Radio's Alan Jones has prostate cancer

SYDNEY'S highest-rating radio personality, Alan Jones, has announced he is suffering prostate cancer and will undergo surgery. Jones, 67, has held a press conference in the boardroom of Macquarie Radio Network, owner of 2GB, amid speculation he would retire. However, Jones said he would be back on air after surgery, saying he 'had to earn to a quid". Jones is 2GB's breakfast host but has taken numerous weeks of leave this year due to ongoing illness. Jones said he had been diagnosed with the cancer after undergoing a biopsy. His cancer had been described as in the mid range in terms of seriousness. The surgery would be carried out at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital in two weeks, and Jones said he intended to be on air until the eve of the operation. He would be off air for several weeks while recovering. He would return to... [read full story]