Jon Ljungberg is a Winnipeg television personality and comedian, most known as the host of Breakfast Television (formerly The Big Breakfast), on Citytv Winnipeg.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ljungberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Clark University.
Ljungberg has also done work on Fruit Pebbles advertisements, illustrated children's books, and does stand-up comedy. He is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. He had a daughter, Brittney Ljungberg (1988), and a son, Christopher Ljungberg (1991) and was married twice.
Ljungberg, the cartoonist, has also contributed 10's of thousands of original cartoon compositions to the world of clipart for a variety of large stock image libraries.
He ended his career with Breakfast Television amicably in November 2010, and returned to television with the local community channel Shaw TV, as the host of The Peg This Week, running Sundays starting April 17, 2011.
In 2020, a judge sentenced Ljungberg to 6 months of house arrest and 50 hours of community service work, as a result of non-compliance with his bankruptcy trustee.
References
- Popular host says sayonara to Breakfast Television. Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011
- Comic, TV host gets fun new gig. Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- Judge calls former TV host a con artist, sentences him to six months house arrest. Winnipeg Free Press, March 10, 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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