Jason Mohammad (born 17 September 1973) is a Welsh

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currently working for the BBC. He is the current host of ''

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'' on

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on Saturday afternoons.

Personal life

Mohammad was born and brought up in

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to a Pakistani father and

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mother, going to school at Glyn Derw High School. He studied

and Politics at

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, and then attended

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for a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism. He is a practising

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Career

Television

Mohammad joined

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in 1997 as a reporter for ''

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'' before becoming the anchor of ''Wales on Saturday''. In 2013, he replaced Gabby Logan as the host of ''

'' on

on Saturday afternoons, regularly hosting alongside pundits such as

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and

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. Mohammad had previously been a reporter on the programme for many years. He was also the presenter of ''

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'' specials on BBC Two Wales and was the secondary snooker presenter for

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. Mohammad was part of the BBC's broadcasting crew at the

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and is an occasional presenter of ''

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'' and '' Match of the Day 2'', deputising for

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and Mark Chapman respectively. He previously hosted some of the BBC's live coverage of the

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, although they now share the live rights with ITV, leaving

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and Gabby Logan to present the live action.

Radio

Before getting his break into the world of journalism, Jason was a member of

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, The

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radio service based in

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. Mohammad hosts a show on Monday to Wednesday mornings on

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. In October 2017 he sat in for

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on her

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show ''Good Morning Sunday''. From the start of the 2016–17 football season, Mohammad has been the co-host of

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's football phone in show 606, alongside regular co-host

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. He is also an occasional presenter of 5 live Sport.
From 4 February 2018, he became the regular co-presenter of ''Good Morning Sunday'', alongside Kate Bottley.

Remuneration

On 3 July 2019, the BBC disclosed that Jason Mohammad was paid £355,000 in the previous year, among the top ten earners at the BBC.

References

External links

* *
''Jason Mohammad''
(BBC Radio Wales)
''Good Morning Sunday''
(BBC Radio 2)

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