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Michael David Mendoza (born 1 November 1948) is a British radio presenter and former politician, best known for the overnight shows he presented on talkSPORT between 2004 and 2008, initially on weeknights before being moved to weekends in 2006. Mendoza later joined his former talkSPORT colleague George Galloway on the Iranian government-funded news channel Press TV, presenting a 13-week television series entitled ''Off the Cuff''. Mendoza was a Conservative councillor sitting on Adur District Council in West Sussex and was chairman of the council. He owned a magazine called ''What's Happening?'', which he later sold. In August 2014 Mendoza joined Latest TV, a local TV station in Brighton, as a presenter. 〔Self〕 He is now the Core Presenter on the channel, presenting Live two hour news shows daily. The Vote, a political debate show. The Newspaper Review Show. ==Radio career== Mendoza has worked around the world within the radio industry, getting his start at Radio I in Auckland, New Zealand. He has also worked in Australia, the United States, the French Riviera, Italy and Monaco for an English language radio station. He returned to UK in his late 30s, and has worked for the BBC, Radio Mercury, Southern Sound, and LBC. He joined talkSPORT in 2004, from which he parted company in 2008.〔(Weekend presenter Mike Mendoza leaves Talksport ). Guardian (6 August 2008). Retrieved on 5 May 2012.〕 Mendoza presented on internet station Play Radio UK, initially for eight hours a week; this was reduced to two hours a week until he left in 2009. He then joined talkradioOne, a Los Angeles-based internet radio station, presenting a three-hour weekly show. From September 2009 the LA show was also heard on Radio Glastonbury, a UK internet station. Mendoza is Jewish〔(Britain’s only Jewish radio station has gone live for its third stint on the air... ), ''JTA'' news service, 25 January 2004, accessed 16 November 2006〕 although an atheist, and co-founded a London-based Jewish radio station, Shalom FM, since "We are one of the few ethnic groups in London without a radio voice, and it would be nice to hear some balanced reporting about the community and Israel."〔 Mendoza's former talkSPORT colleague Charlie Wolf presented a twice-weekly show on the station, which ceased broadcasting in October 2007,〔(Shalom FM | 101.4 FM ). Shalomradio.co.uk (17 October 2007). Retrieved on 5 May 2012.〕 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「Mike Mendoza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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