Mike Vincent is an Australian print, radio and television journalist. He is also the father of New Zealand cricketer
Lou Vincent.
Mike has worked as a radio and newspaper journalist for more than 20 years in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, and Perth, but mostly in his hometown of Adelaide.
He has spent a period of time working for
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and c ...
in Auckland.
In early 2001 Mike rejoined the ABC as sports producer-presenter for
ABC NewsRadio.
His most notable brush with fame was using his right knee to stop Australian prime minister
Malcolm Fraser from closing his Commonwealth car passenger door to get in one more question.
In 2009 Mike began hosting Rock Dinosaurs on Big River FM in New Zealand. It's every Wednesday night August–March 7-9pm. http://bigriverfm.co.nz/
In 2014 he began a new show on Big River FM called Radio Jimi Hendrix every Wednesday night March–August 7-9pm.
In 2016 Vincent self-published his first book The Dead Philosophers Society (SPAV: Socrates Plato Aristotle Vincent). He describes it as attempted satire but is probably just a collection of rants and cheap shots from his radio shows. There have been several more volumes that have evolved into The War on Dickheads.
https://thewarondickheads.nz/
References
External links
''On-air voices, Mike Vincent''
Australian journalists
New Zealand journalists
Australian radio personalities
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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