Craig Zonca is an Australian radio and television presenter. He is currently a breakfast presenter on

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and a weather presenter on

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. After presenting the Queensland edition of ''

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'' for several years, Zonca was announced as ABC Radio Brisbane's new breakfast presenter to replace long-serving host

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in late 2016. In late 2017, it was announced Zonca would co-present the program in 2018 alongside Rebecca Levingston. Levingston was later replaced in that time slot by fellow presenter Loretta Ryan. Since his time hosting the program, Zonca has maintained a healthy audience share for the program in a much-publicised ratings battle with the breakfast program on commercial rival Nova 106.9.

Personal life

Zonca grew up in

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite. The Scottish- ...

where he began his radio career with

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. He also completed a Bachelor of Business (Management) degree at

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in 2006.Barnbaum, Mar
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''Be'', CQUniversity Australia, Issue 26, 2017. Accessed 16 February 2018. In 2019, Zonca married ABC journalist Jessica Hinchliffe.

References

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