Toni Sant (born 1968) is a Maltese academic and former radio and television presenter, producer and music journalist. He is Director of Digital Media & Film Production at
Salford University and was formerly Reader in Digital Curation at the
University of Hull's School of Arts & New Media
on the Scarborough campus, England.
Sant has a B.A. in Theatre Studies from the
University of Malta and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Performance Studies from
New York University.
His publications include the book ''Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde: A History of the Future '' (2011, Intellect, ) about the
Franklin Furnace Archive
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is an arts organization-in-residence at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Since its inception in 1976, Franklin Furnace has been identifying, presenting, archiving, and making avant-garde art available to the p ...
arts organisation in New York.
Sant joined
Radio Malta
Radio Malta ( mt, Radju Malta) is the main radio service of Public Broadcasting Services, the public broadcaster of Malta.
Founding
The origins of Radio Malta go back to 1935. For many years, transmissions were effected on a cable-radio system ...
in 1986 as a journalist on music programmes such as ''Kważi Kull Filgħaxija'' (1988/89), ''Mill-Garaxx'' (
TVM - 1989/90), ''Il-Fil tat-Tiġdid'' (1989), ''Mal-20 bid-Daqq'' (1989/90), ''Immaġina: John Lennon'' (Radju Malta - 1990), ''Blast'' (TVM - 1990), ''Tutti Frutti'' (TVM - 1991). His television career included commentary for Malta at the
1991 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rome, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song " Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno and was organised by the European Br ...
.
In December 1991, Sant left TVM to begin a career as television and radio producer and programme manager for ''Radio One Live'' which produces Music programmes. Sant also remained associated with TVM as he produced music programmes for the station.
Sant was previously Senior Lecturer in Performance & Creative Technologies and Director of Research in the School of Arts and New Media at the University of Hull.
He has also been Education Organiser for
Wikimedia UK.
He is the artistic director of
Spazju Kreattiv
Saint James Cavalier ( mt, Kavallier ta' San Ġakbu) is a 16th-century cavalier in Valletta, Malta, which was built by the Order of St John. It overlooks St James' Bastion, a large obtuse-angled bastion forming part of the Valletta Land Front. S ...
(formerly the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity), Malta's national centre for creativity.
Currently Sant remains associated with music by broadcasting
podcasts on his website.
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External links
ToniSant.com*
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1968 births
Living people
Maltese television presenters
Maltese radio personalities
Maltese journalists
Maltese television directors
Academics of the University of Hull
University of Malta alumni
Tisch School of the Arts alumni