Ramón García is a TV host born on November 28, 1961, in Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

, Biscay

Biscay

Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...

, Spain

Spain

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. He is also known as Ramontxu or Ramonchu in Spain, which in euskera, the language widely spoken in the Basque Country, is a coloquial form of calling a person named "Ramón".

Professional career

His long professional career and his versatility have made Ramon García an indisputable standard in the Spanish media.

His career started in the radio, after entering a DJ contest in Biscay

Biscay

Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...

 in 1983 and being proclaimed the winner by the Cadena SER

Cadena SER

La Cadena SER is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority and audience share...

 (a popular Spanish radio station) managers. He also worked for other famous stations, such as Los 40 Principales

Los 40 Principales

Los 40 Principales is the main musical radio station in Spain with more than 4,000,000 listeners. The station was founded in 1966 and in 2006 the station celebrated its 40th anniversary...

 and Radio Euskadi.

He then jumped into the TV scene in 1989, having a small role in a Basque channel. Finally, he emerged as a TV star in 1991 when signing for the number one TV station in Spain, TVE.

Hosting very popular TV shows and presenting various radio programmes, his role in the Campanadas every 31 December night for more than a decade made him a well known star in Spain. He has fronted that night every year since he was first chosen to be the host. He has won several prizes in Spain, including 5 TP de Oro, one of the most important Spanish TV prizes.

In 2007 and after 15 years working for TVE, he signed for Antena 3

Antena 3 (Spain)

Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....

 to host the Spanish version of Are you smarter than a 5th grader?. The announcement of his presence on the Campanadas night for Antena 3 has been a nationwide shock in Spain, as his role on TVE was seen as a Christmas

Christmas

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 tradition.

TV shows

In TVE:

• No te rías que es peor (1991–1994)
• Ahora o Nunca (1992)
• ¿Qué Apostamos? (1993–1999)
• Esto es espectáculo (1994–1995)
• Grand Prix (1995–2005)
• La Llamada de la Suerte (1998)
• Todo en Familia (1999)
• El Gladiador (2002)
• Un Domingo Cualquiera (2003–2004)

In other stations:

• Tal para cual (1989), Euskal Telebista
• La Ruleta de la Fortuna (1990), Antena 3
  Antena 3 (Spain)
  Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....
  
  
• ¿Sabes más que un niño de primaria? (2007), Antena 3