Alex Dyson

Alexander Edward "Alex" Dyson (born 22 June 1988) is an Australian radio presenter who, along with co-host Matt Okine, presents the breakfast show on Australian youth radio station Triple J.

Personal life

Dyson was born to parents Ian and Helen Jean Dyson and grew up Warrnambool, Victoria. Dyson's mother died of breast cancer when he was four years old. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Creative Arts.

Career

Dyson began his radio career on Warrnambool community station 3WAY FM with Tom Ballard. Dyson and Ballard began presenting mid-dawn shifts for Australian youth radio station, Triple J in 2007 after program director, Chris Scaddan, saw Ballard perform stand-up comedy at Raw Comedy. They made their transition to weekend radio in late 2008, taking over from Sam Simmons.

On 23 November 2009, Triple J announced that Ballard and Dyson would take over as hosts of the breakfast show in 2010, replacing Robbie Buck, Marieke Hardy and Lindsay McDougall.Matt Okine joined Dyson as co-host in January 2014 when Ballard left Triple J.