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One of our own: Bill Francis honoured

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Thu, 31 Dec 2015, 11:02am
Sir Paul Holmes, Bill Francis and Kerre McIvor in 2006 (NZ Herald)
Sir Paul Holmes, Bill Francis and Kerre McIvor in 2006 (NZ Herald)

One of our own: Bill Francis honoured

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Thu, 31 Dec 2015, 11:02am

One for one of our own.

Newstalk ZB's former general manager Bill Francis has been honoured with an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to both broadcasting, and cricket.

He was quite shocked at the news, but said it's particularly nice for his family, who've seen him go away to radio for 51 years and put a lot of effort and work into broadcasting.

"Some would describe it at times as obsessive, my love of radio, but it's been a great career."

"To get this as a sort of reward near the end of it is nice."

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