Bob Leahy (broadcaster)
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Bob Leahy is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster.
He started broadcasting with pirate radio station Radio Hauraki
, on its first day of transmission, in 1966, in a pocket of international water, within New Zealand
's Hauraki Gulf
.
Leahy has voiced many radio shows and news segments over the years, as well as hosting several television shows, in New Zealand
.
He currently is employed by Newstalk ZB
, a news and talkback station affiliated with the modern Radio Hauraki. His voice can still be heard announcing the news, some 44 years later, on Radio Hauraki.
He started broadcasting with pirate radio station Radio Hauraki
Radio Hauraki
Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand radio network, specialising in album-oriented rock and classic rock. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally from 1966-1970 to break the monopoly held by the government...
, on its first day of transmission, in 1966, in a pocket of international water, within New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's Hauraki Gulf
Hauraki Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a total area of 4000 km², and lies between the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island...
.
Leahy has voiced many radio shows and news segments over the years, as well as hosting several television shows, in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
He currently is employed by Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talk radio network operated by The Radio Network of New Zealand . It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in many of them...
, a news and talkback station affiliated with the modern Radio Hauraki. His voice can still be heard announcing the news, some 44 years later, on Radio Hauraki.