Antonio Aguilar Rodríguez (born 4 May 1973) better known as Tony Aguilar is a Spanish radio DJ and television presenter.

Career

Radio

In the early 1990s, Aguilar was the runner-up in a national disc jockey contest, and as a result he was hired for the local broadcast of

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in Radio Barcelona. In 1995, Aguilar debuted in nationwide radio with radio breakfast show ''Anda ya'' on

, which he hosted until 1998. He also presents the hitlist show ''Del 40 al 1'' since 1995. In 1998, Aguilar started to present ''40 Principales Radio Show''. Since 2015, Aguilar hosts ''40 Global Show'', a music programme that airs in twelve (eleven before the creation of Los 40 Nicaragua in 2017) Spanish-speaking countries of the

radio network.

Television

In television, Aguilar hosted the music shows ''Leña al mono que es de goma'' on Antena 3 in 1993, and ''Zona franca'', alongside Arancha de Benito, on TVE in 1995. On 40 TV, he hosted ''Fórmula Weekend'' alongside Joaquín Luqui in 1999, as well as ''Los 40 Principales'' between 2000 and 2005, and the television version of the hitlist show ''Del 40 al 1'' until the channel's closure in 2017. Aguilar then hosted ''Coca Cola Music Experience'' on

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. In 2014, Aguilar was an occasional panelist for the talk show ''¡Qué tiempo tan feliz!'', hosted by María Teresa Campos on

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. In 2017, he was a panelist on the Spanish version of the talent show ''

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'', on La 1. In 2017 and 2018, Aguilar was also an occasional panelist for the talk show ''Viva la vida'', on Telecinco. In 2019, Aguilar was a judge on the La 1 music show ''La mejor canción jamás cantada'', as well as a regular panelist on the La 1 talk show ''A partir de hoy''. In 2018, Aguilar provided the Spanish commentary for the

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alongside

Julia Varela Julia Varela Ruano (born 30 June 1981) is a Spanish television and radio presenter, newsreader, reporter and director. Biography After graduating in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid, Varela began her professional career at R ...

, a role he repeated in the 2019 Contest and the 2019 Junior Contest.

Awards

In 2011, Aguilar was nominated for a National Radio Award for Best Music Presenter. In 2016, Aguilar won the Ondas Award for Best Music Programme for ''Del 40 al 1''.

References

External links

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