Brendan Jones (born 3 April 1968) is an Australian radio presenter, actor, media personality and motorcycling enthusiast. Jones co-hosts Jonesy & Amanda with

Amanda Keller Amanda Rose Keller (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian television and radio presenter, comedian, writer, actress, journalist and media personality, best known as the hostess of the popular Australian lifestyle program ''The Living Room''. ...

on Gold 101.7.

Career

Brendan Jones began working in radio on the community radio station 2BCR

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for six months. In 1990 he obtained a night job at 6KA Karratha,

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, followed by mornings and afternoons at 2NM

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and then afternoons at

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, both in

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. His biggest hosting gigs have been late nights on B105

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, afternoons with

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and

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afternoons where he achieved the highest daytime figure for the station at 17.9%, then on mornings and then drive. He also hosted a national countdown show called ''Planet Rock''. Jones is currently presenting breakfast radio on Gold 101.7, with

. The show became the number 1 FM station in 2005 with 8.9% audience share defeating Merrick & Rosso. It has been reported that Jones has a centre-right political viewpoint. Jones and Keller host "My Generation" which is aired on ninety-seven stations nationally each week and won best on-air team at the 2012 ACRA's, a first in this category for ARN. Jones makes a regular appearance on the daytime television chat show '' Mornings with Sonia and David'' and has hosted ''Off the Record'' on the

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channel, ''Australia's Greatest Footy Fan'' and ''Do it Green''. He has also appeared on '' The Trophy Room'', ''Campaign'', '' Today Australia'' and '' The Morning Show'' on 7, as well as ''

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'', '' The Footy Show'', '' The Project'' and the popular culture show ''

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''. Jones had a supporting role in the comedy series ''

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'' and featured in the TV Series ''

Housos ''Housos'' (titled ''Housos of the Housing Commission'' from seasons 1 to 2, ''Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown'' from season 3, and ''Housos: The Thong Warrior'' from season 4) is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for ...

'' as a journalist, a role he also played in ''

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''. Jones is currently a co-host of ''Temporary Australians'', a motorcycling show on TVS (Series 1) and

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(Series 2), and writes a monthly column for ''Live to Ride'' magazine. During October 2013, he participated as a contestant during the thirteenth season of ''

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''. His professional partner was Alana Patience. He was eliminated on the fifth week with a score of 24. In 2014, Jones was featured on

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's successful television series '' Bogan Hunters'' as one of eight celebrity judges. Later that year, Jones scored a role in the motion picture ''

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''. He made a cameo appearance in episode 7547 of ''

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'' alongside

and

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as a news reporter. Jones is the narrator in both season 1 and 2 of Australian show ''Motorbike Cops''.

Personal life

Jones and wife Helen have three children, and are currently living in Sydney. Jones is also a fan of the

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in the

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Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Brendan 1968 births Living people Australian radio personalities Mass media people from New South Wales