Ric Salizzo Biography
Ric Salizzo is a journalist, television presenter, and producer from New Zealand, best known for creating SportsCafe and executive producing The Crowd Goes Wild.
How old is Ric Salizzo? – Age
He is 61 years old as of 22 July 2023. He was born in 1962 in Auckland, New Zealand. His real name is Riccardo Michele Salizzo.
Who is Ric Salizzo married to? – Wife
He was married to Cathy Campbell. His wife died in 2012.
Ric Salizzo Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Ric Salizzo SportsCafe
In 1996, Salizzo sent off SportsCafe through the new creation organization Leftfield, with beginning sponsorship from the TAB. Salizzo’s career would be defined by this role, and the show’s success brought him fame and recognition. His job on the show as both maker and moderator frequently elaborate on aligning the other, more overflowing hosts, as well as in the background work. At its pinnacle, the creation of the show prompted Salizzo to part-claiming a café and bar complex on Auckland’s Sovereigns Wharf named Leftfield.
At the point when SportsCafe’s underlying run finished in 2005, Salizzo sent off another show entitled The Sugar Shack on TV3, which was soon dropped. It is still remembered for the early television appearance that the comedian and actor Rhys Darby made in it. Salizzo likewise created one of the earliest Television program appearances of Trip of the Conchords. Salizzo brought Sportscafe back in 2008 for a return season, and again in 2011 for a progression of live-streamed, online-just episodes in organization with Telecom.
New Zealand’s SportsCafé was a sports television show. The show previously screened on New Zealand TV in 1996 on Sky Game; be that as it may, those without a Sky membership could see SportsCafe without a UHF Sky decoder by tuning their television to the Sky Game UHF station, as the sign was not mixed during this show. In 2002, SportsCafe moved to Sky 1 and in 2003 to TV2 (TVNZ 2).
Ric Salizzo SKY Network
It was intended to join the competitive 7 pm timeslot and serve as a flagship show for SKY Network Television’s recently purchased free-to-air channel Prime. The show has been a hit and is still airing on weeknights, with Salizzo serving as executive producer and sometimes presenter.
Ric Salizzo Career
In 1986, Salizzo got back to New Zealand to fill an opening at TV slot TVNZ’s One News sports revealing group. By 1988 he introduced the public games news interestingly. It was during this period that Salizzo shaped creation organization Pasta Creations with companion and previous classmate, All Dark Sir John Kirwan. Pasta Creations delivered a few narrative movies about the All Blacks on visit, like blockbuster The Upside, The Terrible and the Rugby.
In the mid 1990s he was likewise given the occupation of All Blacks Media Contact Official, which at the time was a juvenile job inside the group structure. It additionally involved caring for the media publicity encompassing rising star Jonah Lomu. This media publicity was essential for the TV3 Docudrama glancing back at Jonah Lomu’s life and profession and Salizzo was depicted in this program by top New Zealand entertainer Phil Brown.
Salizzo is a previous individual from the Top managerial staff of the Auckland Blues. He is likewise participated in consultancy work, promoting and public talking every now and then. He was associated with the creation and (alongside the cast of SportsCafe and comedian John Clarke) execution of Fred Dagg’s 1998 tune “We Don’t Have the foggiest idea How Fortunate We Are”, which bested the New Zealand outline in July 1998. His other significant commitment to the music scene accompanied his consolation of, and job in the music video for, Neil Finn’s hymn for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, “Might You at any point Hear Us”.