Simon Marnie is an Australian radio and television presenter.
Career
Radio
Marnie was a student of the inaugural radio course at the
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. Opened to students in 1973 as Film and Television School (FTS), after accredita ...
.
Prior to joining
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney (official call sign: 2BL, formerly 2SB) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial. The station transmits with a power ( ...
, he worked at
Triple J
Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...
starting in work experience before moving to a full time position.
Simon previously hosted
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney (official call sign: 2BL, formerly 2SB) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial. The station transmits with a power ( ...
's weekend morning program across
New South Wales
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. The program was broadcast throughout Sydney on Saturdays from 6 am–12 pm and New South Wales from 10 am, and on Sundays from 10 am–12 pm in Sydney.
Television
Simon conceived and produced SBS TV's music show, ''nomad'', produced on
WOW TV and reported on ABC TV's ''TVTV''.
Marnie is one of the hosts, along with
Jane Hall, Bryce Holdaway,
Del Irani
Delnaaz Irani is an Australian journalist based in the United States. She is the anchor of ''Deeper Look from New York'' on NHK World-Japan and a host on the Australian ABC lifestyle show ''Escape From The City''.
Irani was previously a busin ...
and Dean Ipaviz as they guide families, couples or individuals through the trials and tribulations of their life-changing decision to escape the city, on the ABC program ''Escape from the City''.
Personal life
Marnie resides in the Sydney suburb of
Maroubra with partner
Amanda Brown.
See also
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ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programm ...
*
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney (official call sign: 2BL, formerly 2SB) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial. The station transmits with a power ( ...
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian radio personalities
Journalists from Sydney
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