Dan O'Connell

Dan’s a northern lad who’s been on the radio since he was 18. That’s over 25 years…

He’s the Radio X Evening Show host, and he’s also on Radio X Chilled, every Sunday from 7pm.

He spent 3 years as XFM’s drivetime presenter, broadcasting across the UK, every weekday afternoon from 4pm. He started at XFM in 2010, having previously worked on the old Galaxy network (now Capital FM) from 2005 to 2009.

Dan made his TV presenting debut early in 2012, hosting the brilliant Channel 4 music series ‘Launched at Red Bull Studios’ in which he interviewed the hotly tipped acts for 2012 over 10 episodes. Dan also completed the travel documentary “Street Circuit Weekender” for Mercedes and Avis.

With a passion for live events, Dan has a long history of involvement with a variety of festivals, from music to sports.

He’s been on stage in front of 50,000 people at Party in the Park; covered the Mercury Music Prize live from the awards, and spent a month hosting shows for XFM and Coors Light from the top of a mountain in Val d’Isere. He’s also DJ’ed at many festivals – ranging from Lovebox to Secret Garden Party. More recently, Dan has been hosting Mclaren F1 live events, and introducing the bands for Radio X’s birthday party.

Dan’s also a sought-after voice over artist. He’s been the voice of QUEST, Discovery’s ‘rough and tough’ adventure channel and can also be heard on ITV2 and ITV4. Dan regularly lends his voice to numerous TV and Radio ads.

His warm and charming attitude puts his guests at ease, always leading to intelligent and inspiring interviews, be they on or off camera. He’s interviewed everyone from Ricky Gervais to Rihanna.

Away from music, Dan has a huge passion for travel and winter sports.

He also plays the bagpipes, and was once tipped as a future star of Hammer for Team GB after coming third in the Scottish Schools Athletics Championship. Unfortunately, it was later revealed only 3 people had entered, and he was awarded the bronze medal by default. Still counts…

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Dan most recently presented The Street Circuit Weekender for Mercedes and Avis. Driving around some of the most beautiful parts of Europe. Lucky boy! Previously, he hosted Launched at Red Bull Studios. This was a 10 part series for Channel 4/Globe Productions. The show was based around showcasing 10 of the biggest new bands and artists. Dan has a keen interest in music, travel, culture and car based television and documentaries.

• Dan’s Showreel

• Dan meets The Inbetweeners

Back to Work

Starting out at Viking FM in 2000, Dan worked behind the scenes on everything from the breakfast show to Friday Night Kiss.

During his time at university in Leeds, he spent a year working at the student radio station, LSRFM, doing his first “proper radio show”. After finishing his degree, he won a silver student radio award, which led to him being offered the overnight show at Viking FM.

He later moved to Galaxy (now CapitalFM) to present drivetime and weekends across the network. In 2010, he was asked to host the XFM afternoon show, which he went on to present for 2 years.

Shows on Kiss FM and NME Radio followed, with Dan returning to XFM in late 2012, to host drivetime and ‘The Weekender’.

You can currently hear Dan weekdays on Radio X, 7pm-10pm.

• Noel Gallagher Interview Part 1

• Noel Gallagher Interview Part 2

• Converse Represent on NME Radio

• On-Air

Back to Work

As a voice over, Dan has worked across the board on projects for loads of different clients. His commercial work in the music industry has included campaigns for everybody from Ed Sheeran to the Swedish House Mafia. Other commercial clients include P&G, Smirnoff, Bacardi, Microsoft, Disney and Barclays.

With continuity, Dan has been the voice of Quest, ITV2 and ITV4. He’s also spent the last few years on Investigation Discovery. His work has also included enhancing the second screen experience for ITV, through live continuity and viewer interaction.

Dan’s natural with a touch of northern. Check out his latest work:

• Voiceover Demo

• Continuity Demo

• Imaging Demo

• Narration Demo

• As Seen On Screen – Commercial Voice Reel

• As Seen On Screen – Narration Voice Reel

• As Seen On Screen – The Chemical Brothers TVC

• As Seen On Screen – James Bay TVC

• As Seen On Screen – Circa Waves TVC

• As Seen On Screen – Discovery TV Promo

• As Seen on Screen – TV Sponsorship

• As Seen On Screen – ITV2 Live Continuity

Full studio available with ISDN and Audio TX. Files can be delivered as required via WAV, FTP, MP3 or CD.

Back to Work

Dan has DJ’ed at some of the biggest events in the UK and around Europe. From Lovebox and Secret Garden Party to Gatecrasher and The Alps.

He also plays corporate parties and has worked with lots of different brands including Coca Cola, Coors Light, LFW, and WKD

Back to Work

Blog 51 – Illegal Raves
December 20th, 2019

I’m sat in a posh private members club in Mayfair. It’s all dark timber clad walls and velvet quilted chairs – everything W1 should be. I’m not to get too comfortable says the man I’m meeting. Because tonight we’re going to an illegal rave. The illegal rave scene, which exploded with the birth of acid … Continue reading “Blog 51 – Illegal Raves”

Dan is a proud supporter of various projects around the world. Take a look some of the charities that are close to Dan’s heart.

Warchild now helps over 100,000 children around the world, trapped in conflict zones through no choice of their own.

Make Some Noise supports small charities around the UK, who struggle to get heard. They work mostly with young people, and all the money raised has a massive impact on the work they can do, and the people they can reach.

For General Enquiries: danocinfo@gmail.com