed that Jones will leave Absolute Radio and Absolute 80s at the end of July 2011 to pursue new projects. He presented his last show on Absolute Radio on Friday 29 July 2011. When Virgin Radio relaunched in the UK on 30 March 2016, this time under ownership of Wireless Group, Jones joined the weekend presenting line-up. Initially he presented on Saturdays from 1‐4pm before moving to Fridays 7-11pm. He began to also present Saturdays 7-11pm from 8 July 2017. Other broadcasting Jones has hosted coverage of UK music festivals for Sky Arts. From July 2012 until March 2013, Jones presented for Heart. Accolades Jones won a Bronze Sony Award in 2003 for Virgin Superstars, and has interviewed Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ronnie Wood. On 22 October 2008, Jones interviewed Australian rock stars, singer Brian Johnson and guitarist Angus Young of AC/DC. References English radio DJs Living people Mass media people from Bournemouth 1977 births Heart (radio network)