Ben Harvey (Australian radio personality)

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Ben Harvey
Birth nameBen John Harvey
Born (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 31)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Medium radio
NationalityAustralian
EducationYear 10, Gawler High School
EmployerNOVA
Spouse
Samantha Wallace
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(m. 2022)​
Children1
Parent(s)Murray Harvey (father)
Marie Harvey (mother)

Ben Harvey is an Australian radio presenter and comedian.

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He co-hosts Ben, Liam & Belle on Nova 100 with Liam Stapleton and Belle Jackson.

Early life

Harvey grew up on acreage in Lewiston, South Australia. Till the age of 12 his father trimmed his nails for him, a skill he takes pride in "cutting a good nail". [1] He left school aged 16, and worked on a dairy farm. At 18 years old, Harvey moved to Adelaide. [2]

Career

Harvey began volunteering at the Adelaide community radio station Fresh 92.7, where he met Liam Stapleton. [3] As a duo, "Ben & Liam" went on to present the breakfast show for Fresh 92.7, compete in the state finals of Raw Comedy, and host a comedy show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. [2]

In late 2016, Harvey and Stapleton were confirmed to take over from Matt Okine and Alex Dyson as co-hosts of the nationwide Triple J Breakfast show in 2017. [4] They were signed on for another year in the role in 2018. [5]

In October 2019, it was announced that Ben and Liam will leave Triple J after three years at the station to return to Adelaide.

In January 2020, Nova Entertainment announced that Stapleton and Harvey will join Nova 91.9 to host breakfast.

In January 2023, the show moved to Nova 100 in Melbourne with producer Belle Jackson joining them and the show will be titled Ben, Liam & Belle.

In February 2024, Nova Entertainment announced that Jase & Lauren will host Nova 100’s new Melbourne breakfast show, replacing Ben, Liam & Belle who will move to a national drive show across the Nova Network.

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References

  1. ↑ Ben, Liam and Belle OFF AIR: RIP Headphones users. Released 31 July 2024. 2:34mins
  2. 1 2 "Here's What We Know About Triple J's New 'Brekkie' Boys Ben & Liam". Pedestrian TV. 22 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Bucklow, Andrew (22 November 2016). "Meet the new hosts of the Triple J brekky show". news.com.au.
  4. ↑ Joshi, Kruti (2 February 2017). "Triple j's Ben & Liam: From local radio to national breakfast show". Media Week.
  5. ↑ Challenor, Jake (15 December 2017). "From Adelaide to Australia, the making of triple j's Ben & Liam". Radio Today.

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