Kate Langbroek
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| Born | 8 August 1965 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Show | Hughesy & Kate |
| Station(s) | Nova 100 |
| Time slot | 6:00 - 9:00 a.m. weekdays |
| Style | Breakfast Show Host |
| Country |  Australia |
| Website | www.nova100.com.au |
Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Beuving Langbroek (born 8 August 1965) is an Australian television and radio personality of Jamaican, Jewish and Dutch heritage. She was a radio announcer on the 3RRR programme Breakfasters[1] and has been a panelist for Network Ten's talkshow The Panel.
She now co-hosts Melbourne radio's Hughesy & Kate Breakfast Show on Melbourne's Nova 100 radio station, with Dave Hughes. A regular segment of the program is called 'Katie Cracks It' in which she talks about whatever has made her angry over the past few days.
Langbroek previously worked as an actress (appearing in soap opera Chances and in a Transport Accident Commission Community Service Announcement); and as a script writer for Neighbours.
Langbroek was a competitor in Dancing with the Stars in 2006. She was eliminated in Episode 8.
Langbroek competed in, and won the weekly Thank God You're Here challenge on the Ten Network on Wednesday, 18 July.
She was also a guest on, and won the quiz show Out of the Question, for the episode airing on Thursday 28 February 2008. Her name was engraved on the 'Out of the Question' trophy, alongside the likes of Ed Kavalee and Tony Moclair.
Langbroek has also been a guest co-host on Network Ten's morning show The Circle.
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[edit] Family
Langbroek is married to Peter Allen Lewis, and is the mother of four children, Lewis Jan, Sunday Lil, Art Honore and Jan Allen.[2] She breast-fed live on The Panel shortly after the birth of her first son, Lewis.[3] Her brother is John-Paul Langbroek, a Queensland state politician and former leader of the Liberal National Party.
[edit] References
- ^ Lallo, Michael (4 August 2010). "Misfires and memories as FM turns 30". Age. Fairfax. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/misfires-and-memories-as-fm-turns-30-20100804-11epf.html. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Kate's work of Art". Advertiser. News Limited. 11 February 2007. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/kates-work-of-art/story-e6fredq3-1111112978017. Retrieved August 2010.
- ^ Dasey, Daniel (19 September 2003). "Sure fire way to milk a reaction". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/18/1063625153238.html. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
[edit] Further reading
- Phillips, Mark 2006. Radio City. Melbourne: Vulgar Press (history of RRR).
[edit] External links
- The Age The making of an honest woman
- Kate Langbroek's Official Biography
- Melbourne's Nova 100 website
- Nova 100 - Hughesy & Kate website
- Interview with Kate on WHO.com
- Kate Langbroek at the Internet Movie Database
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