About Pete Smith (announcer)
Peter Philip Smith OAM (born 29 May 1939) is an Australian retired radio announcer and television voice-over artist. He is primarily known for his work with GTV-9 in Melbourne as their chief staff announcer, including being the announcer on the nationally screened quiz show Sale of the Century for 21 years. == Life and career == === Early life === Smith was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. During his school years, Smith constructed a makeshift radio station from his parents' house narrowcast over bell wire. Smith and Philip Brady would narrowcast their own show to peoples' homes titled "Broody's Hideout" on Sunday afternoons. Tape recordings of the show were distributed to people as far as the United States. Smith has often joked that "Broody's Hideout" was "the world's first podcast". ==== Radio ==== Upon leaving school, Smith joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a messenger boy before progressing through the ranks to an announcer on the home service and Radio Australia. On radio in the 1960s, Smith worked with radio station 3AK as a "good guy" and on The Greater 3UZ as it was known during the 1970s. Since this time, he has made guest appearances on comedy-based radio programs, notably the works of Tony Martin and Mick Molloy including Martin/Molloy, Get This and Tough Love.
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