Deadpan and self-deprecating, Sam Pang is TV’s great disrupter | Debi Enker
’s Tony Armstrong and the speech by’s Lisa Wilkinson when she accepted the award for outstanding news coverage. But, in his customary style, making a quieter yet equally noteworthy contribution to the event was Sam Pang., and a co-host of Nova’s breakfast radio show, he had two relatively short appearances on stage. The first – alongsidehost Tom Gleisner and quiz-show playmate Ed Kavalee – was to accept the show’s award for most popular comedy program.
Yet in an industry where attention is avidly courted, he’s played the game his own way while working in a steady stream of gigs. As he’s built a career from origins as a volunteer at Melbourne’s community radio station 3CR, before moving on to Triple R’s, he’s been a media personality who’s preferred his privacy. In an environment inclined to oversharing, and an industry that actively encourages it, he’s resisted the impulse and any pressure from behind the scenes.
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