Kent Small

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Kent Small
Born (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984 (age 40)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Radio presenter
Employer Nova 96.9

Kent Andrew "Smallzy" Small [1] (born 16 April 1984) is an Australian radio presenter on Nova FM.

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Career

Small started his career at age 19 at Star 104.5 on the New South Wales Central Coast. After spending two and half years working with NOVA Entertainment, he moved to Nova 106.9 in Brisbane in 2007 to present their local night show with Michelle Anderson. The duo consistently enjoyed ratings wins and went on to be nominated Best On-Air Team at the 2008 Australian Commercial Radio.

Kent currently hosts his own national show Smallzy's Surgery weeknights from 8pm-10pm slot on Nova FM stations around Australia. [2] [3] The show covers all things music and celebrity and has travelled internationally to get access to the biggest stars in the world. Smallzy's Surgery's success has been mirrored around the country, with the show consistently trending Australia wide on Twitter, as well as Worldwide. [ citation needed ] Kent's success has also been recognized at the Australian Commercial Radio Award s winning Best Music/Entertainment Presenter in 2013, 2016 and 2017.

Small previously presented a weekly music news segment on The Loop and was a fill-in presenter whilst Scott Tweedie was away.

Kent is also a pop culture contributor on Weekend Today and The Morning Show .

Education

Kent attended Cranebrook High School in 1997–2000. He graduated from St Marys Senior High School in 2002. Also in 2002, Small studied at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School in Sydney, Australia graduating in 8 months.

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  3. "News".