Vassilis Simon, who worked as Lee Simon (born 1954), is a retired Australian TV presenter and radio DJ, programme director and broadcaster. He hosted adult, album-orientated music show, Nightmoves from 1977 to 1984. As a radio presenter he worked for 3XY (1975–1979), EON FM (1980–2018, rebadged as Triple M Melbourne in 1988). He retired from radio broadcasting in 2018.
Lee Simon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vassilis Simon 1954 (age 69–70) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Career | |
| Show | Nightmoves |
| Station | HSV 7 |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Time slot | Midnight–1:00 a.m. |
| Style | Adult orientated rock music |
| Country | Australia |
Biography
editVassilis Simon was born in 1954 in Melbourne to Greek immigrant parents.[1] At age five, he changed his first name to Lee, as "it was easier to use."[1] He worked as an audio engineer from 1971 at local radio station, 3AW.[1] His first job as a DJ was for radio 2BE in Bega, New South Wales followed by stints at 7HT (Hobart), 2NX (Newcastle) and 2SM (Sydney).[1]
Simon returned to Melbourne as a DJ and announcer for radio station 3XY (from 1975) and then EON FM (from 1980), where he became their programme director.[1][2][3] He hosted Nightmoves, claimed as Australia's first adult and album-orientated music TV program for HSV 7, from 13 May 1977.[1][3] Initially trialled for six weeks it was subsequently transmitted nationally via the Seven Network for late Friday night programming from about midnight to 1:00 a.m.[1][4] By 1982 it was being broadcast on Network 10 at about 10:30 p.m. Monday nights.[5] In 1985 it was re-branded as Rockit for the Nine Network.[6]
In 1995 Simon, as Program Director, was instrumental in Triple M Melbourne (formerly EON FM) beginning live radio broadcasts of AFL matches.[3][7] As from 2010 he presented the retro music programme, Rock of Ages on Triple M.[8] In 2018 he retired and was inducted into the Australian Commercial Radio Awards Hall of Fame later that year.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Lee Simon Nightmoves' Host Is the Recluse of Rock". The Australian Women's Weekly. Your TV Magazine. Vol. 48, no. 26. 26 November 1980. p. 27. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lee Simon's back on the road". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. 10 September 1987. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Brady, Nicole (1 September 2005). "Radio Waves". Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Nightmoves". Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "TV & Entertainment World Kriesler Zip-out Guide". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 41. 31 March 1982. p. 257. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 73, no. 3, 305. 19 April 1985. p. 14. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Fleming, Melissa; Shaw, Judy (October 2018). "Lee Simon inducted into Hall of Fame". Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs). Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lallo, Michael (11 March 2010). "Tales from old time rock'n'roll". Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. Retrieved 23 March 2010.