E51 | Jason Pine
Episode summary | Jason Pine
Jason Pine is widely regarded as one of the nicest blokes in New Zealand media, and one of the best.
From humble beginnings in Wellington he has ascended to the top of the game in radio broadcasting, sports commentary, column writing, and MCing.
He is the voice of football in New Zealand, bringing the iconic moments from the famous night in Wellington when the All Whites accounted for Bahrain in 2009 to radio listeners, and achieved a childhood dream of commentating of commentating their matches at the FIFA World Cup a year later. He has since transitioned to TV calling the Wellington Phoenix week in and week out.
We go behind the mic and learn how he prepares for a commentary and hear stories from 28 years of radio broadcasting including working with a young Hilary Barry, and the challenges of losing friend and mentor Graeme Moody in 2011.
Piney oozes humility, empathy and professionalism, and it’s easy to know why no one has a bad word to say about one of New Zealand’s truly good people.
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Show notes | Jason Pine
2.09 “If Piney doesn’t like you, you’re a dickhead”: Introducing the voice of New Zealand football and the best human in the world
5.06 NZME to SENZ and back again
11.59 The dream job for Jason Pine and the state of sports journalism on radio
17.00 Piney on the Sam Casey article in Rugby News
21.56 What’s the new role at Newstalk ZB?
25.04 We go back to that night in Wellington in 2009 when the All Whites defeated Bahrain
36.31 Off the field in South Africa at the FIFA World Cup
40.16 Commentating at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa
53.35 The making of Jason Pine: social sport, high school, failing first year law and ending up in radio
1.00.13 Radio Wairarapa and a young breakfast newsreader by the name of Hillary Barry (Pankhurst)
1.03.27 Pine Needles, a 13-year column in The Nelson Mail and sleeping on coaches at Newstalk ZB in Wellington
1.09.46 “Field Position”: Dealing with the loss of friend and mentor Graeme Moody
1.16.02 Freelance media work, email etiquette workshops, ending up with his own show on Radio Sport, and eventually turning the mic off on the station after 22 years
1.26.00 Behind the mic: radio shows and football commentary (including some David Chote gold)
1.45.07 Calling every Shanks in the phonebook, the Christchurch Casino all-nighter in 1996, MCing every gig in Wellington for the last 30 years
1.51.00 Final words from Jason Pine: “Be a good person”
