Francisco "Paco" González González (

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, 1966) is a Spanish

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. Gonzalez was born in Madrid in 1966, but raised in Folgueras de Cornás ( Tineo, Asturias). He returned to Madrid to study journalism at

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. He started work as an intern at broadcaster

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in 1987 and did not graduate. Due to his talent, he was put in charge of

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, one of the most important radio programmes, at the age of 25. He was the producer of ''Carrusel'', where he worked alongside

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and

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, until May 2010. González has been the

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(alongside

) of the

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since 1998. In May, 2010, he was fired after a dispute with the management of

, and joined

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for its coverage of the

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. Since August 2010, alongside most of the collaborators he had at "Carrusel", including

and

, he runs the program Tiempo de Juego at

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, direct competitor of Cadena SER.

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1966 births Living people Spanish journalists People from Asturias Journalists from Madrid Spanish broadcasters Complutense University of Madrid alumni {{Spain-journalist-stub