Leckie, who passed away last July after a long illness, was the former chief executive of the Nine and Seven Networks. He has been been made a Member of the Order of Australia zoesam93
Once one of the most powerful figures in Australian television, David Leckie, has posthumously been made a Member of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his significant contribution to the broadcast industry over four decades.
David Leckie, who transformed the Nine and Seven Networks into top-performing television stations, died last year, aged 70.“To take two networks to number one is a pretty high achievement,” she said. “Harry, my son, said at the funeral that he did have a mistress, and it was in the shape of a television. That was his first love.
Educated at Newington College and Macquarie University, Leckie, who was once referred to as “The Great One”, was regarded as a force of the Australian television industry. He helped rescue and rebuild the Seven Network after being sacked from rival Nine in 2001. Leckie had led Nine to be the top-rating commercial network in Australia.
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