Corey Layton AKA Captain Turntable (born 19 July 1979 in Melbourne, Australia) is a commercial radio broadcaster.
He started his career at youth radio station 89.9 Hitz-FM (Melbourne) as Captain Turntable[1] before hosting the night show at Melbourne's TTFM with Fifi Box and Mixmaster Mikey.[2] In 2000 he won a RAWARD for Best Newcomer On-Air[citation needed].
Later, Corey moved to Sydney to be a founding member of Nova 96.9 where he also hosted the late night show, dropping the name Captain Turntable. When Nova 100 launched in Melbourne Corey moved back to host the night show where he interviewed Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jamiroquai, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Paris Hilton and many more. Around this same time Corey was in the Nick Giannopoulos film, The Wannabes.[3]
Layton moved behind the scenes at Nova 100 in 2003 working as the Promotions Manager and later as Breakfast Producer for Hughesy & Kate (formerly Hughesy, Kate & Dave). In 2006, he travelled around South America[4] before moving to London to work at Gcap Media as the Commercial Programme Controller for the Xfm, Choice FM and Gold Radio Networks.
In 2008, Corey became the voice of the IRB's Total Rugby TV show broadcast to 154 countries worldwide.[5]
In 2009, Layton returned to Melbourne to work for Austereo where he served as Head of Response & Activation.[citation needed] He is also a voice over artist with RMK.[6]
As of May 2019, he began to work for ARN in Melbourne.[2]
References
edit- ^ "The Raw-Wild-Hitz Connection: Cory goes to conquer Sydney". Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ a b Wallbank, Paul (2 May 2019). "News Corey Layton takes ARN commercial and audio partnerships role". Mumbrella. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Corey Layton". IMDb. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "International Rugby Board". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ^ "Corey Layton, male voice artist with RMK Voices Melbourne". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.