Ben Fordham | |
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Years active | 1997–present |
Employer | Nine Network |
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Ben Fordham is an Australian sports reporter and radio presenter. As of 2023 [update] Fordham hosts the breakfast radio program Ben Fordham Live on Sydney radio station 2GB.
When Ben Fordham was seven years of age, he was diagnosed with epilepsy after suffering a seizure. [1]
He did work experience at a radio station as a teenager while a student at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, a Catholic college in Lane Cove. [2]
Fordham began his career on Sydney radio station 2UE,[ when? ] for which he won a Walkley Award [3] for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo landslide.
In 1998, Fordham moved to television and joined Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter.[ citation needed ]
As of 2008 he was managed by the Fordham Company, which was run by his late father, John. [4]
In March 2014, Fordham announced that he would be leaving Today at the end of the year to concentrate on his radio career. [5] Since moving into his radio position, he has served as a fill-in presenter on Today and Nine News. In 2016, Fordham was announced as co-host of Australian Ninja Warrior alongside Rebecca Maddern on the Nine Network. [6]
In 2018, Fordham was also made an inaugural board member of the Ash Williams Show Podcast, alongside other media personalities such as Ed Kavalee, Sonia Kruger and Tony Martin. Fordham was also instrumental in securing the support of Scott Pape as a permanent board member. [7] In May 2020, 2GB announced that Fordham would replace Alan Jones, who was retiring from radio. [8] Fordham finished hosting his drive show on 22 May 2020 and began his new role on 1 June 2020. His breakfast show took the same name as his drive show: Ben Fordham Live. [9]
In October 2021, Fordham announced that he will not return as co-host of Australian Ninja Warrior. [10]
In October 2011, Fordham married Seven News presenter Jodie Speers. They have a son born in late 2014 [11] and a daughter born in 2016. [12]
In the lead-up to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, Fordham supported the No campaign. [13]
On 26 February 2009, Fordham was charged with concealing a serious crime and breaching the Listening Devices Act. [14]
The conversation was aired on A Current Affair in May 2008, claiming to show former Waverley mayor James Markham ordering a fatal hit on a male escort. [15] Although found guilty, Fordham and Byrne each escaped conviction, with Justice Fullerton saying it was "an appalling lack of judgment by two senior journalists who are otherwise held in esteem by their colleagues". [16]
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