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John Skehan (1922 – 18 November 1992) was a prolific broadcaster on RTÉ, radio and television, for four decades. Prior to joining RTÉ, Skehan served in the Irish Army, reaching the rank of captain during The Emergency. Skehan began his television career as a reporter on ''Broadsheet'', Telefís Éireann's first current affairs series. He went on to become a familiar face and voice on later programmes such as ''Discovery''. Later he moved to radio and, in 1980, he won a Jacob's Award for his radio archive series ''Play It Again, John''.〔''The Irish Times'', "Kee wins award for TV history of Ireland", 11 April 1981〕 In the late 1980s and 90s he presented a weekly series on RTÉ Radio 1 entitled ''Words and Music'', in which he interviewed notable people and played a selection of their favourite records.〔Obituary (''The Irish Times'', 19 November 1992)〕 Towards the end of his life, Skehan returned to television as a snooker commentator. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Skehan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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