{{Short description|Canadian radio & TV personality (born 1979)}} '''Jonny Staub''' (born November 28, 1979, in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian radio and television personality.<ref name=Province>Leary, Joe. "'It's about having fun': Z95's Jonny Staub is one of the youngest DJs around – and the credit goes to mom", ''The Province'', 2001-12-17, p. B4</ref>
Staub started his career as a traffic reporter at CHYM-FM in Kitchener, ON, on May 15, 1997. He attended Conestoga College and has achieved success mainly in Western Canada, both in Top 40 radio and for TV stations Citytv and Shaw TV.
== Career == In 2001, at age 22, he was the youngest DJ in a major time slot in the Vancouver market.<ref name=Province /> He was removed from his position at Z95 in May 2002.<ref>Leary, Joe. "Kudos go to Cullen show", ''The Province'', 2002-05-06, p. B8.</ref> Soon after, he landed a weekend time slot at Power 92 in Edmonton.<ref>Leary, Joe. "Jonny's journey", ''The Province'', 2002-07-29, p. B8.</ref> In 2005, he was a featured host for the newly airing Edmonton station The Bounce.<ref>Sperounes, Sandra. "Edmonton's newest radio station bounces onto the air at 91.7", ''Edmonton Journal'', 2005-02-18, p. E12.</ref>
He has been a DJ at CHYM-FM, CKGL, CJIB, CKIK-FM, CKZZ-FM (in the evening time),<ref>Leary, Joe. "'NW needs to re-sign its top dogs: Frosty Forst, Rafe Mair will see their big-money contracts expire this year", ''The Province'', 2002-01-21, p. B9.</ref> CKNG-FM, CHBN-FM, and CFBT-FM.
Staub is also one of Canada's first openly gay<ref>[http://www.thebeat.com/persondetail.cfm?PersonID=98 Biography at TheBeat 94.5 FM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302022549/http://www.thebeat.com/persondetail.cfm?PersonID=98 |date=2009-03-02 }}. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.</ref> DJs in the Vancouver radio market. In 2008 he co-hosted OUTtv's ''Let's Talk Sex'', which also airs on its US counterpart here!. There is talk of a second season of ''Let's Talk Sex''; however, there is no word on whether or not Staub will return to that show. Recently Jonny has ventured online and started blogging on Homorazzi.com, a site where 'homos judge everything' - think Perez Hilton meets The Hills. As part of the Homorazzi.com team, Jonny hosts weekly segments called "Hawt Topics".
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://thebeat.com/shows/mornings Jonny Staub's Beat Bio (CFBT-FM web site)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916043358/http://www.outtv.ca/letstalksex.php Let's Talk Sex show site (OUT TV web site)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090406003844/http://www.homorazzi.com/category/blogs/jonny-staub/ Jonny Staub's Blog (Homorazzi.com)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Staub, Jonny}} Category:Canadian television journalists Category:Canadian gay entertainers Category:Journalists from Ontario Category:People from Windsor, Ontario Category:Gay journalists Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian LGBTQ broadcasters Category:Canadian LGBTQ journalists Category:Conestoga College alumni Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Category:Canadian radio hosts