Sam Pang

Sam Pang

Sam Pang interviews Libby Kosmala at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony
Born (1973-11-03) 3 November 1973
Australia
Other names The Orchid[1]
Occupation Radio and television host, writer, producer

Sam Pang (born 3 November 1973)[2] is a Chinese Australian radio and television host, writer and producer.

Career

Radio

Pang played Australian rules football for the Collingwood Football Club under-19s team in 1991. Sam then went onto play country football in regional Victoria for a number of years, he remained in the city holding down a range odd jobs and received a small fee for his football services.[3] He turned to radio hosting at an age of 28 at the urging of his friends to do so.[4] He co-hosted Triple R's Breakfasters program for 5 years.[4]

In January 2011, Pang presented Summer Nights on ABC Local Radio.

During the course of the 2012 London Olympics alongside Santo Cilauro, Pang presented The Rush Hour on Melbourne's Triple M while regular hosts James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless were at the Olympics.

Beginning in 2016, Pang became a regualar co-host of the Nova 100 breakfast program titled Chrissie, Sam & Browny.[5][6]

Television

He then began hosting a variety of television shows. In 2009, he hosted ADbc, a quiz show based on history-related topics. It aired on SBS One and lasted for one season.

In 2010, he co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever, a variety/panel/sports program coinciding with the FIFA World Cup on SBS TV. He co-hosted it with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee. He has written for TV Burp, which was coincidentally also hosted by Ed Kavalee on Channel Seven.

Since 2009, he has done some commentary work with Julia Zemiro on the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the Australian delegation.[7]

As of February 2012, he has reunited with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host a spin-off of Cup Fever on Channel Seven called Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!. In August 2012, Pang was one of the reporters for ABC2 for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Since late 2013, Pang reunited with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host Santo, Sam and Ed’s Total Football on Fox Sports.

Sam is a regular panellist on Network Ten's Have You Been Paying Attention?. He takes more of a comic-relief approach, as evidenced by his first 39 appearances without a win. However, Sam recorded his first win on 27 July 2015, being his 40th appearance on the show.

References

  1. ↑ "Friday Front Bar Grand Final Extravaganza". YouTube. 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sam Pang". TV.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Santo Cilauro & Sam Pang - The Little Dum Dum Club", Published 2 August 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qssZrJWIE
  4. 1 2 "Mixing humour and history" by Debi Enker, The Age, 20 August 2009
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Brown and Sam Pang to join Chrissie Swan on Nova100 hosting breakfast in 2016 - mUmBRELLA". mUmBRELLA. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  6. ↑ "NOVA’s New Brekkie Show Chrissie, Sam & Browny Go Live A Day Early!". BandT. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "SBS off to Eurovision 2009!". SBS. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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