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[[File:Jon Ljungberg 2013.jpg|thumb|Ljungberg in 2013]] |
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Born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], Ljungberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from [[Clark University]]. |
Born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], Ljungberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from [[Clark University]]. |
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Ljungberg has also done work on Fruit Pebbles advertisements, illustrated children's books, and does stand |
Ljungberg has also done work on Fruit Pebbles advertisements, illustrated children's books, and does stand-up comedy. He is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. He had a daughter, Brittney Ljungberg (1988), and a son, Christopher Ljungberg (1991) and was married twice. |
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Ljungberg, the cartoonist, has also contributed 10's of thousands of original cartoon compositions to the world of clipart for a variety of large stock image libraries. |
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==External links== |
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He ended his career with Breakfast Television amicably in November 2010,<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/popular-host-says-sayonara-to-breakfast-television-104400619.html Popular host says sayonara to Breakfast Television]. Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011</ref> and returned to television with the local community channel Shaw TV, as the host of ''The Peg This Week'', running Sundays starting April 17, 2011.<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/comic-tv-host-gets-fun-new-gig-118898509.html Comic, TV host gets fun new gig]. Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.</ref> |
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[http://www.citytv.com/winnipeg/personalities_8197.aspx Citytv - Jon Ljungberg bio] |
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In 2020, a judge sentenced Ljungberg to 6 months of house arrest and 50 hours of community service work, as a result of non-compliance with his bankruptcy trustee.<ref>[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/judge-calls-former-tv-host-nothing-but-a-con-artistsentences-him-to-six-months-house-arrest-568682792.html Judge calls former TV host a con artist, sentences him to six months house arrest]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', March 10, 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 25 December 2024
Jon Ljungberg is a Winnipeg television personality and comedian, most known as the host of Breakfast Television (formerly The Big Breakfast), on Citytv Winnipeg.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ljungberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Clark University.
Ljungberg has also done work on Fruit Pebbles advertisements, illustrated children's books, and does stand-up comedy. He is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. He had a daughter, Brittney Ljungberg (1988), and a son, Christopher Ljungberg (1991) and was married twice.
Ljungberg, the cartoonist, has also contributed 10's of thousands of original cartoon compositions to the world of clipart for a variety of large stock image libraries.
He ended his career with Breakfast Television amicably in November 2010,[1] and returned to television with the local community channel Shaw TV, as the host of The Peg This Week, running Sundays starting April 17, 2011.[2]
In 2020, a judge sentenced Ljungberg to 6 months of house arrest and 50 hours of community service work, as a result of non-compliance with his bankruptcy trustee.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Popular host says sayonara to Breakfast Television. Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011
- ^ Comic, TV host gets fun new gig. Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Judge calls former TV host a con artist, sentences him to six months house arrest. Winnipeg Free Press, March 10, 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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