{{Short description|Australian radio personality}} {{pp-pc1}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{No footnotes|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person |name = Anthony Maroon |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = [[Triple M Sydney]] radio presenter, [[NRL]] commentator |occupation = radio presenter |nationality = }} '''Anthony Maroon''' is a [[Sydney]]-born radio personality at [[Triple M Sydney]] as an NRL commentator.
==Career== {{BLP unsourced section|date=December 2018}} Maroon graduated from Max Rowley's Media Academy in 1989. His first on-air radio job was at station [[2NZ]] in [[Inverell]], where he worked on the weekend breakfast show and later on the weekday breakfast show. He left 2NZ in November 1990 to become the evening drive announcer at [[2GN]] in [[Goulburn]].
Maroon's third station was [[i98FM]] in [[Wollongong]], where he began on the late-evening shif, but soon after was promoted to the breakfast show. He also hosted the football program on the local television channel, [[WIN (TV station)|WIN TV]].
A few years later, he took a job doing late evenings at [[Triple M Sydney]]. In January 2008, Maroon took on the role of anchor for the breakfast radio show ''[[The Shebang]]'', and commentator of ''[[Monday Night Football on Triple M|Triple M's Monday Night Football]]'' alongside [[Phil Gould (rugby league)|Phil Gould]] and [[Jimmy Smith (rugby league)|Jimmy Smith]].
In December{{when|date=December 2018}}, Maroon joined [[Vega 95.3]] as a drive announcer, replacing Jason Stavely. About the same time, he hosted post-game functions at [[Stadium Australia]] for the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]. In 2010, he called [[North Queensland Cowboys]] rugby league games on weekends for [[4TO]] in [[Townsville]] and [[Triple M|99.5 Sea FM]] in [[Cairns]].
In mid-2012, Maroon returned to Triple M Sydney as a fill-in announcer until December 2012. He replaced Rod (“Love Rod”) Maldon on afternoons. In 2013, he changed to mornings (9am–12pm), swapping with Chris (“Becko”) Beckhouse.
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==External links== * https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192607/http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/shows/wrongsideofthebed/team/maroon.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070729092727/http://www.andrewtaylormanagement.com/client.asp?comNo=60 * http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/21/1037697806167.html * http://video.aol.com/video-detail/nrl-round-10-review-rugby-league/3685431972 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084331/http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=23208&st=80
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