Richard Glover (radio presenter)

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Richard Glover is an Australian journalist, author and radio personality.

Richard grew up in Papua-New Guinea, Sydney and Canberra and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts with a first class Honours degree. He lives with the playwright Debra Oswald, and they have two sons.

He 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 who'd established a solid and popular format.

He was awarded the Broadcaster of the Year Award 2004, for ABC local radio.

Richard'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.

He is also a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. His weekly humour column has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald since 1985. Richard has also worked as that paper's News Editor, Arts Editor and European Correspondent.

1 Drive Show Segments
2 Trivia
3 Books
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Drive Show Segments

Richard Glover's Drive show program includes popular segments such as:

Thank God it's Friday is broadcast every Friday and features a roundup of the week's events, featuring various Australian comedians. TGIF is also available as a podcast.
Political Forum on Mondays from 1735 to 1800.
The Critics on Tuesdays from 1735 to 1800.
Self Improvement on Wednesdays from 1715 to 1730.
Midweek Conference on Wednesdays from 1735 to 1700
Journo's Forum on Thursdays from 1735 to 1800.

All of these can be heard via audio on demand via the 702 ABC Sydney website.

The Intercity Express, a review of a news story from each Australian State.

[edit] Trivia

In his radio program and SMH columns, he has often portrayed himself as being an ineffectual middle-aged man, with weight and alcohol issues.

[edit] Books

Desperate Husbands (2005) (ISBN 0732282500)
The dag's dictionary : a very funny book of words that should exist, but don't (2004) (ISBN 0733314368)
The dirt experiment (2003) (ISBN 0733616208)
In bed with Jocasta (2000) (ISBN 0732268648)
Maps, dreams, history : race and representation in Aboriginal Australia (1998)
The joy of blokes : a survivor's guide to the men in your life, how to meet them, how to love them, how to eat their cooking (1994) (with Angela Webber) (ISBN 1863737529)
Laughing stock : one man's battle with sex, work and a son called Batboy (1993) (ISBN 1863735658)
The P-plate parent (1992) (with Angela Webber) (ISBN 1863731989)
Grin and bear it : a survivor's guide to marriage, kids, family holidays, home renovations, the English and other horrors (1990) (ISBN 0731801814)

[edit] References

Leser, David. The two of us: Debra Oswald & Richard Glover Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend - 13 December 1997 p.12

ABC Radio Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald

[edit] See also

702 ABC Sydney presenters
Adam Spencer \| Tony Eastley \| Virginia Trioli \| Richard Fidler \| Eleanor Hall \| James Valentine \| Richard Glover \| Mark Colvin \| James O'Loghlin \| Tony Delroy \| Trevor Chappell \| Simon Marnie \| Elizabeth Jackson \| Simone Thurtell \| John Nuttey \| Michael Pavlich \| Ian MacNamara \| Julia Baird \| Karen Dorante \| John Cleary
Australian Broadcasting Corporation