{"id":780108,"date":"2026-09-23T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780108\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:50:16","slug":"q-radio-launches-search-for-new-breakfast-voice-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780108\/","title":{"rendered":"Q Radio launches search for new breakfast voice \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"RTUKPackageDeal1webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790178615_12_RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp\" alt=\"\"   width=\"800\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Q Radio is searching for a new broadcaster to join its breakfast programme through a competition called Q Factor.<\/p>\n<p>The talent search is open to aspiring presenters and local personalities across Northern Ireland, with no previous professional radio experience required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790178616_304_RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applicants must submit a short video featuring a radio styled link through the Q Radio website. Suggested approaches include telling a personal story, introducing a musician or delivering a traffic update about the Sandyknowes roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>Selected entrants will then complete a series of audio challenges before the finalists appear live alongside Q Radio Breakfast presenters Connor and Amy.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will secure a place on the Q Radio Breakfast team.<\/p>\n<p>Errol Doherty, Programme Manager and Head of Music at Q Radio, said: \u201cQ Factor is the perfect opportunity for someone to get involved in the world of radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Errol said applications were welcomed from people with different backgrounds, including comedians, singers and anyone able to tell an engaging story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking for anyone to apply, so even if you have never presented before, this could be your opportunity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Producers will assess entrants on their personality, wit, voice and ability to connect with listeners across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Applications and further information are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qradio.com\/qfactor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q Radio is searching for a new broadcaster to join its breakfast programme through a competition called Q&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}