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Occupation(s)	Radio Presenter, Television, Music Producer, Actor

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Maurice Jay is a radio and television personality from Holywood, County Down. He is also a musician and actor, and is currently Programme Director and Head Of Music at U105 Belfast, part of the UTV Media group.

Education

Jay is a former pupil of Redburn Primary School and Sullivan Upper School in Holywood. During his final school year, he was awarded the H.M.M. Rae Cup for Music, and won a much coveted travel bursary to further his music studies in London. He later gained a diploma in Sound Technology & Music Business from New York University

Early career

His DJ'ing began as a young teenager hosting school discos and hospital radio. In the mid 80's Jay moved into full time club DJ'ing and held down various residencies and regular guest appearances in venues around the country, including Radio Top Shop and a weekly residency at The Bronx, one of the country's leading dance music venues, where he was a local pioneers of Chicago House. In 1987 he was a local finalist in the DMC World DJ Championships and was one of the first DJ's to employ samplers and sequencers, making live real-time remixes of tracks during DJ'ing sets.

Music

His career began as a professional sound engineer in 1990 at Sonopista Studios in Almería, as chief engineer in one of the country's first all digital recording studios. He also worked as a live touring FOH engineer for the company's PA hire division, working with Chick Corea on his 1990 Inside Out Tour. From there, he moved to New York, working at Jonathan Elias Associates Recording Studios. Jay returned to Northern Ireland in the mid 90's to take up the post of resident front of house engineer at The Empire Music Hall. He also formed a funk rock band called The Behaviour who signed to Cherry Moon, and albeit relatively short-lived, the band achieved national and international media exposure but never realised it's full potential. The band performed several times on the BBC/RTE all Ireland TV show Go For It, eventually coming fourth in the live final.

His live engineering work has included mixing radio sessions for artists such as the Grammy Award winning Amy Winehouse, former Marillion frontman Fish (singer), Brit Award nominee Nerina Pallot, and the multi-million album selling bands T'Pau and Hue & Cry to name but a few.

Previously Jay worked as a music columnist for The Irish News, citing meeting Prince at his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis as a highlight. During his time running record label and artist management company Cherry Moon, Jay composed and produced albums for several artists including girl band Honey; he directed music videos for Trina Be and remixed and directed the video for UK Top 10 dance chart hit Fairytale for Curb Records recording artist Sharon Louise Geddis. He was also instrumental in the creation of a government backed sectoral lead body for the Northern Irish music industry.

Broadcasting career

His radio career started with community station BCR in the early nineties, then moving to Downtown Radio to host their mid-morning and breakfast show slots. He later joined Belfast CityBeat to take over the breakfast show and during his 4 year tenure, increased audience figures by 34% to record the stations largest audience for any show to date. Leaving there in 2005 to join UTV as Head Of Music for their new radio station U105, he also took up the position of Breakfast Show presenter in November 2006 and is now Programme Director.

Television

His TV appearances have included ITV network show Flux, network BBC2's Dance NRG, RTÉ/BBC Go For It (GFI) and UTV's L8 & Live. He has also made numerous appearances as a talking head on news programmes and documentaries.

Acting

Jay played the lead role of Danny Zuko in a UK touring production of Grease and appeared alongside James Nesbitt and Conleth Hill in West Side Story. He also starred as Riff, the leader of The Jets, in a later production of same musical with Opera Northern Ireland and the Ulster Orchestra. He has appeared in over 100 performances of this Leonard Bernstein classic and in 2008 completed another sell out run at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, playing Lieutenant Schrank.

Charity work

Jay has completed two endurance challenges over the last two years to raise money and awareness for the Northern Ireland Hospice, where he lived on both occasions in a shop window in Belfast City Centre for 105.8 hours, raising over £120,000 for the charity in just nine days.

Recent

In February 2010, Maurice Jay's Pleasuredome debuted on the stage of The Belfast Empire to a full house. Described as the ultimate 80's night out, the show features DJ's, dancers, the fashions and the Pleasuredome tribute band. The event is now happening at The Empire on a regular basis and at corporate and private functions across Northern Ireland.

External links

References

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-'''Maurice Jay''' is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] radio and television broadcaster, music producer and actor from [[Holywood]], [[County Down]]. He is currently Programme Director and Head Of Music at [[U105]] Belfast, part of the [[UTV Media]] group.
+'''Maurice Jay''' is a radio and television personality from [[Holywood]], [[County Down]]. He is also a musician and actor, and is currently Programme Director and Head Of Music at [[U105]] Belfast, part of the [[UTV Media]] group.<br />
-Educated at [[Sullivan Upper School]] in Holywood, he later gained a diploma in Sound Technology & Music Business from [[New York University]], becoming a professional [[sound engineer]] both in live and recorded sound, working at [[Jonathan Elias]] Associates Recording Studios in New York, Sonopista Studios in [[Almería]], Spain, and as resident engineer at The Empire Music Hall, Belfast. His live work has included mixing sessions with artists such as the [[Grammy]] Award winning [[Amy Winehouse]], former [[Marillion]] frontman [[Fish (singer)]], Brit Award nominee [[Nerina Pallot]], and the multi-million album selling bands [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] and [[Hue & Cry]] to name but a few.
+==Education==
-Previously Jay worked as a music columnist for ''[[The Irish News]]'', citing meeting [[Prince (artist)|Prince]] at his [[Paisley Park Studios]] in [[Minneapolis]] as a highlight. He was also the frontman of funk rock outfit The Behaviour, and albeit relatively short-lived, the band achieved national and international TV and radio exposure but never realised the potential of the sum of its parts. During his time running record label and artist management company ''Cherry Moon'', Jay composed and produced albums for several artists and was instrumental in the creation of a government backed sectoral lead body for the Northern Irish music industry.
+Jay is a former pupil of [[Redburn Primary School]] and [[Sullivan Upper School]] in Holywood. During his final school year, he was awarded the H.M.M. Rae Cup for Music, and won a much coveted travel bursary to further his music studies in London. He later gained a diploma in Sound Technology & Music Business from [[New York University]]
+==Early career==
-His DJ'ing career began as a young teenager hosting school discos and hospital radio. In the mid 80's Jay had moved into full time club DJ'ing and held down various residencies and regular guest appearances in venues around the country, including a weekly residency at The Bronx, one of the leading dance music venues, where he was one of the local pioneers of Chicago House. In 1987 he was a local finalist in the [[DMC World DJ Championships]] and was one of the very first DJ's to employ samplers and sequencers performing live real-time remixes of tracks during his DJ'ing sets. He retired from club DJ'ing in 2005.
+His DJ'ing began as a young teenager hosting school discos and hospital radio. In the mid 80's Jay moved into full time club DJ'ing and held down various residencies and regular guest appearances in venues around the country, including [[Radio Top Shop]] and a weekly residency at The Bronx, one of the country's leading dance music venues, where he was a local pioneers of Chicago House. In 1987 he was a local finalist in the [[DMC World DJ Championships]] and was one of the first DJ's to employ samplers and sequencers, making live real-time remixes of tracks during DJ'ing sets.
+==Music==
-His radio career started with community station BCR in the early nineties, then moving to [[Downtown Radio]] to host their mid-morning and breakfast show slots. He later joined [[Belfast CityBeat]] to take over the breakfast show and during his 4 year tenure, increased audience figures by 34% to record the stations largest audience for any show to date. Leaving there in 2005 to join [[UTV]] as Head Of Music for their new radio station [[U105]], he also took up the position of Breakfast Show presenter in November 2006 and is now Programme Director.
+His career began as a professional [[sound engineer]] in 1990 at Sonopista Studios in [[Almería]], as chief engineer in one of the country's first all digital recording studios. He also worked as a live touring [[FOH]] engineer for the company's PA hire division, working with [[Chick Corea]] on his  1990 Inside Out Tour. From there, he moved to New York, working at [[Jonathan Elias]] Associates Recording Studios. Jay returned to Northern Ireland in the mid 90's to take up the post of resident front of house engineer at The Empire Music Hall. He also formed a funk rock band called [[The Behaviour]] who signed to [[Cherry Moon]], and albeit relatively short-lived, the band achieved national and international media exposure but never realised it's full potential. The band performed several times on the BBC/RTE all Ireland TV show [[Go For It]], eventually coming fourth in the live final.
+His live engineering work has included mixing radio sessions for artists such as the [[Grammy]] Award winning [[Amy Winehouse]], former [[Marillion]] frontman [[Fish (singer)]], Brit Award nominee [[Nerina Pallot]], and the multi-million album selling bands [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] and [[Hue & Cry]] to name but a few.
-His TV appearances have included ITV network show Flux, network BBC2's Dance NRG, RTÉ's Let Me Entertain You and UTV's L8 & Live. He has also made numerous appearances as a talking head on news programmes and documentaries.
+Previously Jay worked as a music columnist for ''[[The Irish News]]'', citing meeting [[Prince (artist)|Prince]] at his [[Paisley Park Studios]] in [[Minneapolis]] as a highlight. During his time running record label and artist management company ''Cherry Moon'', Jay composed and produced albums for several artists including girl band [[Honey]]; he directed music videos for [[Trina Be]] and remixed and directed the video for UK Top 10 dance chart hit Fairytale for [[Curb Records]] recording artist [[Sharon Louise Geddis]]. He was also instrumental in the creation of a government backed sectoral lead body for the Northern Irish music industry.
+==Broadcasting career==
+His radio career started with community station [[BCR]] in the early nineties, then moving to [[Downtown Radio]] to host their mid-morning and breakfast show slots. He later joined [[Belfast CityBeat]] to take over the breakfast show and during his 4 year tenure, increased audience figures by 34% to record the stations largest audience for any show to date. Leaving there in 2005 to join [[UTV]] as Head Of Music for their new radio station [[U105]], he also took up the position of Breakfast Show presenter in November 2006 and is now Programme Director.
+==Television==
+His TV appearances have included ITV network show Flux, network BBC2's Dance NRG, RTÉ/BBC Go For It (GFI) and [[UTV]]'s L8 & Live. He has also made numerous appearances as a talking head on news programmes and documentaries.
+==Acting==
 Jay played the lead role of [[Danny Zuko]] in a UK touring production of [[Grease (musical)|Grease]] and appeared alongside [[James Nesbitt]] and [[Conleth Hill]] in [[West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story]]. He also starred as Riff, the leader of The Jets, in a later production of same musical with [[Opera Northern Ireland]] and the [[Ulster Orchestra]]. He has appeared in over 100 performances of this [[Leonard Bernstein]] classic and in 2008 completed another sell out run at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, playing Lieutenant Schrank.
+==Charity work==
-Maurice recently completed an endurance challenge to raise money and awareness for the [[Northern Ireland Children's Hospice]], where he lived in a shop window in Belfast City Centre for 105.8 hours, raising over £60,000 in just under four and a half days.
+Jay has completed two endurance challenges over the last two years to raise money and awareness for the [[Northern Ireland Hospice]], where he lived on both occasions in a shop window in Belfast City Centre for 105.8 hours, raising over £120,000 for the charity in just nine days.
+==Recent==
+{{advert}}
 In February 2010, Maurice Jay's Pleasuredome debuted on the stage of The [[Belfast Empire]] to a full house. Described as the ultimate 80's night out, the show features DJ's, dancers, the fashions and the Pleasuredome tribute band. The event is now happening at The Empire on a regular basis and at corporate and private functions across Northern Ireland.
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.mauricejay.com Maurice Jay's Pleasuredome Webpage]
+*[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=142508 Maurice Jay conducts interview with Slash on UTV]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0s66Yowv8I YouTube - The Behaviour 'Just 2 Say']
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsn0TET07I Kelly Show TV performance]
+*[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/what-are-northern-irelands-greatest-music-moments-ever-14960827.html Maurice Jay co-author Top 50 Northern Ireland Music Moments]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRJOfkslN4U YouTube - Maurice Jay U105 is released from his 105.8 Hour Challenge]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU5w3n2Isx0&feature=related UTV advert for World Record Attempt]
-*[http://www1.u105.com/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=100012 U105 profile]
+*[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/north-down/famous-faces-help-launch-sullivan-upper-history-book-14504222.html Article - Famous faces launch history book]
-*[http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/The-Maurice-Jay-Breakfast-Show/111322591432?ref=mf Facebook Page]
+*[http://www.u.tv/entertainment/Presenter-Johnny-Hero-joins-U105/ea7e8aad-d29b-429f-8ca8-c8aaa69eec7f Maurice Jay Programme Controller U105]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwbGmVb_JpU Maurice Jay on UTV programme Late And Live]
+*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20021006/ai_n12854730/?tag=content;col1 Daily Mirror article Sharon Louise Geddis]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{refbegin}}
+*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/28297139@N00/5100473758/ Belfast Telegraph article Cherry Moon Records]
+*[http://www.u.tv/lifestyle/Superhero-DJ-completes-1058-hours-for-charity/7fe71c21-83e6-47ad-b3c9-732663745f33 UTV article]
+*[http://www.u105.com/On-Air/Presenters.aspx U105 Presenters]
+*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/28297139@N00/5100467000/ Spectator Newspaper article BBC/RTE Go For It]
+*[http://www.ulstertatler.com/social-events.asp?id=488 Ulster Tatler article]
+*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7151422.stm BBC News Channel Sound Of 2008 pundit]
+*[http://www.utvtoday.co.uk/images.html UTV Today]
+*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/28297139@N00/5099867297/ Irish News article]
+*[http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2010/05/07/top-tribute-bands-descend-on-belfast/ Fame Magazine]
+*[http://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/newsroom/449/ Consumer Council Awards]
+*[http://www.communityni.org/event/maurice-jays-u1058-fm-challenge-northern-ireland-childrens-hospice-0 Community NI notice]
+*[http://www.nihospicecare.com/index.php/Latest-News/u1058-fm-heroic-event-for-childrens-hospice-fundraising-guide.html NI Hospice notice]
+*[http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/news/news.asp?id=1977 Belfast City Council]
+*[http://www.thebelfastempire.com/BandPages/pleasure.html Empire Music Hall]
+{{refend}}
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