Arnold Gay

Arnold Gay
Arnold Gay
Born	11 May 1967 (age 57); Singapore
Alma mater	National University of Singapore
Occupations	Radio DJ; TV presenter;
Spouse	Deborah Chia
Children	1

Arnold Gay (born 11 May 1967) is a television presenter and former radio presenter from

Kiss 92FM, as well as sister channel CNA938. He was also a broadcast journalist at various TV stations including CNA, CNBC Asia, Bloomberg TV and Reuters TV

.

Biography

Gay's first job in radio was as a presenter at

Class 95FM, where he subsequently became the station's Music Director. He then became the Music Director at the newly-opened Power 98 FM in 1994.^[1]

Gay then moved into the television industry in 1995, becoming a Music Video Programmer for

Channel NewsAsia. In 2001, he moved to the new Singapore Press Holdings television channel, TV Works, as a presenter on the Straits Times TV News (later renamed Channel i News). When the channel folded at the end of 2004, he became an Assistant News Editor for the Straits Times newspaper. In 2005, he became the Singapore Press Holdings Head of Corporate Relations.^[2] He later moved back into broadcast journalism and had stints at CNBC Asia, Bloomberg TV and Reuters TV

.

In 2012, Gay returned to the radio industry to join the new Singapore radio station

CNA938

(previously 938Now) for 4 years from 2019 - 2023.

At the start of 2024, he was promoted back as a Television Presenter on the main

BBC News

, thereby marking Gay's return to the television screens.

Education

Gay was educated at Catholic High School, St Joseph's Institution and Raffles Junior College, before going on to the National University of Singapore where he majored in Economics and Psychology.

Personal life

Gay has two brothers and one sister. His father was a Station Manager for British Airways and his mother was a bank officer.

Gay met his wife, Deborah Chia, when she was working as a DJ at Class 95FM. The couple have one son.

References

^ Arnold Gay is a seriously funny guy, The Straits Times, 15 July 2014.
^ Singapore Press Holdings Ltd – Arnold Gay, Bloomberg L.P.. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ Kiss92 is top English music station, The New Paper, 20 June 2014.
^ Kiss92 FM’s morning trio on breakfast habits, The New Paper, 2 July 2014.
^ Arnold Gay, Kiss92 FM Archived 15 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, SPH Radio. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[1] Arnold Gay is a seriously funny guy, The Straits Times, 15 July 2014.

[2] Singapore Press Holdings Ltd – Arnold Gay, Bloomberg L.P.. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[3] Kiss92 is top English music station, The New Paper, 20 June 2014.

[4] Kiss92 FM’s morning trio on breakfast habits, The New Paper, 2 July 2014.

[5] Arnold Gay, Kiss92 FM Archived 15 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, SPH Radio. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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