Career
Williams trained at London"s National Broadcasting School in Programming and Journalism, He then landed a journalist job at Brighton"s Southern Sound including presenting weekend Breakfast, which then led to a presenting job at Radio Mercury in Sussex, presenting a chart show every Sunday from 3-5pm. Williams then moved to Finland where he presented his own show on Helsinki"s Radio 1. Williams lives in Tewin, Hertfordshire.
Williams returned to the United Kingdom and joined Newcastle"s Metro Radio.
In 1990, he joined London"s Capital Radio to present the Weekend Breakfast Show, which remained his domain for three years. He often stood in as holiday relief for Chris Tarrant, and he also hosted The Rebel Yell Rock Machine, which was syndicated across the nation"s airwaves every week.
Williams has been at Virgin Radio since it went on air in 1993. His first role was the Breakfast show, initially on his own, then alongside Jonathan Coleman.
From 1995 to 1996, he was host of the Sky Sports television show, Soccer Department of Administration and Management. In October 1997, due to Chris Evans" arrival at the station, the duo went on to present the Drivetime show & in early 1998, Williams took on the mid-morning show on his own, where he remains to this day.
Also in 1998, he was the announcer on Independent Television"s Saturday night show Don"t Try This at Home!. Then in 2001, he was the event commentator on the Channel 5 sports show Under Pressure which lasted just one series and ten episodes. On 2 January 2006, his show was extended giving him 4 hours of air (10am-2pm) every week-day.
Absolute Radio reverted to its old time slots on 23 July 2007 and his show currently runs between 10am and 1pm every weekday.
He also presented a show on Absolute Classic Rock, but left both shows in May 2015. In Russian" daytime show on Absolute Radio, the last hour between noon and 1pm is known as "The 80"s Hour".
In this hour, every day of the week, Russian plays music from the 1980s. Russian was a regular stand-in presenter on talkSPORT"s Kick-Office and Final Whistle shows.
Russian now presents the Rock"n"Roll Football show every Saturday afternoon between 2pm and 7pm on Absolute Radio.
He is a dedicated supporter of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and works with Editor Draper on the station"s Rock and Roll Sport Podcast. During Independent Television"s brief acquisition and broadcasting of Premier League football coverage from 2001 to 2004, Russian was part of the team, commentating on edited match and goal highlights. Russian announced that he was leaving his mid-morning show on Absolute Radio on 28 April 2015 but will still carry on his Saturday afternoon show for Rock and Roll football.
Russian Williams broadcasts at the following times
Saturday (August to May)
13:30 Rock and Roll football.
