Jesús Quintero


Jesús Rodríguez Quintero was a Spanish journalist, editor and presenter of Spanish programs in radio and television, known in the media as Jesús Quintero.
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Biography

Quintero was born in San Juan del Puerto, Huelva, Spain, on 18 August 1940. He was introduced into the theatrical world and began his career at Radio Popular in Huelva, From there he worked in Seville and Madrid. One of his first successes was with RNE in 1973, which began a long career as a presenter. His first program was Studio 15-18, presented with Marisol Valle. It was a great success and the star program in the attempted normalization of public radio programming that passed from dictatorship to a new period.
Quintero's flagship program, with schemes that would revolutionize the media was El hombre de la roulot and El loco de la colina, which made him a social phenomenon even outside Spain, Argentina or Uruguay.
Quintero also appeared as a lecturer in the teaching world, such as when he delivered the conference Journalism and Commitment on 17 October 2002 at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the University of Málaga, on his tenth anniversary. After this speech, he unveiled a plaque to baptize one of the classrooms of the center with his name, sign of respect and admiration that produces the journalist.
Quintero was producer of the singer Soledad Bravo and guitarist Paco de Lucía.
Quintero was author of the books Trece noches with Antonio Gala, Cuerda de presos and Jesús Quintero: entrevista .
Quintero died on 3 October 2022, at the age of 82 at the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios residence in Ubrique, Cádiz, due to respiratory failure, according to family sources, while taking a nap. He is buried in the San Juan del Puerto municipal cemetery in Huelva.

In radio

  • Música de los cinco continentes
  • Círculo internacional
  • Estudio 15/18
  • A 120
  • Ciudades
  • El hombre de la Roulotte
  • Tres a las tres
  • Andalucía Viva
  • El loco de la colina, RNE and Cadena Ser
  • El lobo estepario, 1992, Onda Cero
  • Entre dos luces, 2002

In television

Awards