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,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
- ^ 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.