Gary Roberts (radio broadcaster)

Montag, 31. März 1952

Gary Phillip Roberts AM (born 31 March 1952) is an Australian radio personality and managing director of Perth, Western Australia, radio station 96FM (call sign: 6NOW) having joined it 12 months after leaving the helm of rival Perth radio station Nova 93.7. He started his radio career in the late 1960s at 3AW in Melbourne. He spent nine years on air with a number of stations including 5AD in Adelaide, 2UW in Sydney and 6KY in Perth before moving into programming. As a programme director, he programmed four stations to No 1 in their respective markets including a record run of 34 consecutive No 1 surveys with 96FM, which he launched in 1980. He was general manager of 96FM from 1984 to 1992 when he left to take over the same role at 94.5FM in Perth.