Gareth Cliff

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Gareth Cliff
Born
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(1977-08-26) 26 August 1977 (age 46)
Pretoria, South Africa
Career
ShowThe Gareth Cliff Show
Station(s)Cliffcentral.com
Time slot6am – 8am
StyleTalk show
CountrySouth Africa
Previous show(s)Presenter on Radio 702
Breakfast show on 5FM
Website www.garethcliff.com

Gareth Rhydal Cliff (born 26 August 1977) is a South African radio and television personality. [1] [2] He began his professional radio career at 702, and later became the host of the breakfast show on 5FM. [3] During his career at 5FM, his show included a feature called The Hollywood Report with Jen Su. [4]

Contents

In January 2016 he won a court case to be reinstated as a judge on the television music competition show Idols South Africa on M-Net after being suspended for posting an allegedly racist remark on Twitter. [5] [6]

CliffCentral

In 2014, he launched CliffCentral, an online content hub that specialises in podcasting and online radio. [7] The content is uncensored and free from the regulations of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA). His former 5FM breakfast team, Leigh-Ann Mol, Damon Kalvari and Mabale Moloi joined him in the new venture, and initially featured as part of his team on The Gareth Cliff Show. [8] During one of the more outrageous stunts on CliffCentral, a show called SexTalk featured an orgasm live on air, on 31 July 2017 on National Orgasm Day. [9] On 24 July 2019, Gareth Cliff hosted a panel of well-known South African broadcast personalities featuring DJ Fresh, DJ Sbu, Robert Marawa, Tbo Touch and Trevor Gumbi on Pure Conversations. [10]

Blind History - a podcast series produced by CliffCentral and hosted by Gareth Cliff and Anthony Mederer — was nominated for a New York Festivals Radio Award in 2019 for Best Education podcast. [11]

On 24 October 2021, Nando's had terminated their sponsorship (after 5 years) of Cliff's show, The Burning Platform, broadcast on CliffCentral with immediate effect following outrage over comments made by Gareth Cliff as host. Cliff described Mudzuli Rakhivhane's (member of One South Africa Movement) experiences of racism as "anecdotal" and "unimportant". Cliff had failed to provide a platform for free speech, talked over Rakhivhane, and prevented her from expressing her view sufficiently. [12]

Other works

Cliff wrote an autobiography entitled, Cliffhanger: Confessions of a Shock Jock, published in November 2016. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gareth Cliff | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Controversial 5FM radio DJ, Gareth Cliff, arrested". Moneyweb. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "27's Gareth Cliff joins 5fm". News24. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Gareth Cliff was also a judge on the talent show South African Idols. Jen Su // tvsa.co.za
  5. ↑ "Gareth Cliff wins mammoth lawsuit against M-Net". channel24.co.za. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Nomahlubi Jordaan. "Court says Idols must take Gareth Cliff back". Times LIVE . Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Eoghan Macguire, for. "Cliff Central: Shock jock's WeChat 'un-radio' station". CNN. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Inggs, Alice. "Gareth Cliff Launches "Unradio" - Rolling Stone South Africa". www.rollingstone.co.za. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "CLIFF CENTRAL AIRS LIVE ORGASM DEMONSTRATION". DailySun. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Kings of radio talk making waves | The Star". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Blind History recognised at 2019 New York Festival's Radio Awards". Media Update. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. ↑ McCain, Getrude Makhafola and Nicole. "Nando's ends sponsorship of Gareth Cliff show after he dismissed racism struggles as 'unimportant'". News24. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  13. ↑ Cliff, G. (2016). Cliffhanger: Confessions of a Shock Jock. Jonathan Ball. p. 256. ISBN   978-1-86842-765-9 . Retrieved 25 October 2019.


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