Jon Gaunt
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Born | Jonathan Charles Gaunt 3 March 1961 |
Website | www |
Jonathan Charles Gaunt (born 3 March 1961) is an English radio talk show presenter, TV personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman.
Gaunt describes himself as a "working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda".
Play and script writer
He studied Drama and Theatre Arts at the
His most successful play was Hooligans which won a Fringe First at the 1986
Radio presenter
Gaunt then ran the
Gaunt has worked for many radio stations, including
Gaunt hosted a mid-morning
In January 2009 Gaunt stated his intent to fight the
From April 2009 to July 2010, Gaunt presented an online radio talk show for the Sun's website, called Sun Talk. The show was also broadcast on regular FM radio in Spain, on the Costa Blanca via Bay Radio (Spain) and Costa Del Sol via Spectrum FM. The three-hour talkshow was broadcast every weekday from 10 am to 1 pm GMT.[13]
In March 2010, Sun Talk won a
In July 2010 SunTalk was closed down by News International,[17] as part of a cost review strategy to focus on core operations.[18]
In August 2010 Gaunt became the official spokesman for the EU referendum campaign.
In March 2013 Gaunt joined the UK Independence Party. The announcement was made at the party's spring conference in the Devon city of Exeter.[19]
In 2014 Gaunt joined
In 2015 he launched a radio station called Talk2meradio but the station closed down in 2018.
He still does podcasts on his website.
In 2018 he joined Radio Sputnik Worldwide and currently presents a show called Shooting from the Lip.[21]
References
- ^ Silver, James (1 October 2007). "Licence to shock". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ a b Burrell, Ian "Jon Gaunt: 'I'm the voice of ordinary folk'", The Independent, 28 January 2008
- ^ Five Live's Dee retunes to TalkSport The Guardian, 12 November 2007
- ^ "Sony Awards 2001: The winners", BBC News, 30 April 2001; Retrieved 12 October 2006
- ^ "'Nazi' remark presenter is sacked". BBC News. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Ofcom upholds 'Nazi' complaints". BBC News. 11 May 2009.
- ^ "DJ Jon Gaunt loses 'Nazi' jibe court appeal". BBC News. 17 June 2011.
- ^ Judith Townend. "Shock jock Jon Gaunt: 'No need for an unelected quango like Ofcom'". Journalism.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Jon Gaunt still pursuing legal action against TalkSport". The Guardian. London. 20 January 2009.
- ^ Chris Tryhorn (27 January 2010). "Jon Gaunt wins right to free speech challenge against media regulator". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ a b "'Nazi' jibe radio host loses legal bid". BBC News. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ Rachel, McAthy (17 June 2011). "Gaunt, R (on the application of) v The Office of Communications [2011] EWCA Civ 692". Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Jenny Williams (7 July 2009). "SunTalk taps into Spanish holiday and expat market". Press Gazette.
- ^ "Sonys: Absolutely Fabulous". RadioToday. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ Ponsford, Dominic (8 April 2010). "BBC dominates Sony Awards journalism categories". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ Mark Sweney (10 May 2010). "SunTalk stretches out for World Cup". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Jon Gaunt's internet radio show is pulled". BBC News. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ John Plunkett; Mark Sweeney (15 July 2010). "SunTalk shut down". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "UKIP 'only Westminster alternative'". BBC News. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Jon Gaunt joins FUBAR Radio". 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Presenter Jon Gaunt joins Radio Sputnik Worldwide". Radio Today. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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