Steve Price (broadcaster)

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Not to be confused with Steve Price (Queensland).

Steve Price is a radio broadcaster currently working for 2UE in Sydney. Currently manning the morning shift between 9am - 12pm, Price has been in journalism for 30 years, firstly with News Limited, and has previously worked at 3AW, Melbourne.

[edit] Career

Price moved to mornings with 2UE afternoon host John Stanley as a one-week trial, filling in for the regular two presenters, Mike Carlton and Peter FitzSimons (on-air known as "Mike 'n' Fitz"). Late December 2006 saw this change, with regular fill-in host Steve Liebmann taking over. Price was featured in John Safran's Music Jamboree in which Safran produced aspirin tablets with the 3AW logo and convinced Price they were ecstasy tablets being sold as 'The Angry Dwarfs'.

[edit] Personal Life

On the night of April 14 2007, he was charged with drink driving after police stopped him as he was riding a Vespa motor scooter with his wife, Wendy, as a passenger. [1]. He was later found guilty and was fined $1000 in addition to having his licence disqualified for six months[2]. Price has also been involved in a separate incident with his paintballing buddy Greg Pearce. Both were hospitalised after attempting to play the sport while high on ecstacy. See Greg Pearce


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Radio star Price charged with drink driving", The Sydney Morning Herald, April 16 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. 
  2. ^ "Steve Price disqualified", Herald Sun, June 26 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-05. 
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