The journalist José Antonio Plaza was born in 1940 in Segovia.
After finishing his secondary studies, he enrolled at the University, where he studied Journalism and Law.
His first professional steps were taken in the written press, specifically in the Pueblo newspaper, and on the radio, being booked on Radio Madrid. There he collaborated in a well-known radio program, still remembered by many Spaniards, “Cabalgata Fin de Semana”.
Later he also worked at the Voice of Madrid, joining immediately, and with only 16 years, in Spanish Television, participating in the program “Plaza de España”.
In 1961 he joined the news services, working on the “Telediario” and “Last informative image”. At this time, he became a very familiar face for Spanish television viewers, a popularity that was further accentuated when, in 1968, he was sent as a correspondent to London, where he spent 5 years telling us from there everything that happened in the British country. .
Upon his return he directed several programs, which he combined with the presentation of others, and his popularity only increased, being one of the most remembered characters on the small screen of that time.
Thus, in 1975 he advised and defended the consumers of our country in the program “35 million Spaniards”, which he presented together with Alfredo Amestoy. Later came other programs such as “625 lines”, with Paca Gabaldón, “24 images per second” with Isabel Tenaille, the “Ding-Dong” contest with Mayra Gómez Kemp and Andrés Pajares or the children’s program “Sabadabada” or the production “300 million ”, which he presented for a time.
In 1989 he worked on “Aventura 92”, later making the leap to the Antena3 network, to present “Un País de Locos”, again with Alfredo Amestoy. Later, in this private channel he would present other spaces “Summering”, “A happy couple” or “Dear family”, the latter working in the direction, and which was his last work for the small screen.
During these years he continued working in other media, such as radio. Thus, he directed the program “Long live the funny people” on Antena3 Radio. He also worked in the written press, for example being part of the editorial staff of the prestigious magazine “Panorama”.
He received an Ondas Award for his work on the television program “35 million Spaniards”, an award he shared with Alfredo Amestoy.
José Antonio Plaza died on November 22, 1998 in Madrid.