Jonathan Coleman
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- For the Australian rules footballer, see John Coleman.
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Jonathan Coleman nicknamed Jono (born 29 February 1956 in Hackney, London, England), is an Australian television personality, radio announcer and writer and performer of comedy. He has lived in North London since 1990 and is married with two children.
In 1992, Coleman worked as an announcer and sidekick on the Lifetime game show Born Lucky hosted by former one-time Wheel of Fortune and Entertainment Tonight's Bob Goen.
Coleman's broadcasting career started at BBC GLR, before moving to Virgin Radio in May 1993, presenting the Sunday - Thursday evening show from 7-10pm. In July 1993, he co-presented the Breakfast show alongside Russ Williams, where he remained until October 1997, moving to the drivetime show upon Chris Evans' arrival at the station.
Coleman was fired from Virgin Radio in early 1998 & moved to London's Heart 106.2, presenting the Breakfast show. He co-hosted the show with Harriet Scott from mid 2002.
In early 2005 , despite his breakfast show contributing to Heart 106.2 becoming the most listened to commercial radio station in London, he was axed, moving to sister station LBC 97.3, where for a short time he took over the weekend mid-morning show from 10am-1pm.
Since Monday 25th July 2005 Coleman took over the 3-5pm Afternoon show on BBC London 94.9 & from Monday 17th October 2005, he took over the Breakfast show from Danny Baker, co-presenting with JoAnne Good.
He has also presented many television programs for the BBC and appears regularly for many international television crossovers from the United Kingdom for Australian television. Coleman also wrote for Punch magazine titled Coleman's Bowls. He currently writes a weekly column for the national newspaper The Daily Star.
He has also appeared in the British television programmes, Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrities Under Pressure, I'm Famous and Frightened! and Have I Been Here Before?
Coleman has also provided many voiceovers and narrations for many products both in Australia and internationally for companies such as Toohey's, Foster's, Qantas, the Australian Tourist Commission, and BBC TV, as well as in-flight programs for Qantas, Air New Zealand and Britannia.
His earlier Australian television work included regular appearances on children's show Simon Townsend's Wonder World as a reporter and regular TV appearances with his partner Ian Rogerson such as Saturday Morning Live . He also worked on radio in Sydney with him as the duo Jono and Dano .
Jonathan Coleman is also the voice of the popular Australian 70s 80s and 90s music radio program "My Generation", heard on the Australian Radio Network stations Gold 104 (Melbourne), 2WS-FM (sydney), 4KQ (Brisbane), Mix 102.3 FM (Adelaide), Mix 106.3 FM (Canberra), and over 50 regional radio stations throughout Australia.
