Lindy Burns
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Lindy Burns is the Drive presenter at 774 ABC Melbourne
, Victoria, Australia
.
Lindy was born in Wollongong and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales
. She has degrees in History and Drama from Newcastle and Melbourne Universities and was once a professional basketballer.
Burns started in radio at 1233 ABC Newcastle
co-presenting the Saturday morning sports program "All in the Game" she has been a sports commentator with Triple J
and presenting the state-wide Sunday Show in New South Wales. Burns first full-time gig was presenting the Drive Show on 1233 ABC Newcastle
, where she stayed for five years. After a couple of years presenting Afternoons, Burns was asked to move down to Melbourne in September 2005 to present Drive as Virginia Trioli
transferred to Sydney
.
Lindy is currently the only permanent weekday female announcer on Melbourne AM Radio.
In November 2011, it was announced that Burns will present the statewide Evening program in 2012.
774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Originally known by its callsign 3LO, it began transmission on 13 October 1924 – Melbourne's second radio station after 3AR.-History:...
, Victoria, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Lindy was born in Wollongong and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
. She has degrees in History and Drama from Newcastle and Melbourne Universities and was once a professional basketballer.
Burns started in radio at 1233 ABC Newcastle
1233 ABC Newcastle
1233 ABC Newcastle is an Australian radio station. It is the Newcastle station of the ABC local radio network, and is licensed to, and serving Newcastle and surrounding areas. It operates on the AM band at 1233 kilohertz...
co-presenting the Saturday morning sports program "All in the Game" she has been a sports commentator with Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
and presenting the state-wide Sunday Show in New South Wales. Burns first full-time gig was presenting the Drive Show on 1233 ABC Newcastle
1233 ABC Newcastle
1233 ABC Newcastle is an Australian radio station. It is the Newcastle station of the ABC local radio network, and is licensed to, and serving Newcastle and surrounding areas. It operates on the AM band at 1233 kilohertz...
, where she stayed for five years. After a couple of years presenting Afternoons, Burns was asked to move down to Melbourne in September 2005 to present Drive as Virginia Trioli
Virginia Trioli
Virginia Frances Trioli is an award-winning Australian journalist and author.-Biography:Born in Bendigo, she attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a fine arts major in cinema...
transferred to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
.
Lindy is currently the only permanent weekday female announcer on Melbourne AM Radio.
In November 2011, it was announced that Burns will present the statewide Evening program in 2012.