Leighton Jones
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Leighton Jones is a Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 radio & television broadcaster and voice over artist.

Born in the Gorseinon
Gorseinon
Gorseinon is a town in southwest Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea, around north west of the city centre...

 area of Swansea, Jones has presented and produced a number of programmes for Swansea Sound
Swansea Sound
Swansea Sound is a British independent local radio station broadcasting to Swansea and surrounding areas, aimed at a core 40+ demographic. Swansea Sound was the first local radio station in Wales, and has won several awards, including the number one regional station in South Wales....

 where is currently host of the weekday mid-morning show and Weekend Rendezvous on Sundays. He was also a Wales correspondent for Associated Press Television News
Associated Press Television News
Associated Press Television News, abbreviated as either AP Television News or APTN, is a global video news agency.-About:AP Television News is the video division of the Associated Press. It provides many of the world's broadcasters with a round-the-clock continuous feed of news, sports,...

 (APTN) in London.

In July 2000, he became a continuity announcer for HTV Wales (now ITV1 Wales)
]. After local continuity for Wales was discontinued in January 2006, Leighton returned to Swansea Sound where he currently presents the Mid-morning show from 10am.
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