Ryan Bridge Explained

Ryan Bridge
Citizenship:New Zealander
Occupation:Broadcaster
Years Active:2010 present
Employer:Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand

Ryan Bridge (born November 1987)[1] [2] is a New Zealand broadcaster who previously co-hosted the breakfast show AM on Three alongside Melissa Chan-Green and Bernadine Oliver-Kerby.[2] [3] [4] Before this he previously hosted the Ryan Bridge Drive Show on Magic Talk radio.[5] [6] [7]

Early life

Bridge grew up in the Kāpiti Coast District, where his first job was delivering newspapers.[8] He was involved with the Youth Council and served as Youth MP for Darren Hughes.[9]

Career

When Bridge was 22 years old, he began working as a political reporter in the press gallery of the New Zealand Parliament.[10] [11] [12] He was also Three's Beijing correspondent and business newsreader for Morning Report on Radio New Zealand.[12] [13]

Bridge has also worked on Three's previous current affairs show Story as a reporter and presenter, as well as Newshub on the same channel.

In 2021, Bridge replaced Duncan Garner on AM, a New Zealand morning breakfast show.[14] [15] He left the show in December 2023.[16] [17]

Bridge had been expected in late 2023 to host an upcoming current affairs show, Bridge on Three.[18] It had been intended to replace The Project which finished in December 2023, although plans to launch the show fell through due to the closure of Newshub in 2024.[19]

Personal life

Bridge lives with his partner Fergy along with their beagle Fanny.[11] [20] It wasn't until 2021, when previous AM co-host Mark Richardson questioned his sexuality on live television that Bridge shared publicly that he was gay.[11] [21] [22] In June 2023 Bridge announced he was engaged.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ryan Bridge to leave AM: Co-star Melissa Chan-Green’s tribute as he moves to new 7pm show . 8 December 2023 . New Zealand Herald . Lillie . Rohan.
  2. Web site: Jack . Amberleigh . 2023-12-16 . Ryan Bridge looking ahead to wedding bells and a new show in 2024 . 2024-01-07 . Stuff . en.
  3. Web site: Ryan Bridge . 28 May 2023 . Newshub . en.
  4. Web site: Ryan Bridge . NZ On Screen . 28 May 2023 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  5. Web site: Newsroom Independent New Zealand news and current affairs . 28 May 2023 . Newsroom . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Nealon . Sarah . 15 September 2021 . The AM Show host Ryan Bridge reveals debt to Duncan Garner . 28 May 2023 . Stuff . en.
  7. Web site: Ward . Tara . 17 September 2021 . It's official: The AM Show has gone just as bonkers as Breakfast . 28 May 2023 . The Spinoff . en.
  8. Web site: Ryan Bridge talks tears, joy and being outed on national television . 12 May 2021 . Stuff . Kerry . Harvey.
  9. Web site: Fourth Youth Parliament, 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041213085636/http://www.myd.govt.nz/media/pdf/youthparliament04.pdf . 13 December 2004.
  10. Web site: 7 July 2010 . Youth press gallery coverage of Parliament . 28 May 2023 . RNZ . en-nz.
  11. News: 28 May 2023 . 'Free to be me': Broadcaster Ryan Bridge on being outed as gay on live TV . 28 May 2023 . The New Zealand Herald.
  12. Web site: apac-admin . New Zealand Law Awards . 28 May 2023 . www.lawawards.co.nz . en-gb.
  13. Web site: Sowman-Lund . Stewart . 15 April 2023 . For the first time in 20 years, Ingrid Hipkiss is the 'new girl' . 28 May 2023 . The Spinoff . en.
  14. News: Bevan . Darren . 5 September 2021 . Ryan Bridge to replace Duncan Garner as AM Show host . 28 May 2023 . Stuff.
  15. News: AM Show's Ryan Bridge brought to tears reliving moment Mark Richardson outed his sexuality live on air . en . Newshub . 28 May 2023.
  16. Web site: Jack . Amberleigh . 2023-12-14 . Matty McLean and Ryan Bridge sign off from breakfast television: 'I will miss you terribly' . 2024-01-07 . Stuff . en.
  17. Web site: 6 September 2021 . Peter Williams to leave Magic Talk . 28 May 2023 . RNZ . en-nz.
  18. Web site: 2024-02-20 . They lured a legend to NZ, now a TV firm is in spotlight over bills; 7pm show's new name . subscription . https://archive.today/20240215163920/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-tv-company-in-spotlight-over-bills-revealed-name-of-ryan-bridges-new-7pm-show-fair-go-host-i-ended-up-exhausted-former-air-nz-agency-moves-to-qantas-rnz-ratings-standoff/IVOYCPBHUJFSNNU24AG6GQ3NHU/ . 2024-02-15 . 2024-02-19 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  19. Web site: reporters . Stuff . 2023-12-07 . Ryan Bridge to replace The Project with new 7pm show . 2024-01-07 . Stuff . en.
  20. Web site: 28 May 2023 . AM show's Ryan Bridge: 'Getting this job came out of the blue' . 28 May 2023 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  21. Web site: 28 May 2023 . Watch: 'What have I done!' – AM Show host in tears, Richardson apologises . 28 May 2023 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  22. Web site: Bevan . Darren . 23 October 2019 . 'This is as bad as I've ever felt': Mark Richardson accidentally outs Ryan Bridge on air . 28 May 2023 . Stuff . en.
  23. Web site: 2023-06-12 . Kiwi TV news star announces 'risky' engagement live on air . 2023-06-12 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.

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