Until the station closed , O'Connor was the American correspondent for digital station Gaydar Radio in the UK , reporting for the '' Neil and Debbie Breakfast Show '' , covering live events including The Golden Globe Awards , The Grammy Awards and The Oscars . During Eurovision 2009 season , he also covered live reports for the station on gay issues in Moscow , reporting in the same role from Oslo 2010 . He reported for Sky News on the gay march held on 17 May 2009 in the Russian capital . O'Connor has regularly reported for the UK TV channel Sky News and for Fox News in New York and ERT in Athens to the UK , and has been a guest on BBC World News and BBC News 24 on TV and " Today " on BBC Radio 4 with John Humphrys , BBC Radio 2 's '' Steve Wright in the Afternoon '' with host Steve Wright and actress Brooke Shields on Radio . He has also contributed to many other BBC Radio programmes , including BBC Radio 5 Live , '' The Big Toe Show '' on BBC Radio 7 , BBC Radio Scotland , numerous local BBC Radio stations including guest spots with Nicky Campbell , Judi Spiers , Richard Bacon , Paul Henley , Ted Robbins , Liz Kershaw and featured on the BBC World Service and LBC Radio . UK Channel 4 's Jon Snow interviewed O'Connor live from Chicago when news of a scandal relating to the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 broke in May 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
John Kennedy O'Connor