Francis Leach is an Australian radio announcer.

A significant amount of his career has been at the national youth station Triple J. He began at the station in the early 1990s hosting the Three Hours of Power show, the weekly late night heavy metal show. Later on he transferred to Creatures of the Spotlight, the Sunday night arts show. In 2000 he made the switch to The Morning Show, Triple J's daily three-hour talkback and current affairs show. He remained in the role until 2002. The station never recovered from his departure. For other uses, see JJJ. Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

During the later part of his Triple J career, he also hosted a Saturday morning sports show at fellow ABC Melbourne station 774 ABC. The show was a fantastic success. However, ABC management gave it the boot, deeply afraid that the number of young people listening might scare the grey nomads running the clock down. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... The 3LO radio station began transmission in October 1924 as Melbournes second radio station, behind 3AR. The callsign LO was taken from a London radio station, 2LO. In 1932, 3LO and 3AR were among the first twelve radio stations to come under the ABC. Then in 1942, 3LO and...

In 2004 he joined the commercial station SEN 1116 in Melbourne to host afternoons however he left the station in June 2005 to join DMG Radio Australia's new station Vega FM in both Sydney and Melbourne. A particular controversy in Leach's later career has been that his wife, [[Lynne Haultain], a radio announcer at 774 ABC shared his time slot. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SEN 1116 (callsign 3AK), the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... DMG Radio Australia operates commercial radio networks in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia. ... Vega FM is a network of Australian commercial radio stations operated by DMG Radio Australia. ... The 3LO radio station began transmission in October 1924 as Melbournes second radio station, behind 3AR. The callsign LO was taken from a London radio station, 2LO. In 1932, 3LO and 3AR were among the first twelve radio stations to come under the ABC. Then in 1942, 3LO and...

Francis is an avid St Kilda and Arsenal fan. He is also a huge Melbourne Victory supporter and is the MC at all of the club's home games. St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Melbourne Victory FC is a football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Australia. ...

He has signed to return to SEN at the end of February to host the drive program The Run Home alongside former AFL footballer, David Schwarz. The drivetime slot The Run Home is hosted by Anthony Hudson and David Schwarz. ... David Schwarz may refer to: David Schwarz (aviation inventor) David Schwarz (Australian Rules footballer) David Schwartz (composer) Also, Schwarz is only one of several spellings of the name. ...

Francis now hosts SEN 1116 coverage of the Hyundai A-League.

External links

• vega 91.5 - Francis's page on vega 91.5