Mike Mendoza (broadcaster): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
*[[Michael Van Straten]] - joins Mendoza to offer tips on health and healthy eating every Monday morning between 4 and 5. |
*[[Michael Van Straten]] - joins Mendoza to offer tips on health and healthy eating every Monday morning between 4 and 5. |
||
*[[Henry G Vatenby]] - joins Mendoza to offer tips on the best way to unravel a twisted '''bel-ende'' Friday evening between 6 and 7. |
|||
==Note== |
==Note== |
||
<references /> |
<references /> |
||
Revision as of 16:34, 27 March 2007
Mike Mendoza (born Michael David Mendoza 1 November 1947) is a British radio presenter on talkSPORT, heard nationally on 1089 & 1053 AM, Sky channel 0108, DAB Digital Radio and across the globe on www.talksport.net.
Mendoza has worked around the world getting his start in Auckland, New Zealand. He has also worked in Australia, the United States, the French Riviera, Italy & Monaco for an English Language radio station.
Mendoza returned to UK in his late 30's and has worked for the BBC, Radio Mercury, Southern Sound, Spectrum Radio and LBC before joining talkSPORT in 2004.
He was presented as a case study by the UK branch of Action on Smoking and Health of someone affected by second-hand cigarette smoking (repeated chest infections) though he never smoked himself.[1]
Mendoza is Jewish and has co-founded a London-based Jewish radio station, Shalom FM, in order to provide, he said, "some balanced reporting about the community and Israel.".[2] Mendoza is not currently presenting on Shalom FM, however, his former talkSPORT colleague Charlie Wolf presents a twice-weekly show on the station.[3]
Mendoza is a cousin of comedian and actor Peter Sellers.
Mendoza is a supporter of a charity for children with cerebral palsy, known as Whoopsa Daisy. He has publicised this charity both on his personal website and on his radio programme.
Current activities
At the moment, Mendoza can be heard Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings between 1 and 6 a.m. on talkSPORT.
talkSPORT guests
Regular guests on Mendoza's talkSPORT show include:
- Fevzi Turkalp - The 'Gadget Detective' joins Mendoza every Saturday morning currently between 2 and 3.
- Al Rantel - talkSPORT crosses the pond as Mendoza simulcasts with Al Rantel of KABC in California every Saturday morning currently between 3 and 5.
- David Courtney - joins Mendoza to find the best unsigned musicians in the country, Sunday mornings at 4.
- Michael Van Straten - joins Mendoza to offer tips on health and healthy eating every Monday morning between 4 and 5.
- Henry G Vatenby - joins Mendoza to offer tips on the best way to unravel a twisted 'bel-ende Friday evening between 6 and 7.
Note
- ^ Case Study: Mike Mendoza, Action on Smoking and Health, accessed November 16, 2006
- ^ Britain’s only Jewish radio station has gone live for its third stint on the air... , JTA news service, January 25, 2004, accessed 16 November 2006
- ^ Presenters, Shalom FM official site, accessed on 2006-12-23