Jason Gunn

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Jason Gunn
Born (1968-12-26) 26 December 1968 (age 55)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Occupations
  • Broadcaster
  • Entertainer
  • Director
  • Actor
Employers
Organizations
Known for
Spouse Janine Morrell-Gunn
ChildrenLouis Gunn, Faith Gunn, Eve Palmer (step daughter), Grace Palmer (step daughter)

Jason Kenneth Gunn (born 26 December 1968) is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He is known for The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune , and The Rich List, and also afternoon shows on radio stations Classic Hits and More FM. [1]

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Career

Gunn said he learned many of his presenting skills in his first few months at Christchurch from the experienced children's TV crew and presenters around him. [2] He hosted After School (1989) and co-hosted After 2 (1989–1991), The Son of a Gunn Show (1992–1995) and Jase TV (1992) with his sidekick Thingee, a grey puppet with bulbous eyes. Gunn and Thingee also starred in Jase and Thingee's Big Adventure, a straight-to-video kids movie based on The Son of a Gunn Show. Thingee infamously lost an eye during the filming of a Son of a Gunn episode. As the show was pre-recorded, the footage never made it to air until several years later when a late-night comedy programme ended up showing the infamous blooper scene. [3]

Gunn became the co-host of the Classic Hits FM (later rebranded to "The Hits") breakfast show for Christchurch in 2009. In July 2012, he moved to a nationwide networked show with co-host Dave Fitzgerald. While other Classic Hits nationwide shows were broadcast from Auckland, the afternoon drive show "Jase and Dave" was broadcast from Christchurch. [4] However, citing family reasons, he resigned from this position at the end of 2013 and broadcast his last show on 20 December 2013. He then joined More FM as an afternoon drive show host until 2019 when it was announced he was leaving the show to pursue his own business ventures. In August 2016, he was the host of the New Zealand version of the UK show You're Back In The Room .

A patron of the National Youth Theatre Company of New Zealand (NYTC), Gunn also runs a production and facilities company, WhitebaitMedia, in Christchurch with his wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn, for which he writes, directs and produces for television, including children's show What Now , and oversees the production of television commercials. [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "JASON GUNN TO JOIN LANA SEARLE ON MORE FM CHRISTCHURCH DRIVE". MediaWorks. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jason Gunn—Son of a Gunn". Documentary. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Thingee's Eye Pops Out". Video. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Archived 1 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine 4 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jason Gunn". TVNZ.
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