Richard Glover (radio presenter)

Richard Glover

Richard Glover at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born Australia

Richard Glover is an Australian talk radio presenter, journalist and author. He was born in Australia, but spent some of his early life in Papua New Guinea. He is the host of ABC Radio's Drive with Richard Glover in Sydney.

Life and career

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 13 books, including the humour book Desperate Husbands, which was a bestseller in Australia and has been published in translation in Italy and Poland.[1]

Glover presents the radio show Drive from Monday to Friday, 3pm to 6 pm 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.[2]

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.[3]

In December 2011 he and Peter Fitzsimons achieved a record for the world's longest radio interview, supervised by Guinness World Records.[4]

A leaked document revealed Glover was the highest paid ABC broadcaster in 2013, earning $290,000 per year.[5]

Political views

Glover is an ABC political journalist.

Glover is an atheist, and says he "never managed a speck of interest in religion" but believes Christianity and religion should be tolerated by non-believers. In 2015 he wrote that "Marketplace economics is now the God of our time, and its priests are Microsoft, Apple and Google".[6] Glover advocates for same-sex marriage in Australia, which he says will be "entirely positive".[7]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Local Radio Awards winners 2004". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Richard Glover: Saxton". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Richard Glover Comment". WA Today. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "The World's Longest Interview Makes Guiness (sic) Book 2013". ABC. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Leaked document shows ABC stars' salaries". News Corp Australia. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Richard Glover: Sticking up for the believers; Richard Glover; smh.com.au; Nov 14, 2015
  7. ↑ Gay marriage offers a chance of happily-ever-after for all; Richard Glover; smh.com.au; June 23, 2015

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