Jono Pryor

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Jono Pryor
Born
Jonathan Richard Pryor

(1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 (age 41)
SpouseJennifer Pryor
Children2
Career
Show Jono and Ben
Network Three
Time slot7:30 pm
Station(s) The Edge
Time slotWeekday drive
CountryNew Zealand

Jonathan Richard "Jono" Pryor is a New Zealand radio and television personality best known as the cohost of Jono and Ben . Pryor worked for The Rock radio station for over 15 years, [1] [ dead link ] before moving to The Edge in 2017 to cohost The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn with Ben Boyce and Sharyn Casey. Pryor starred in Amped and The Jono Project on C4, before he began co-hosting Jono and Ben at Ten on Three alongside Boyce in 2012. In 2015, the show moved to prime time at 7:30pm, re-branded as Jono and Ben. The show was cancelled at the end of 2018. Pryor and Boyce now host the breakfast show on The Hits, and soon a TV show on TVNZ.

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Personal life

Jono Pryor is married to Jennifer with whom he has two children, son Oscar John Pryor (born roughly 21 February 2010) [2] and daughter Poppy Pryor (born 3 November 2012). [3]

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References

  1. "The Rock - NZ's rock radio station".
  2. "Jono is jest a humble dude". 12 June 2010.
  3. "The Morning Rumble on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.[ user-generated source ]