The Qube Team
Ant Rogers
Ant has spent 25 years in the entertainment business, acting, presenting & singing on holiday parks! He has been cast alongside Jon Voight, Joel Edgerton, Frank Grimes & Charles Lawson, to name but a few, & was also a cast member in the multi million pound "Dinosaurs in the Wild" immersive experience at The NEC. On television Ant has interviewed Ross Kemp, played darts with Bobby George & appeared in The Bill, Sky TV's Dream Team & had a death scene in Titanic - Birth of a Legend on ITV. Now trying his hand at radio & setting up Qube Radio he's looking forward to working with a very talented & successful team at Qube.
Tony Kent
Tony presents several shows on Qube as well as running his online "Around Sounds" brand. We are very pleased to have him on-board as a presenter, sponsor and friend.
"I’ve been with music for many years now, from doing the odd disco here and there for friends to raise cash for new equipment. I often played for the wedding crowd when you had to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves! This is hard work believe me.
For many years as they say ‘I did the circuits’, then for a few years moved to a night club where I stayed until I hung up my slipmats. My real passion was the music from the 60s and early 70s, this music was in my blood, I was lucky enough to live and come through the whole 60s era and loved every minute of it. Of course, the early 70s and the glam rock scene was great stuff too.
Now you will find me here doing live shows again, back to square one as they say, but still loving my music, I like the live interaction with people.
That’s a little bit about my music background, I hope you enjoy my shows as much as I enjoy doing them."
Ross Cooper
"Hey! I'm Ross and I'm an actor, originally from Leicester, I studied theatre at Coventry University before training as an actor at ArtsEd In London. Since then I have performed in all sorts of projects, from touring immersive theatre arena shows, to Channel 4 short films, it has been eventful so far and now I find myself part of the fantastic team here at Qube Radio and I am extremely excited to see what lies ahead. I am a massive lover of sports, a loyal and passionate Coventry City supporter, it has certainly been a rocky road, but excited to be back in the Championship!! If you love football then be sure to join me on Saturday mornings for the Football Show!"
Will Hazell
Originally from Manchester (via Durham and London), Will's love affair with music began in the back of the car as a kid (because he couldn't hear what the grown-ups were saying in the front), and has shown no signs of stopping since then. He has worked as a performer for the past 14 years, touring the world and doing his best to avoid doing anything sensible. In recent years, he has adopted Kettering as his new home town, so it seems only right that he fills Northamptonshire's air waves with his chirpy northern tones! When not putting a severe dent in the tea and biscuit supply at Qube Towers, Will can often be found lending his singing voice to vocal groups including The Choir Of Man, The Brit Tones, The Eastcoast Boys, and The Somebodys.
Simon Ore
Simon’s passion is music, his taste and knowledge is extremely wide. Added to his skill to entertain hundreds of people on a regular basis with a huge musical abililty under his belt you can be assured that every one of Simon's shows will be full of great music and music knowledge, "if you can understand my Yam Yam tone..." he would like to add.
Lewis Coles
Lewis has always had a love for broadcast radio since studying creative media production diploma at Banbury college. Lewis is experienced in the creative media industry with many hours work in film and video editing, sound recording, photography, music mixing and so on.
He has worked on various independent film and TV projects, specialising in a mixture of performance arts, sound recording, editing and cinematography.
In 2006, at 11 years old, Lewis became an associate member of local drama group Bodicote Players appearing in many pantomimes and plays with various costume changes and characters.
"My own aspiration is to work within the broadcast media industry and radio programming. I always have the ambition to become a podcast and radio programme creator, generating new ideas and creations for easy listening shows so I am really looking forward to my future with Qube Radio, following my passion for music and working closely to my fellow presenters and listeners."
Darren James
Darren James is a veteran DJ from Daventry in Northamptonshire primarily recognized for his work in the dance industry and now making the leap into radio. Touring with Euphoria Albums in the early noughties and guest DJing all over the world, he cut his teeth on turntables playing at countless raves in the 90s. Just about every high street bar and club in Northamptonshire in the 90s and 00s saw a stint from Darren and he held many residencies in most of them.
As well as producing his own music as Assertion, Mass Distraction and Attic Antics, he is also a writer, screenwriter, and graphic designer when it all gets a "bit too loud".
Though his DJing career always had a firm foot in house and dance music, his love of 80s electronica and new wave has always influenced his music choices and producing, but he likes all kinds of music; especially unheard rare indie tracks, and all genres can be heard in his sets and "free-form" shows.
After a long and successful stint at Daventry Radio, he now joins Qube radio.
His past shows and mixes can be heard on his Mixcloud page, 'attic-sessions' if you like Indie and House.
DJ Lynton
D.J. Lynton is an accomplished D.J. with over 25 years of experience, working across the UK providing top quality sound, music and lighting.
"I was born into the world of music, as I grew so did my talent, as a teenager I discovered soul & Funk with artist like Joyce Simms, Farley Jack Master Funk and Cameo I was sold.
At 12 yeas of age I had set up the Zodiac Roadshow, hosting school discos all over Milton Keynes, this lead to Djing at Private functions such as weddings and party’s giving me the experience of programming music for a wide range of people.
In 1985 I had secured a residency as D.J. for Austin’s the only night club in Milton Keynes playing what I loved Funk & Soul, I moved on to clubs in St Albans and Hatfield where I stayed for 4 Years mastering mixing & Programming skills.
In 1990 I took the party on the road as a mobile D.J."
Jo Sandy-Goodey
Jo, originally from Manchester, started playing the violin aged 5. She quickly showed a lot of talent and musicianship and as a teenager toured Europe and major UK venues with a jazz band where her passion for jazz and swing began.
She took up saxophone and still plays soprano, Alto and tenor sax. At university she studied music of all eras and took up oboe and flute. After completing a post grad in music and education, she took the post of Head of Music in a Manchester secondary school teaching music and music technology to 11-18 year olds.
"My best three gigs ever? Mansun at V, Manic Street Preachers (millennium gig) and David Bowie at Old Trafford. Best job ? Qube Radio!"
Ellie Garnett
Ellie loves the old school classics almost as much as she loves a Christmas cracker joke. She is also trained in performing arts!
Matthew "Matty" Hughes
"Hello, I'm Matthew, I live in Wakefield, near Leeds. It's a privilege to be able to DJ on such a fabulous radio station. I've been a mobile DJ since 2013 and always had a passion for music from a young age. I've always had an interest in Radio, and when growing up, I used to record myself on to a cassette tape, and mini-discs latterly, and play it to my friends as if I was on the radio. As far as music taste goes, I love most genres, I particularly like my 70s 80s and 90s but I also enjoy Motown and Dance music too. Don't be surprised if you hear the odd pop and crackle as I do like to throw the odd Vinyl record in here and there."
Jo Rogers
She said "You'll never get me doing that!"
David Heathcote
David has a large collection of vintage coal scuttles.