Jonathan Thompson

Jonathan Thompson was born in Salford, Greater Manchester in November 1976, where he spent his youth. He studied at the University of Salford between 1995 and 1997 where he studied a HND in Design & Media Communications, followed by a BA (Hons) Television and Radio between 1997 and 1999. Jonathan's career began at GMR (a local station serving Manchester and Salford) where he presented a program called The People. In January 1998, Jonathan moved to hospital radio based in Manchester royal infirmary where he presented various evening and weekend shows. He also had a stint at radio lollipop in Birmingham from 2000 to 2002, where he presented various daytime shows and became Head of Music. In March 2003 he took over as presenter of Sky TV's Nickelodeon show.