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Jason Dasey (born 11 April 1962) is an Australian-born TV and radio broadcaster, journalist, emcee and media executive working for
Nine Radio Nine Radio (formerly Macquarie Media Limited) is an Australian media company, owned by parent company Nine Entertainment Co. and headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales, the company operates radio stations nationally in the capital cit ...
as a radio host and
ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...
as a digital journalist. He is best known for being the first Australian sports host on
CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
and
BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
and the original anchor of ESPN's ''
SportsCenter Asia ''SportsCenter Asia'' (formerly ''Fox Sports Central'') is the flagship Sports journalism, sports newscast broadcast on Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network), Fox Sports in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. As ESPN Star Sports ''SportsCenter'' ...
'' and '' SportsCenter India'' (English edition).


Early career

Jason joined The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's oldest newspaper, as a cadet journalist in 1980. An exclusive story in 1983 from inside the New York Yacht Club on the night Australia won sailing's America's Cup for the first time helped Jason land a job at Australia's Seven Network in Sydney. In 1986, he joined SBS Australia as a producer and reporter, before moving to London the following year where he would work for BBC, Reuters and Sky News.


BBC and CNN

Jason's biggest break came at the end of 1994. As a freelance producer and occasional presenter for BBC World Service Television in London, he was promoted to senior sports anchor on the re-branded BBC World News after a fill-in stint as host. It made him the first Australian newsreader on the global network. After three years in London with the BBC, Jason moved to the U.S. in 1997. After working as a contract reporter for BBC World Service and Denver local station, KUSA-TV 9-News (NBC), Jason became the first Australian sports anchor on CNN International's World Sport in 1999.


Move to Asia

In November 2001, Jason left CNN to become the senior news presenter at Asian network ESPN Star Sports, based in Singapore. Jason was the original anchor when SportsCenter Asia was launched in 2002 and when SportsCenter India was reshaped as an English-language show in 2003. With Jason as co-host, SportsCenter Asia was voted Best Sports Programme at the 2003 Asian Television Awards. Jason also presented major sports events, including Grand Slam tennis, international cricket and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, for ESPN STAR Sports. After helping launch two more editions of SportsCenter at ESPN's U.S. headquarters in 2007 and 2008, Jason joined Asian satellite network ASTRO in 2009 as vice-president, executive producer and presenter, based in Kuala Lumpur. He was the main host for seven major tournaments, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup while developing original programming. In 2014, Jason returned to Singapore to re-join ESPN through The Walt Disney Company as coordinating producer and senior editor, overseeing the launch of the Southeast Asian edition of the football website, ESPN FC. He served as a host for ESPN's Indian audience, hosting four editions of the Australian Open, and cricket's IPL. He also emceed five editions of Asian football's AFC Annual Awards, most recently in December 2019.


Radio Hosting

Having left ESPN in early 2018, Jason became the presenter of the interview-based Weekend Mornings show for newly launched Singapore radio station Money FM 89.3, while continuing to travel to India to work as a TV sports host. After returning to Australia in late 2019, Jason provided Australian segments to Money FM, including news reviews and travel vignettes. In December 2021, Jason began working as a casual host for
4BC 4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station. While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorway ...
on
Nine Radio Nine Radio (formerly Macquarie Media Limited) is an Australian media company, owned by parent company Nine Entertainment Co. and headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales, the company operates radio stations nationally in the capital cit ...
, including the Spencer Howson Weekends show and special coverage of the 2022 Queensland floods. He is also host of Thursday Mornings for 101FM at Logan, south of Brisbane, including a weekly legends' segment featuring classic pop artists. Jason has appeared as a radio guest on ABC Overnights in addition to a role as a digital journalist with
ABC_News_(Australia) ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of ...
. In June 2022, Jason was named as one of 121 prominent Australians sanctioned by
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, due to his reporting for
ABC_News_(Australia) ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of ...
on the invasion of
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. He is also part of the TV presentation team for the APAC network, which was launched in August 2022, with a weekly show on
Special_Broadcasting_Service The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World ...
. In December 2022, Jason hosted two weeks of
4BC 4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station. While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorway ...
Summer Drive, filling in for regular host
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.


Broadcast Roles

* Newsday, BBC World (Sports presenter, 1995–1997) * World Sport,
CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...
(Co-host, 1999–2001) * Sportsline, ESPN STAR Sports (Host, 2001–2003) *
SportsCenter Asia ''SportsCenter Asia'' (formerly ''Fox Sports Central'') is the flagship Sports journalism, sports newscast broadcast on Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network), Fox Sports in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. As ESPN Star Sports ''SportsCenter'' ...
, ESPN STAR Sports (Original host, 2002–2006) * SportsCenter India, ESPN STAR Sports (Original host, English edition, 2003–2005) * SportsCenter Pacific Rim, ESPN International (Original co-host/reporter, 2007–2009) * SportsCenter Atlantic, ESPN International (Original co-host/reporter, 2007–2009) *
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, Episode 6,
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(As ESPN Reporter, 20 August 2008) *
FourFourTwo TV Show {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2013 ''FourFourTwo'' is a thrice-weekly football magazine television show on Asian cable channel, Astro SuperSport, broadcasting to Malaysia and Brunei in association with global football magazine, FourFourTwo. In it ...
,
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SuperSport (Original host, 2009–2013) * Golfing Greats: In Their Own Words, Golf Channel (Original host, 2009–2014) *
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. ASTRO (Host, June–July 2010) *
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. ASTRO (Host, August 2010-May 2014) * Bola@Mamak, ASTRO (Executive Producer, August 2010-May 2013) * Football Overload, ASTRO (Executive Producer, February 2011-May 2014) * Stadium Unplugged, ASTRO (Executive Producer, November 2011-May 2014 ) *
2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
, ASTRO (Host, October 2011) *
UEFA Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...
, ASTRO (Host/Executive Producer, June–July 2012) * BPL Turning Points, ASTRO (Host/Executive Producer, August 2013-May 2014 ) *
2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
, ASTRO (Host, June–July 2014) *
2015 AFC Asian Cup The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The tournament was ...
,
ESPN FC ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+. ESPN FC's origin was a website owned by ESPN Inc. Originally established in 1995 as Soc ...
TV show (Reporter, January 2015) *
2017 Australian Open The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of event ...
,
Sony ESPN Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of th ...
(Host, January 2017) *
2017 UEFA Champions League Final The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to th ...
,
ESPN FC ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+. ESPN FC's origin was a website owned by ESPN Inc. Originally established in 1995 as Soc ...
Facebook page, (Host, June 2017) *
2018 Australian Open The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles ...
,
Sony ESPN Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of th ...
(Host, January 2018) *
Money FM 89.3 SPH Media Trust (SMT), commonly known as SPH Media, is a media organisation with businesses in print, digital, radio, and outdoor media in Singapore. Legally a company limited by guarantee, it was incorporated on 19 July 2021, and begin establ ...
(Host/Correspondent, March 2018 – Present) *
2018 Indian Premier League The 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 11, was the eleventh season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI in 2007. The season, which was held from 7 April to 27 May, saw the return of ...
,
ESPNCricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
, (Host, May 2018) *
2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...
,
Sony ESPN Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of th ...
, (Host, June/July 2018) *
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19 The India cricket team toured Australia from November 2018 to January 2019 to play four Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Initially, the Test match at the Adelaide Oval was planned to be ...
,
ESPNCricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
, (Host, January 2019) *
2019 Australian Open The 2019 Australian Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 14 to 27 January 2019. It was the 107th edition of the Australian Open, the 51st in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam (te ...
,
Sony ESPN Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of th ...
(Host, January 2019) *
2019 Indian Premier League The 2019 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 12, was the twelfth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. At one point other countries ...
,
ESPNCricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
, (Host, April 2019) *
Money FM 89.3 SPH Media Trust (SMT), commonly known as SPH Media, is a media organisation with businesses in print, digital, radio, and outdoor media in Singapore. Legally a company limited by guarantee, it was incorporated on 19 July 2021, and begin establ ...
(Host, The Breakfast Huddle & Workday Afternoon, January 2020) *
2020 Australian Open The 2020 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. T ...
,
Sony ESPN Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of th ...
(Host, January 2020) *
ABC News (Australia) ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of ...
, (Reporter/producer, February 2020 – Present) * Property Line, PropertyTV (Host, April 2020-October 2020) *
101FM 101 FM (callsign 4CBL) is a community radio station broadcasting from Logan City, Queensland. Regular transmissions started in November 1988 and continue up until the present day. The station's transmitter is situated at Springwood and its co ...
, (Host, April 2021 – Present) *
4BC 4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station. While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorway ...
, (Casual Host, December 2021 – Present) * APAC Network, (Host, May 2022 – Present)


References


External links


Official Jason Dasey website (requires Flash player)
*Jason Dasey's Fairfax Media archiv

*Jason Dasey ESPN Cricinfo archiv

*July 2008 interview for Indian newspape

*Jason interviews Roger Federer at 2008 U.S. Ope

*Jason interviews Hollywood actor
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*CNN Profil

*Jason leaves SportsCenter India – article *India promo

*Eight years with ESP

*Jason Dasey, Executive Producer at Astro, intervie

*November 2010 radio interview on Malaysia's BF

*Football Fever Podcas

*Rejoins ESP

*2015 Asian Cu

*2018 AFC World Cup qualifying dra

*Hosting 2016 Malaysian Charity Shiel

*Hosting Property Line on Property TV in 202

*2021 ABC News article archiv

*2021 4BC Weekends hos

*Jason Dasey among 121 Australians sanctioned by Russi

*4BC Summer Drive, December 23 2022 podcast on Nine Radi

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