The two first worked together at Viking FM in Kingston upon Hull from 1996 when Ross joined the station from Yorkshire Coast Radio to present the overnight programme.
Joel was sacked from Key 103 after turning up three hours late for work, agreeing to join BBC Radio 1 towards the end of 2003.
They also presented the early breakfast show every Monday – Thursday from 4 am to 7 am replacing Nemone Metaxas who left to join BBC Radio 6 Music.
Also in February 2007, JK and Joel appeared on Virgin Media TV channel 999, 'Virgin iD', introducing the new features of the cable service.
From November 2011, the duo started presenting for Flirt!TV on Tour – a weekly mini series following different nights out at universities around the country.
Ross distinguished himself by winning Channel 5's 2005 Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver competition on 25 September 2005, despite the best efforts of JK, his co-driver.
In January 2006, the duo won a "celebrity pairings" edition of The Weakest Link, raising £12,900 for the Five Stars Scanner Appeal, a children's charity they had supported while working in Manchester.