Australia’s longest-serving radio presenter Bob Rogers has died aged 97, with loved ones remembering him as a “legend” and “icon”. The veteran broadcaster, whose career spanned almost 80 years, died at his Mosman home in Sydney on Wednesday. Derryn Hinch paid tribute to Mr Rogers in a social media post, describing him as a “brother”.
“Today, I said goodbye to my dear friend, my ‘brother’, radio legend Bob Rogers,” he wrote. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. “He died at home with his wife, Jerry, and his precious daughters there.
He was 97.” Mr Hinch said Mr Rogers started in radio at Melbourne’s 3XY when he was 15. He was still doing a radio program on Sydney’s 2CH when he was aged in his 90s.
“The words ‘legend’ and ‘icon’ are thrown around too easily these days, but Bob Rogers was both,” Mr Hinch said. “As a kid, I used to listen to him on my crystal set from across the ditch in New Zealand. “One of his career highlights was in the 1960s when he accompanied The Beatles on their trip to Australia.
He was called ‘the fifth Beatle’. “Bob was a champion tennis player at White City, was one of the first male nude models for Cleo magazine and was an ace poker player. “I shall be honoured to deliver his eulogy in Sydney next week.
Vale, my brother.” In addition to his radio career, Mr Rogers hosted a late night television variety show called The Bob Rogers Show on Channel 7..
