Jeremy Maggs

Last updated

Jeremy Maggs
Born (1961-02-01) 1 February 1961 (age 60)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationJournalist, television presenter, radio host
Spouse(s)Anne Maggs
Children2

Jeremy Maggs (born 1 February 1961) is a South African journalist, radio host and television presenter, best known for hosting the South African version of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and for his anchoring roles on top South African 24-hour news channel eNCA on DStv over the past ten years. He has also co-hosted the quiz show Test The Nation and currently hosts his own show "Maggs on Media" - also on the eNews Channel, where he continues to watch the industry. In radio, Maggs co-presented SAfm's weekday afternoon current affairs programme, PM Live, as well as being the host of the Sunday morning media and advertising show, Media @ SAFM which focused on the advertising and communications industry. The programme ran for ten years and Maggs refers to it as his "great joy". He also is an editor, publishing The Annual; a hardcover of the yearly business in the media. In 2014, Maggs joined POWER 98.7 as a radio host of a new slot called Best of POWER - which shines the spotlight on media innovation, technology, trends, culinary inspiration and travel.

Contents

Early life

Maggs was born on 1 February 1961 in Johannesburg. He studied journalism at what was then the Natal Technikon, and began a career in journalism writing for such publications as the Eastern Province Herald and Durban's Sunday Tribune. [1]

Career

After leaving Natal Technikon, Maggs embarked on his journalist career writing for publications such as: the Eastern Province Herald and Durban's Sunday Tribune. Maggs continues to write a weekly column for The Herald called 'Daze of My Life'. [2]

Maggs is best known for presenting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which he did from 1999 to 2005; when the show ended that year after 100 episodes. Maggs also became the presenter of Test the Nation and also hosted SABC3's weekly media and advertising show, Media Focus. [2] [3]

His first foray into radio was with Radio 702 where he stayed for a decade and in the process, he became the station's news editor and a regular current affairs anchor - at one point in a spicily memorable breakfast show partnership with 702's Jenny Crwys-Williams – with a reputation as a tough interviewer. Maggs gained attention for breaking the story of the Assassination of Chris Hani and co-hosted a live rolling news programme on the Death of Princess Diana in 1997. [1] After leaving 702, Maggs went to present the SABC2 breakfast show which he co-hosted with Nothemba Madumo. This show led him to present Media@SAfm and then to AM Live after the resignation of John Perlman. Maggs refers to the show as his "great joy". [1] [4] [5]

In August 2007, Maggs was announced to be the editor of a magazine called Mags which itself is about content relating to magazines. [6]

In February 2008, Maggs joined the e.Sat pay channel's 24-hour news programme as one of the co-anchors. In the process, he left AM Live in March 2008. [5] Maggs hosted alongside Redi Direko until May 2009, when Nikiwe Bikitsha took her place. [2]

Maggs was also the editor of the Journal of Marketing which was the official publication of the Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA). [2] l of Marketing. He was previously the advertising and media writer on the Financial Mail and had responsibility for the authoritative yearly industry review called Ad Focus. He now publishes his own hardcover review of the industry called The Annual and serves as editor-in-chief for the popular, revitalised version of the Journal of Marketing, The Redzone. [3]

Personal life

Maggs has lived in Johannesburg all his life. He and his wife Anne have two daughters. He is an avid reader and collector of books and enjoys cycling in his spare time. [7]

Related Research Articles

South African Broadcasting Corporation State-owned public broadcaster in South Africa

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as five television broadcasts to the general public. It is one of the largest of South Africa's state-owned enterprises.

Jeremy Mansfield is a South African radio and television personality. He worked on numerous radio stations as a presenter and voice-over artist, and also presented numerous television shows, and inserts for popular television magazine programmes.

947 (radio station) South African radio station

947 is a radio station that broadcasts on the 94.7FM frequency from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

5FM South African radio station

5FM is a South African FM radio station that follows a Top 40 music format and is owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa's public broadcaster. The current station manager is JD Mostert, with Siyanda Fikelephi as the Programme Manager.

SAfm National public radio station in South Africa

SAfm is a national, English-language public radio station in South Africa. It has been operated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) since its founding in 1936.

John Perlman is a radio presenter for 702 in South Africa, where he hosts "The drive show", a weekday programme between 3 and 6 p.m. Perlman previously hosted "Today with John Perlman" on Kaya FM, and co-hosted AM Live and the After 8 Debate, the flagship morning news, current affairs and talk programmes on the SAfm radio station of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

Snuki Zikalala is the president of the African National Congress (ANC) Veterans' League in South Africa, and former Managing Director of news and current affairs of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Alan Wilkins is a Welsh cricket commentator and former English county cricketer, who played for Glamorgan and Gloucestershire. He was a left-arm medium-pace bowler, who took almost 400 wickets between 1976 and 1983, before retiring due to a severe shoulder injury. He also made one appearance for Bristol Rugby against Abertillery in 1980.

<i>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</i> (South African game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was a South African game show hosted by Jeremy Maggs and based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The goal of the game was to win one million rand by answering fifteen multiple-choice questions correctly. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was shown on the South African TV station SABC 3. Earlier the quiz was aired on M-Net, which also used their logo in the programme's logo. Four series of the show were made. There was a project to make another version of the quiz show in Afrikaans, but it never materialised.

Dianne Kohler Barnard South African politician

Dianne Kohler Barnard is a South African politician and former journalist, and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). In October 2015 she was expelled from the party by the DA Federal Executive. In December 2015 the decision was lifted on appeal to the DA's Federal Legal Commission.

Tim Modise

Timothy Modise is a South African veteran journalist, broadcaster, public speaker and philanthropist. Boasting over thirty years in broadcast media and journalism, Modise has worked for various radio and TV stations of the SABC, M-Net, Primedia, BBC and Power FM across different formats from music, current affairs and talk shows. He was inducted in the Radio Hall of Fame in 2011.

eNCA South African TV news channel

eNCA is a 24-hour television news broadcaster, owned by e.tv, focusing on South African and African stories. The broadcaster became South Africa's first & most watched 24-hour news service when it launched in June 2008. Since its inception in 2008, the news channel has been constantly accused of spreading right-wing propaganda and Fake News by the African National Congress and EFF leader Julius Malema.

Ashraf Garda is a media host in South Africa. He is a radio presenter on SAfm and hosts the show "Media@SAfm", as well as SAfm's "Afternoon Talk" and became the host of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's investigative program "Special Assignment" in April 2011.

Debora Patta is a South African broadcast journalist and television producer investigative journalist. She was born in Southern Rhodesia and has origins from Calabria, Italy.

Dalen Lance(Pronounced "Day-lyn"), born Dalen Lance Jooste, is a South African television host based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the host of the reality TV dance competition Step Up or Step Out for two seasons and a host of the early-morning TV show Dagbreek on DSTV's Kyknet channel. Lance has also performed as a presenter on television shows such as High School Musical, Spotlight South Africa, 20-Something, Pap Idols, and Bling. He released his debut album in 2006, titled Be Your Man, along with a single of the same name. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Financial Accounting at the University of Cape Town in 2004 and a Master of Business Leadership degree in 2014 through the University of South Africa (Unisa) Graduate School of Business Leadership.

Redi Tlhabi

Redi Tlhabi is a South African journalist, producer, author and a former radio presenter. She presented The Redi Tlhabi Show on Radio 702 for over a decade. Her broadcasting career spans years spent at Kaya FM, being a newscaster for the SABC and later, eMedia Holdings owned eNews Channel Africa, eNCA.

Relebogile Mabotja is an actress, presenter, radio host, singer, producer, writer, musical director and is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Paul Tosio is a dual British-South African educational specialist and a psychologist qualified at the University of Oxford. He is an alumnus of New College Oxford University.

Stan Katz is a South African broadcaster, best known as the presenter of Radio 702's highly rated Morning Zoo show. Katz would later become the CEO of Primedia Broadcasting.

Leanne Manas

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jeremy Maggs". TVsa.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biography". Speakers Inc.
  3. 1 2 "Jeremy Maggs - Conference Speakers". Conference Speakers International. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Maggs, Jeremy. "Smile Makers - Our Services". Smilemakers. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Jeremy Maggs, Redi Direko To Anchor e.tv's 24-Hour News". The South African TV Authority. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "South Africa: Maggs' New Mag for Magazines". allafrica. 31 August 2007.
  7. ↑ "Jeremy Maggs -Zajournos". zsjournos.wetpaint.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.