The son of Soviet historian Alexander Nove, his earliest presentational experience was at Glasgow's Hospital Broadcasting Service in 1976.
[citation needed] For several years, he was also the presenter of the EuroMix in-flight audio entertainment channel, exclusive to Emirates.
He was also the London studio technical operator when Terry Wogan presented his Radio 2 show from various locations around Europe during coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest and other outside broadcasts in the United Kingdom.
Nove is the co-owner of an AEC Routemaster bus, with Ken Bruce, Alan Dedicoat, Steve Madden and David Sheppard.
[citation needed] Charles Nove founded the A1 VOX audio recording studios in London in 1999 and remains the company's Managing Director.