Jonathan Coleman (presenter)
| Jonathan "Jono" Coleman OAM |
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Coleman in 2011
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Jonathan Harry Coleman 29 February 1956 Hackney, London, England, UK |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Anglo-Australian |
| Other names | Jono |
| Occupation | Radio announcer, television personality, writer, performer |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Employer | Network Ten |
| Children | 3 |
Jonathan Harry Coleman OAM nicknamed "Jono" (born 29 February 1956 in Hackney, London, UK), is an English-born Australian television personality, radio announcer and writer and performer of comedy.
Coleman's broadcasting career started in the late 1970s in Australia when he was chosen a member of the reporting team for the popular afternoon children's TV magazine show Simon Townsend's Wonder World, created and hosted by journalist Simon Townsend.
This was followed by several years as a DJ and presenter on the ABC's youth radio network Triple J, including a stint as co-host (with Ian Rogerson) on the popular Sunday afternoon comedy program Off The Record, a program that featured the talents of comedy group The J-Team, which included comedians Lance Curtis, Adam Bowen and Angela Webber.
In 1983 Coleman starred in the Australian movie Midnite Spares alongside well known Australian actors Max Cullen and Gia Carides.
In 1984 Jono and Dano moved to triple m where they took the show to the number 1 position.
In 1988 Jonathan Coleman and Ian 'Dano' Rogerson began hosting a new music television programme on The Seven Network. Saturday Morning Live was broadcast from Sydney, nationally from 9 am to 12:30 pm every Saturday morning. The programme was a mixture of music videos, live performances, interviews with musicians and performers, location items and comedy performances (usually in character by Jono & Dano). The show was immediately popular and soon became the most watched music programme on Australian television.
For the second season of Saturday Morning Live in 1989 the producers decided to expand on the comedy aspect and introduced a cast of comedic performers to work alongside Coleman and Rogerson. The new format was not successful and in mid-1989 the comedy component was dropped and the emphasis on music (in particular live performances) was re-established. To appeal to a younger demographic two young actors from the Seven Network teen drama Home and Away were recruited onto the show. Emily Symons and Mat Stevenson co-hosted the new Saturday Morning Live as well as presenting occasional location reports.
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