Brian Wilshire, Australian radio host

Brian Wilshire (born 30 March 1944 in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia) is a retired radio broadcaster for 2GB Sydney. He hosted the 'Australia overnight' programme (12:00am – 3.30 am) up until 11 December 2015. [1] The signature of the show was the tune, "Hanky Panky", by Pete Fountain.

Brian Wilshire began his radio career in November 1969 at 2NZ in Inverell. [2]. He won almost every survey at 2GB for 36 years.

Wilshire has many interests including snow skiing, car racing (having won his class in 1993 at Bathurst), writing books (his The Fine Print was Australia's best-selling book in 1992—source: Dymock's, Who Magazine), and playing drums in bands "Stringybark" and "Koala Soup".

Wilshire has previously expressed sceptical views on mainstream climate change science.