Hobart radio legends reunite

They were an institution on Hobart radio for over 20 years with one of the most enduring on-air partnerships in the broadcasting industry.
 
But in 2003 the contracts of 7HOFM’s Cooke and Moore were not renewed and with it the end of an era.
 
Richard Moore stayed on to head-up the station’s new breakfast show with Tori Hodgman.

While Bob Cooke retired to make furniture and craft with his wife.
 
But not for long. In 2005, he returned to breakfast on Magic 107.3, now known as Heart 107.3.
 
In the same year, Richard called it quits after 23 years on breakfast radio with his sights firmly set on catching up on more than two decades of sleep.
 
In 2017 Bob has retired once again while Richard has maintained his connection to radio working weekends at his beloved 7HO.
 
But before the duo teamed up on radio, Cooke and Moore hosted their own breakfast television show and it’s the 40th anniversary of that which has the duo back together and in the public eye.


 
 “Bob and I both saw John Cleese when he toured his stage show a couple of years ago”, explains Richard.

“We saw it separately, but both of us thought that it was the ideal vehicle to present our story.

“The TV show was mainly a vehicle for live “advertorials” but it was the start of our on-air partnership. So, we will talk about our TV beginnings and then when we both went back to radio in 1980 (Bob first in March, then me in June 1980).”

An Evening with Cooke and Moore Unplugged will kick off over three nights at Hobart’s Playhouse from October 5th at 8pm.
 

 

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