Geoff Bryan (born 24 April, 1956) is a New Zealand television broadcaster, currently a newsreader for MediaWorks Radio and one of the breakfast hosts on Magic.
Career edit
Bryan was born in Kent, England, and moved with his family to Australia first and then to Wellington when he was a child, in the late 1960s. He completed a degree in Political Science and History at Victoria University of Wellington, before working in radio, including as a DJ for 2ZM in Wellington in the late 1970s and 1980s.[1] He progressed into television in 1982, and became a sports presenter for TVNZ in 1987. Bryan, along with Keith Quinn and John McBeth were laid off by TVNZ 2007, before the company invited all three to compete for a single vacancy in Auckland.[2] He was the successful applicant and is still employed by TVNZ.
Bryan was a newsreader for Radio Live but now reads for MagicTalk. [3] He was previously a breakfast co-host on The Sound[4] and a news presenter for The Radio Network. He began with the IRN News Centre as breakfast newsreader, and then became part of the Newstalk ZB News team when IRN combined with the Newstalk ZB Newsroom. He was part of the Affiliates unit, which is based in the Auckland newsroom of Newstalk ZB, and produces bulletins for many commercial stations around the country, including other stations of The Radio Network. He remained a breakfast newsreader for the Affiliates unit until mid-2009, when his position was combined with another role, and he was made redundant. However, he remains working on contract and is a regular fill-in newsreader on both the Newstalk ZB Network, and the Affiliates bulletins.[citation needed]
Personal life edit
He is married with four young adult children and lives in Auckland.[citation needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Geoff Bryan". Celebrity Speakers. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ McNaughton, Maggie (12 July 2007). "Job queue replaces the autocue for TVNZ sports commentators". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ "Afternoon newsreader". radiolive.co.nz. Radio Live. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "MediaWorks Radio announces 2015 line-up". mediaworks.co.nz. MediaWorks New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2016.