Home Sweet Home Brian Returns To Tauranga

The radio host is happy to be back on familiar ground.

- Ellen Mackenzie

After almost 50 years working in radio, you wouldn’t expect Coast host Brian Kelly to get nervous. But as he took to the mic for his new regional Tauranga show, he couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

It was just over six years ago that Brian made the move to Auckland to take on Coast’s national breakfast show after 31 years as a host for Tauranga’s Classic Hits. But after all the years of commuting back and forth between where his wife Roanna lived in the Bay of Plenty, and his job in the City of Sails, he is happily back home.

“I wasn’t sure how people would feel, but the town has welcomed me back with open arms!” exclaims the 66-year-old radio legend.