Jonathan Charles Gaunt (born 3 March 1961) is an English radio talk show presenter, TV personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman.
On graduation he founded a theatre co-operative in Coventry called Tic Toc, and wrote over 15 political plays.
[citation needed] Gaunt then ran the Livingston Forum in West Lothian, Scotland for a year, before returning to Coventry where a chance meeting with Moz Dee,[2] who later became the programme director at Talksport,[3] led to his being persuaded to audition for the local radio station for which Dee worked, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
On 18 November 2008 it was announced that Talksport had terminated Gaunt's contract following an interview with Redbridge Council's Michael Stark on 7 November, in which Gaunt branded Councillor Stark a "Nazi", and "an ignorant pig" live on air in a discussion about whether smokers should be allowed to foster children in care.
[5] Ofcom later found Talksport in "breach of broadcasting rules" as a result of the incident[6] and Jon Gaunt's appeal failed.
"[7] In January 2009 Gaunt stated his intent to fight the human rights case for the sake of "all broadcasters", before turning his attention to suing Talksport for terminating his contract.
[16] In July 2010 SunTalk was closed down by News International,[17] as part of a cost review strategy to focus on core operations.