| 词条 | Ron Jones (commentator) |
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Broadcasting careerJones began working for the BBC in 1979. His broadcasting career began when he was living and working as a sports coach in Jamaica when was asked to work on local programmes. When he returned to the UK, Ron lectured at the University of Wales before moving to London in 1984 to focus on sports commentating, primarily football. He covered football on BBC Radio Wales for a number of years and even did a few television commentaries for BBC Wales but his main career progression came when he moved to the network BBC Radio 2 (which covered sport before BBC Radio 5 Live was set up), where he could be heard nationally working alongside fellow Welshman Peter Jones as well as Bryon Butler and Alan Green. An all rounder he has covered football, hockey, rugby union, golf and athletics, and gave some memorable broadcasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Ron has worked on five World Cup tournaments and covered English Premier League matches for Irish radio station Today FM until his retirement in May 2018. Personal lifeJones still lives in Wales with his family. References1. ^{{cite news |author= Peter Corrigan |title= The Hacker: Bale struggles to hit the target at Vale – but it's only a friendly |publisher= The Independent |quote= On Tuesday I played at Radyr, where the sports broadcaster Ron Jones was my host, and the former Glamorgan and England cricketer, Peter Walker, made up the three-ball. |date= November 7, 2010 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/the-hacker-bale-struggles-to-hit-the-target-at-vale-ndash-but-its-only-a-friendly-2127439.html |accessdate= 2010-12-30}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Ron}}2. ^{{cite news |author= Phil Shaw |title= Football: Kilts, cuddly toys, tutus and `burdz' |publisher= The Independent |quote= as Radio 5 Live's Ron Jones remarks: "I'm not sure he'd have stepped in fresh cement like that." |date= 11 September 1999 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kilts-cuddly-toys-tutus-and-burdz-1117853.html |accessdate= 2010-12-30}} 7 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|British association football commentators|Golf writers and broadcasters|Welsh rugby union commentators|Field hockey commentators|BBC sports presenters and reporters |
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