Jesús Quintero (1940-2022) *82

was a Spanish journalist, editor and presenter of Spanish programs in radio and television, known in the media as Jesús Quintero. Quintero was born in San Juan del Puerto, Huelva, Spain, on 18 August 1940. He was introduced into the theatrical world and from there jumped to RNE (Radio Nacional de España) 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 (Man of Roulotte) and El loco de la colina (The fool on the hill), 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 (Thirteen nights) (1999) with Antonio Gala, Cuerda de presos (Prisoners Rope) (1997) and Jesús Quintero: entrevista (Jesús Quintero: Interview) (2007).