Jason Mohammad (born 17 September 1973) is a Welsh

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and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the current host of ''

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'' on

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on Saturday afternoons.

Personal life

Mohammad was born and brought up in

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to a Pakistani father and

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mother, going to school at Glyn Derw High School. He studied

and Politics at

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, and then attended

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for a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism. He is a practising Muslim.

Career

Television

Mohammad joined

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in 1997 as a reporter for '' BBC Wales Today'' before becoming the anchor of ''Wales on Saturday''. In 2013, he replaced Gabby Logan as the host of ''

'' on

on Saturday afternoons, regularly hosting alongside pundits such as

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and Danny Mills. Mohammad had previously been a reporter on the programme for many years. He was also the presenter of ''

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'' specials on BBC Two Wales and was the secondary snooker presenter for

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. Mohammad was part of the BBC's broadcasting crew at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and is an occasional presenter of '' Match of the Day'' and '' Match of the Day 2'', deputising for Gary Lineker and Mark Chapman respectively. He previously hosted some of the BBC's live coverage of the RBS Six Nations, although they now share the live rights with ITV, leaving John Inverdale and Gabby Logan to present the live action.

Radio

Before getting his break into the world of journalism, Jason was a member of

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, The Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board radio service based in Singleton Hospital. Mohammad hosts a show on Monday to Wednesday mornings on BBC Radio Wales. In October 2017 he sat in for Clare Balding on her

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show ''Good Morning Sunday''. From the start of the 2016–17 football season, Mohammad has been the co-host of BBC Radio 5 Live's football phone in show 606, alongside regular co-host Robbie Savage. He is also an occasional presenter of 5 live Sport.
From 4 February 2018, he became the regular co-presenter of ''Good Morning Sunday'', alongside Kate Bottley.

Remuneration

On 3 July 2019, the BBC disclosed that Jason Mohammad was paid £355,000 in the previous year, among the top ten earners at the BBC.

References

External links

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''Jason Mohammad''
(BBC Radio Wales)
''Good Morning Sunday''
(BBC Radio 2)

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