Ramón García Hernando (28 November 1961, Bilbao, Spain) is a Spanish radio and television presenter. He is also colloquially known as Ramontxu or Ramonchu.[a] His long professional career and his versatility have been demonstrated in television shows like ¿Qué apostamos? and El Grand Prix del verano, and in nineteen live broadcasts of the New Year's Eve clock bell strikes.
Professional career
His career began in the radio, after entering a DJ contest in Biscay in 1983 and being proclaimed the winner by the Cadena SER managers. As a result he worked for Los 40 Principales and Radio Euskadi [es]. He then jumped into the regional television scene in 1989, having different roles in ETB 2. In 1990 he debuted on national television, on Antena 3 hosting La ruleta de la fortuna.[1]
In 2007, after fifteen years working for TVE, he signed for Antena 3 to host the Spanish version of Are you smarter than a 5th grader?. The announcement of his presence on the broadcast of the New Year's Eve clock bell strikes on Antena 3 the two following years was a nationwide shock in Spain, as his role on TVE was seen as a Christmas tradition.[c][2]
In 2012 he returned to TVE to host new shows and where he hosted another four times the New Year's Eve clock bell strikes.[d][3] Since 2016, he has been hosting an afternoon regional magazine on Castilla-La Mancha Televisión. On 2023, he hosted on TVE the revival of El Grand Prix del verano, eighteen years after his previous season.[4]
As of 2024, he has hosted nineteen live broadcasts of the New Year's Eve clock bell strikes in total: fifteen on TVE, two on Antena 3, and two on Twitch.[e] He has also won several awards in Spain, including a lifetime achivement TP de Oro (2001), an Antena de Oro (2002), and an Iris Awards (2017). He was also nominated to six TP de Oro awards for best presenter (1995–1999 and 2003).
