{{short description|Irish journalist (born 1973)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{distinguish|Anjelica Huston|Jennifer Hudson|Jennifer Hosten}} {{Infobox presenter |name = Jenny Huston |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|08|24}} |birth_place = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada |death_date = |death_place = |show = Jenny Huston |station = [[RTÉ 2fm]] |timeslot = Monday to Thursday 9-11pm |station2 = |timeslot2 = |style = Disc jockey |country = Ireland |prevshow = ''The Girrly Hour'', ''The Snug'', ''The Waiting Room'', ''The Annex'' |other_names = DJ J Huse |website = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20070224082017/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston}} }} '''Jenny Huston''' (born 24 August 1973) is a Canadian presenter of radio and television in Ireland. She was disc jockey on [[RTÉ 2fm]], an occasional presenter on [[RTÉ Radio 1]] and a television presenter with channels operated by [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]].;<ref name="Jenny Huston on RTE 2FM">{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston/ |title=Jenny Huston on RTE 2FM |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224082017/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston/ |archive-date=24 February 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/presenters.html |title=RTE 2FM Presenters |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123045827/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/presenters.html |archive-date=23 January 2009 }}</ref> Huston presents an indie rock and pop music show<ref name="Jenny Huston on RTE 2FM"/> on Friday nights and a rock anthems show<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/theannex/ |title=The Annex |website=RTÉ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205100910/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/theannex/ |archive-date= 5 February 2007 }}</ref> which is broadcast on Sunday nights. A highlight of her television career was co-hosting RTÉ's [[Electric Picnic]] coverage with [[Tom Dunne]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0825/electricpicnic.html|title=RTÉ Two to broadcast Electric Picnic|website=RTÉ|date=25 August 2006|access-date=12 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305201056/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2006/0825/407701-electricpicnic/|archive-date=5 March 2015 }}</ref>
In July 2006, Huston fronted RTÉ 2fm's coverage of [[Oxegen 2006|Oxegen that summer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxegen.ie/ |title=oxegen.ie |publisher=oxegen.ie |access-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040725050135/http://www.oxegen.ie/ |archive-date=25 July 2004 }}</ref> She has broadcast for RTÉ 2fm at [[Oxegen 2007]], [[Oxegen 2008]] and [[Oxegen 2009]], as well as continuing her coverage of the [[Electric Picnic]] for the radio station. She is regularly dispatched to musical events such as Electric Picnic,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotpress.com/archive/4740012.html |title=RTÉ announces Picnic broadcast schedule |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=17 October 2008 |work=[[Hot Press]] |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222082711/http://hotpress.com/archive/4740012.html |archive-date=22 February 2010 }}</ref> [[Oxegen]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rteguide.ie/2008/0711/oxegen.html |title=RTÉ 2fm's Oxegen site goes live |date=11 July 2008 |access-date=19 October 2008 |work=[[RTÉ Guide]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003194200/http://www.rteguide.ie/2008/0711/oxegen.html |archive-date= 3 October 2008 }}</ref> and [[South by Southwest]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/Jenny-Huston-goes-to-SXSW/6300034.html|title=Jenny Huston goes to SXSW|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|work=Hot Press}}</ref> for live broadcasting purposes.
In 2011 she gained listeners in the JNLRs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1028/jnlr.html|title=Morning Ireland tops JNLRs once again|date=28 October 2011|access-date=28 October 2011|work=RTÉ}}</ref>
==Career==
===Books=== Huston's book ''In Bloom—Irish Bands Now'' was released on 27 November 2009.<ref name="Jenny Huston to release new book - In Bloom - Irish Bands Now"/> The book features interviews with fifteen contemporary musical acts.<ref name="Jenny Huston to release new book - In Bloom - Irish Bands Now">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Jenny%20Huston/news/Jenny-Huston-to-release-new-book---In-Bloom--Irish-Bands-Now/6028058.html|title=Jenny Huston to release new book – In Bloom – Irish Bands Now|date=18 November 2009|access-date=20 November 2009|magazine=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Jenny Huston on why Irish rock is In Bloom">{{cite news|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/20509|title=Jenny Huston on why Irish rock is in Bloom|date=23 December 2009|access-date=12 January 2010|last=Andrews|first=Kernan|work=[[Galway Advertiser]]}}</ref> Several of the bands featured in the book accompanied her to the book's launch at [[Wicklow Street]]'s [[Tower Records]].<ref name="Bell X1, The Blizzards, Republic of Loose to join Jenny Huston at signing">{{cite news|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Bell%20X1/news/Bell-X1-The-Blizzards-Republic-of-Loose-to-join-Jenny-Huston-at-signing/6064621.html|title=Bell X1, The Blizzards, Republic of Loose to join Jenny Huston at signing|date=26 November 2009|access-date=27 November 2009|work=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref>
==Personal life== Huston's family live in Canada and Ireland; her mother in [[Kilkenny]], a brother and sister in Canada.<ref>''GRS'', Wednesday 20 August 2008</ref> On her official website,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston/|title=RTÉ.ie 2fm: Jenny Huston|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|date=24 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224082017/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston/|archive-date=24 February 2007}}</ref> Jenny lists the [[PJ Harvey]] album ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'' ''or'' [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] album ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' as "probably" her favourite album of all time, and [[Beastie Boys]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] and [[Radiohead]] as—so far—the best gigs she has ever been to.<ref>''The Annex'', 16 June 2007</ref>
She is a close friend of rival Canadian disc jockey [[Alison Curtis]] from [[Today FM]]. Huston showed Curtis a picture of [[Future Kings of Spain]] and said, "I think you'd like him [bassist, Anthony Hegarty]", with Curtis replying, "Oh I don't think so. He's kinda pretty".<ref name="Show time"/> Curtis met him later that night, then deciding: "Actually I do [like him]. I'll have a piece of that [Hegarty] please".<ref name="Show time"/> This piece turned into a 2007 marriage after a long-term relationship.<ref name="Show time">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2008/0712/1215764566572.html|title=Show time|date=12 July 2008|access-date=8 June 2009|work=The Irish Times}}</ref>
==Awards== Huston received Best DJ nominations at both the [[2005 Meteor Awards|2005]] and [[2006 Meteor Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0111/meteormusicawards.html|title=Meteor Music Awards nominations announced|date=11 January 2005|access-date=27 August 2008|work=RTÉ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/1124/meteorawards.html|title=RTÉ 2fm trio make Meteor shortlist|date=24 November 2005|access-date=27 August 2008|work=RTÉ}}</ref> but lost out on both occasions to [[Ray D'Arcy]] from [[Today FM]].
{{awards table}} |- | [[2005 Meteor Awards|2005]] || Jenny Huston || Best DJ at the Meteor Awards || {{nom}} |- | [[2006 Meteor Awards|2006]] || Jenny Huston || Best DJ at the Meteor Awards || {{nom}} |- {{end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224082017/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/jennyhuston/ Huston's page] on RTÉ 2fm's website * [http://www.route66.ie/diary/october7.php Jenny's trip across America in aid of Temple Street Children's Hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027072108/http://www.route66.ie/diary/october7.php |date=27 October 2007 }} ''(included is an image of her in [[Arizona]] under [[Chihuahua (dog breed)|a large dog]])'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208134827/http://www.cork2005.ie/press/release.asp?id=539 Cork – Jenny's involvement in the European Capital of Culture 2005] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071120191254/http://www.ladiesfootball.tcdlife.ie/profiles/jenny.php Jenny Goes to College]
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