RicSalizzo
- Presenter
- Producer
After time as a sports reporter for both radio and TVNZ, Ric Salizzo spent time as media liaison officer for the All Blacks, and formed his own production company on the back of light-hearted rugby tour documentaries The Good, the Bad and the Rugby, and Blood, Sweat and Touring. In 1996 he created and co-hosted the long-running sports entertainment show SportsCafe.
Screenography
Biography
As a child, Riccardo Salizzo wanted to be prime minister, though later he settled for journalism instead. After proudly failing the journalism course at Auckland Technical Institute, he began as a newsreader and sports journalist in 1982, at Whakatane's Radio 1XX. It was the first of a number of jobs in private radio.
Awards
2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Sports Programme: The Crowd Goes Wild
“I know some TV producers who wait to see the ratings before they decide if they've made a good show or not, but I'm not like that. You know in the pit of your stomach if it's good or not.”