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Born Jason Davis, Jabba attended Hunters Hill Primary School, where he gained his name, and James Ruse Agricultural High School.
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He was a host for music television station "Red" on the now-defunct Galaxy subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to Channel. He also played with the All Saints Hunters Hill soccer team, and Parramatta Waterpolo Club. Jabba began presenting for Foxtel"s Channel in 1994.
He hosted a variety of shows including The Joint and Jabba"s Morning Glory, which featured performances and interviews with prominent musicians including Pink and Beastie Boys.
During his time with, he played the role of "Davo Dinkum" in the Business School television comedy show Pizza. In 2004, Jabba participated in the Band in a Bubble project with Australian alternative rock band Regurgitator, which involved him being locked in a Big Brother-style environment with the group and their engineers while they produced an album under 24-hour surveillance.
Following the projects conclusion, Jacquie Riddell of XYZ Networks, announced that Jabba would be taking an extended break, stating that "(the bubble) was a pretty big deal". In 2005, he left and began presenting for Nova FM in Brisbane.
Jabba later moved back home to Sydney, working at Nova 96.9 hosting The All New Nova Top 10 with Jabba and Mel, while still also hosting the Motorola ARIA Charts show on Sunday afternoons, which is Nova"s only national show.
Jabba also writes a column for the Australian edition of Rolling Stone. Although, in November 2008 Jabba and Mel left The All New Nova Top 10 with Jabba and Mel they were replaced by James Kerley and Maz Compton. Jabba was also the host of Great Barbecue Challenge, a competition series on Foxtel"s LifeStyle Food channel.
He has been named by some (one actually) as a "Social recalcitrant".
"lieutenant sort of slid when he left the international passport to smoking pleasure behind"
Jabba and Mike left the station in December 2010 as they have refused to move to Campbelltown, as it was important for the station to be as local as possible. In 2011, he appeared on two Business School sitcoms: Swift and Shift Couriers and Housos.
In 2014 he was featured in the motion picture Fat Pizza versus
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