Leighton Smith (radio)
Leighton Smith (b.13 Dec 1947) is an Australian-born talkback radio host based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is on air, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and midday NZST on foreign-owned media conglomerate, Newstalk ZB.[1]
He always starts his show with a monologue of a few minutes discussing his thoughts on recent events and setting a few potential discussion topics for the talkback part of his show. Smith is a right-winger, an advocate of social authoritarianism and a sceptic of anthropogenic global warming. He sometimes posts links on his own personal web site relating to issues he has raised.[2]
In a 2007 interview with libertarian magazine the Free Radical, he described himself as somewhat libertarian.[3] He owns the Clevedon Hills vineyard, near Auckland.
[edit] References
- ^ Newstalk ZB Presenter page
- ^ leightonsmith.co.nz
- ^ Ryder, Susan (March - April 2007). "Newstalk ZB’s Leighton Smith: What Makes Him Tick?". Free Radical. http://www.freeradical.co.nz/pdf/issue74/freeradical74.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
[edit] External links
- Leighton Smith - personal website
