Greg Evans (television host)
| Greg Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 April 1953 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Home town | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Greg Evans (born 17 April 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian radio and television presenter, currently based in Melbourne. He is also a popular marriage celebrant, continuing on from his hosting of the matchmaking television game show, Perfect Match in the 1980s.
At the beginning of his career he worked on regional radio stations 3CV in Maryborough and 3CS in Colac hosting afternoon and breakfast programs respectively. In the 1970s he was the highly popular host of the drive time slot of radio station 3XY, with his program being the number one rated show in 27 of the 28 ratings surveys taken. He was nominated three times for a Gold Logie award. In 1975 he was awarded Most Popular Radio DJ in Victoria at the TV Week King of Pop Awards, and went on to win the award six times. In 1984 he joined Gold 104.3. from 1994 to 1996 at the station, he hosted Drive (3pm-7pm). 1996–1998 saw him co-host Gold's breakfast program with Dermott Brereton in 1999 he joined 3AK now SEN 1116 and hosted a variety of programs. In 2005, Evans hosted Drive at 3MP. Greg has also worked on Melbourne talk-back radio station 3AW, guest hosting breakfast Sam Newman in 1992.
From 2009 until December 2012, Greg Evans presented a breakfast radio show on 3SR FM with local personality Mandy Turner in Shepparton. He moved to the Mansfield area in Victoria to be closer to his 97-year-old mother, and in November 2012 announced that he would be leaving 3SR to care for her.
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