Retired—But Not to Grass
NOWN to thousands of New Zealanders for his Melbourne Cup previews and commentaries heard from the Commercial stations, Eric Welch has apparently broadcast ehis last race. He has left his job at 3DB to take an active part in the management of a hotel he has bought near Melbourne. However, he:is not retiring from radio altogether, and will continue to appear in Information, Please, and possibly other feature shows from his old station. Eric Welch, who has been described as having "a pleasant microphone delivery, , a photographic memory, a good sense of showmanship, and a wide knowledge of racing,’ was a newspaper man before he joined the ABC station 3LO in 1927. He has broadcast every Melbourne Cup since then. In 27 vears in radio: he has described about 16,000 races, and among a variety of other jobs he has covered three Royal Tours-the visits of the Duke of York, later King George VI, ‘and the Duke of Gloucester, and recently the visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 781, 9 July 1954, Page 25
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175Retired—But Not to Grass New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 781, 9 July 1954, Page 25
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