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Richard Glover (radio presenter)
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Richard Glover is an Australian talk radio
presenter, journalist and author.
Glover graduated from the University of Sydney
with a Bachelor of Arts
degree with first class honours. He lives with the playwright
Debra Oswald
and they have two sons. He has written 10 books, including the humour book Desperate Husbands, which was a bestseller in Australia and has been published in translation in Italy and Poland.
Glover presents the radio show Drive from Monday to Friday, 3pm to 6pm on 702 ABC Sydney
. He joined 702 ABC Sydney in January 1996, taking over the Drive segment from Mike Carlton
. In 2004 he was awarded the Broadcaster of the Year Award for ABC local radio.
Glover's writing for the stage includes Lonestar Lemon, which has toured nationally with Genevieve Lemon
, and A Christmas Story, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House
Drama Theatre in December 1998, with Richard Wherrett
directing.
Glover is also a journalist
for the Sydney Morning Herald. His weekly humour column has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald since 1985. He has also worked as that paper's news editor, arts editor and European correspondent.
In January 2011 the ABC upheld a complaint from a listener about Glover's using his radio show to promote sales of one of his books.
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
presenter, journalist and author.
Glover graduated from the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree with first class honours. He lives with the playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald is an Australian writer for film, television, stage, radio and children's fiction. In 2008 her Stories in the Dark won Best Play in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She is creator and head writer of the Channel 10 drama series Offspring, for which she won the 2011 NSW Premier's...
and they have two sons. He has written 10 books, including the humour book Desperate Husbands, which was a bestseller in Australia and has been published in translation in Italy and Poland.
Glover presents the radio show Drive from Monday to Friday, 3pm to 6pm on 702 ABC Sydney
702 ABC Sydney
702 ABC Sydney is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial....
. He joined 702 ABC Sydney in January 1996, taking over the Drive segment from Mike Carlton
Mike Carlton
Mike Carlton is an Australian media commentator and broadcaster. He formerly co-hosted the daily breakfast program on Sydney radio station 2UE with Peter FitzSimons and later Sandy Aloisi. He is a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, having been sacked from the position on 29 August 2008, for...
. In 2004 he was awarded the Broadcaster of the Year Award for ABC local radio.
Glover's writing for the stage includes Lonestar Lemon, which has toured nationally with Genevieve Lemon
Genevieve Lemon
Genevieve Lemon is an Australian actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas – as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours...
, and A Christmas Story, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
Drama Theatre in December 1998, with Richard Wherrett
Richard Wherrett
Richard Bruce Wherrett AM was an influential and successful Australian theatrical director, whose career spanned 40 years.Richard Wherrett was born in 1940...
directing.
Glover is also a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
for the Sydney Morning Herald. His weekly humour column has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald since 1985. He has also worked as that paper's news editor, arts editor and European correspondent.
In January 2011 the ABC upheld a complaint from a listener about Glover's using his radio show to promote sales of one of his books.
External links
- Sydney Morning Herald column
- ABC 702 Drive program
- ABC profile
- A Cure for Saggy Breast? - Glover's contribution to an A Current Affair story. (Video link available)