Peter Sinclair (broadcaster)

Sinclair pictured during production of *University Challenge* in 1989

Peter Charles Sinclair

ONZM (15 November 1938 – 8 August 2001) was an Australian-born New Zealand television

Biography

Born in Sydney, Australia, Sinclair rose to fame in the 1960s and early 1970s firstly on New Zealand radio and then as host of Let's Go, Happen Inn and C'mon, New Zealand's primary rock music television shows of the time.

In the late 1970s he reinvented his place in New Zealand television as presenter and

Mastermind International contest in New Zealand.^[1]

Sinclair was also a noted writer, penning a novel called The Frontman and writing regular columns for the

Classic Hits FM, hosting the popular Lovesongs till Midnight programme. While still in Christchurch he helped raise money to build a Police Kiosk in Cathedral Square, for people who needed a safe place to go at all times of the day in case of emergencies. In his later years, he developed a passion for computers and was one of the first New Zealanders to become actively involved with the Internet

. He wrote widely on internet issues, software developments and content.

In the

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to broadcasting.^[2]

Sinclair died in

leukaemia

, aged 62.