Geoff Bryan
Geoff Bryan (born 1956) is a New Zealand television broadcaster, currently a sports presenter for TVNZ, and most well known for presenting the Olympic and Commonwealth Games since 1988. He has covered Six Summer Olympic Games from 1988 to 2008, and five Commonwealth Games from 1990 to 2006. Bryan was born in Kent, England, and moved with his family to Australia first and then to Wellington when he was a child, in the late 1960s. He completed a degree in Political Science and History at Victoria University of Wellington, before working in radio, including as a DJ for 2ZM in Wellington in the late 1970s and 1980s.[1] He progressed into television in 1982, and became a sports presenter for TVNZ in 1987. Bryan, along with Keith Quinn and John McBeth were laid off by TVNZ 2007, before the company invited all three to compete for a single vacancy in Auckland.[2] He was the successful applicant and is still employed by TVNZ.
Bryan is also a radio news presenter for The Radio Network. He began with the IRN News Centre as breakfast newsreader, and then became part of the Newstalk ZB News team when IRN combined with the Newstalk ZB Newsroom. He was part of the Affiliates unit, which is based in the Auckland newsroom of Newstalk ZB, and produces bulletins for many commercial stations around the country, including other stations of The Radio Network. He remained a breakfast newsreader for the Affiliates unit until mid-2009, when his position was combined with another role, and he was made redundant. However, he remains working on contract and is a regular fill-in newsreader on both the Newstalk ZB Network, and the Affiliates bulletins.
He is married with four young adult children and lives in Auckland, and is also a sought after and entertaining speaker.
Career highlights
- 1988 Seoul, Korea. Olympic Games Presenter
- 1990 Auckland, New Zealand. Commonwealth Games Presenter
- 1992 Barcelona, Spain. Olympic Games Presenter
- 1994 Victoria, Canada. Commonwealth Games Presenter
- 1996 Atlanta, America. Olympic Games Presenter
- 1998 Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. Commonwealth Games Presenter
- 2000 Sydney, Australia. Olympic Games Presenter
- 2002 Manchester, England. Commonwealth Games Presenter
- 2002 Salt Lake City, America. Winter Olympic Games Presenter
- 2004 Athens, Greece. Olympic Games Presenter
- 2004 Athens, Greece. Paralympic Games Presenter
- 2006 Turin, Italy. Winter Olympic Games Presenter
- 2006 Melbourne, Australia. Commonwealth Games Presenter
- 2008 Beijing, China. Olympic Games Presenter
- 2008 Beijing, China. Paralympic Games Presenter
- ASB Classic Tennis tournament presenter from 2004–2009
- Heineken Open Men's tennis presenter from 2000–2009
- Countrywide Bank Grandstand 1991-1998
- Motorsport Sunday Presenter 1999-current
- 5 Football World Cups 1990-2006
- Cricket Presenter and Commentator 1989-1999
- Rugby World Cup Presenter 1991, 1995, 1999
- Wellington Rugby Sevens 2000- current
- Halberg Award Presenter including the Sports Champion of the Century Dinner in 2000
References
- ↑ "Geoff Bryan". Celebrity Speakers. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ↑ McNaughton, Maggie (July 12, 2007). "Job queue replaces the autocue for TVNZ sports commentators". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-08-21.