Gareth Cliff

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Gareth Cliff
Born (1977-08-26) 26 August 1977 (age 44)
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
Websitewww.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]

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]

Other works[]

Cliff wrote an autobiography entitled, Cliffhanger: Confessions of a Shock Jock, published in November 2016.[12]

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. ^ 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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