Francis Leach (born 1968) is an Australian radio announcer, sports editor and journalist.

Career

Leach began his career at

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in the early 1990s hosting the ''Three Hours of Power'' show, the weekly late night heavy metal show. Later on he transferred to ''Creatures of the Spotlight'', the Sunday night arts show. In 2000 he made the switch to ''The Morning Show'', Triple J's daily three-hour talkback and current affairs show. He remained in the role until 2002. During the later part of his Triple J career, he also hosted a Saturday morning sports show at fellow ABC

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station

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. In 2003 he hosted an arts and music program on

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.Nguyen, Kenneth
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'', 29 January 2004. In 2004 he joined the commercial station

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to host afternoons however he left the station in June 2005 to join

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's new station Vega FM in both Sydney and Melbourne. At one stage Leach and his wife Lynne Haultain, a radio announcer at

, hosted shows that were broadcast during the same time slot. He signed to return to SEN at the end of February 2007 to host the drive program ''The Run Home'' alongside former AFL footballer, David Schwarz. Leach was also host of

's coverage of the

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. In 2012, Leach returned to ABC Radio and joined the

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team, hosting a breakfast show on digital radio. He is a regular panellist on ABC-TV's Sunday morning sports talk show, ''

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''. In 2016, Leach joined David Schwarz as co-host of the SEN "Breakfast" show. In 2018, he was appointed as sports editor at ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leach, Francis 1968 births Living people Triple J announcers People educated at St. Bernard's College, Melbourne

Career

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