Miquel Calçada
Encyclopedia
Miquel Calçada (born August 13, 1965 in Sabadell
, near Barcelona
, Catalonia
, Spain
) is a Catalan
journalist
and communicating entrepreneur.
) since the Spanish Civil War
. He is a content producer and talk show host. On TV3
his Mikimoto Club aired daily was a talk show. When the show went on prime time and live he was the very first talk show in Spanish TV. Persones humanes became known for its ironic sometimes absurd but always incisive humour on different issues. A whole generation remember his speeches as well as legendary appearances from the writer Quim Monzó
. He quit TV during seven years focusing on its two recent born radio stations, Flaix FM and Ràdio Flaixbac, set among the three most tuned into musical stations. Resuming his TV career on 2003 has achieved greatest audience figures and recognition during five seasons with Afers exteriors, a sociological TV project that led him travel on around 60 countries introducing expatriates life to its audience.
As an independent producer won the bid from the Catalan Government to produce a series of 70 chapters on environmental issues: El capità Enciam. After quitting smoking in 2005, he was so impressed by the method he used that he created the two-part special program El mètode Larson.
Devoted to public issues and history, he has been writing as a free columnist in newspapers such as La Vanguardia
and Avui
. He is a founder member of Club Riva de Catalunya from the Riva Historical Society.
Calçada currently holds a Executive Master Public Administration
degree at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
.
he hosted these hightlighted programs:
He has hosted and directed several TV series:
Sabadell
Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...
, near Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a Catalan
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and communicating entrepreneur.
Career
At age 15, he started participating in a local radio show (Ràdio Terrassa). At 18, he became the voice that announced the return of the Catalan Public Radio (Catalunya RàdioCatalunya Ràdio
Catalunya Ràdio is Catalonia's public radio network. It's part of Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya...
) since the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. He is a content producer and talk show host. On TV3
TV3 (Catalonia)
TV3 is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...
his Mikimoto Club aired daily was a talk show. When the show went on prime time and live he was the very first talk show in Spanish TV. Persones humanes became known for its ironic sometimes absurd but always incisive humour on different issues. A whole generation remember his speeches as well as legendary appearances from the writer Quim Monzó
Quim Monzó
thumb|Quim MonzóQuim Monzó , is a contemporary Catalan writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXprés...
. He quit TV during seven years focusing on its two recent born radio stations, Flaix FM and Ràdio Flaixbac, set among the three most tuned into musical stations. Resuming his TV career on 2003 has achieved greatest audience figures and recognition during five seasons with Afers exteriors, a sociological TV project that led him travel on around 60 countries introducing expatriates life to its audience.
As an independent producer won the bid from the Catalan Government to produce a series of 70 chapters on environmental issues: El capità Enciam. After quitting smoking in 2005, he was so impressed by the method he used that he created the two-part special program El mètode Larson.
Devoted to public issues and history, he has been writing as a free columnist in newspapers such as La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city....
and Avui
Avui
Avui is a Catalan daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, Catalonia . It is one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line is Catalan nationalist.- History :...
. He is a founder member of Club Riva de Catalunya from the Riva Historical Society.
Calçada currently holds a Executive Master Public Administration
Master of Public Administration
The Master of Public Administration is a professional post-graduate degree in Public Administration. The MPA program prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in nongovernmental organization and...
degree at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the public policy school of Syracuse University...
.
Programs
In Catalunya RàdioCatalunya Ràdio
Catalunya Ràdio is Catalonia's public radio network. It's part of Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya...
he hosted these hightlighted programs:
- Catalunya DX
- En pijama el cap de setmana
- Mikimoto Club
- Pasta gansa
He has hosted and directed several TV series:
- Oh, Bongònia, TV3TV3 (Catalonia)TV3 is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...
(1987) - Mikimoto Club, TV3 (1989-1990)
- Mikimoto Clip, La 2 (1991-1992)
- Persones humanes, TV3 (1993-1996)
- Solvència contrastada, TV3 (1996)
- El mètode Larson, TV3 (2005)
- Prohibit als tímids, TV3 (2006)
- Afers exteriors, TV3 (2003-2009)
External links
- Miquel Calçada i Olivella, Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan)
- Miquel Calçada, The Internet Movie Database.
- Short biography (in Catalan)
- Interview published in La Vanguardia.es (in Spanish)
- http://web.udl.cat/dept/filcat/comunicacio/2a%20Setmana/primera/mikimoto.html Miquel Calçada i Olivella], Universitat de Lleida (in Catalan)