Jesús Mariñas

Mariñas was born on 3 October 1942 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.^[1] At the age of 14 he began to study declamation at the Conservatory of his hometown and, influenced by a teacher, because he wanted to be an artist, he studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.^[2] Later he moved to Madrid where, thanks to the help of the journalist linked to the press of the Franco regime Jesús Vasallo [es], he worked in the newspaper El Periódico Mediterráneo [es]. In 1967 he moved to Barcelona and working for Tele/eXprés [es] he began to know the world of the gossip journalism, working as editor of magazines such as Semana and Pronto.^[2]

At the end of the 70's he began to work in the program Protagonistas, of Luis del Olmo [es], first at Radio Peninsular, then at Radio Nacional de España (RNE) and finally at COPE, until June 1988.^[3] That year he joined Radio Miramar in Barcelona to be part of the program Cosas and Mitad y mitad and collaborated in COPE's program El primero de la mañana and worked for Época magazine, until 2000.^[2]

In the 90's Mariñas jumped to television, the peak of his professional career.^[2][3] He then collaborated in successful programs like La máquina de la verdad –alongside María Teresa Campos– Pasa la vida and Día a día.^[2] At the end of that decade he began his career in the program Tómbola with Karmele Marchante, Lydia Lozano and Ángel Antonio Herrera [es], becoming one of the most highly paid periodites in the industry.^[2][3]

His subsequent career was spent in the TV programs such as En Antena (2006), ¿Dónde estás corazón? (2007), A 3 bandas (2007), Tal cual lo contamos (2008), Vaya par (2009) and Espejo público (2009-2012), Sálvame (since 2013), Qué tiempo tan feliz, Sábado Deluxe and La Mañana de la 1. In Summer 2021 published his own book, 'Jesús por Mariñas, memorias desde el corazón'.^[2][3]