Fearne Cotton (radio show) Fearne Cotton (radio show) Fearne Cotton was a British weekday radio show on BBC Radio 1, hosted by Fearne Cotton. The programme was on air from September 2009 until 22 May 2015, when Fearne left the show. It was broadcast each morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and on bank holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The show focused on playing and interviewing new bands and styles of music. On 21 September 2009, Fearne Cotton succeeded Jo Whiley for the 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. slot following a major re-shuffle of Radio 1's schedules. The re-shuffle also saw
Jo Whiley Jo Whiley Johanne Whiley (born 4 July 1965) is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running weekday "Jo Whiley Show" on BBC Radio 1. Whiley was born in Northampton to Martin, an electrician, and Christine, a postmistress. She attended Campion School at Bugbrooke, near Northampton and then studied applied languages at Brighton Polytechnic. She swam competitively for Northamptonshire. In Whiley's final year of her degree, still unsure of what she wanted to do, a conversation with a lecturer led to a job with BBC Radio Sussex on a show called "Turn It Up".