About Geir Hovig
Lived 1944 – 2009 (aged 64). Geir Hovig was a Norwegian music journalist and radio personality.
Geir Johannes Hovig (18 September 1944 – 26 April 2009) was a Norwegian radio host.
Hovig was born in Namsos Municipality, Norway, and grew up in the neighboring Overhalla Municipality, Norway. He started his career as a journalist with the Associated Press and the Norwegian News Agency news agencies, and was later (in 1970) hired by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He was a news reader in Dagsnytt, and later had his own radio shows, including Kveldskjør, Eldorado and Hovigs Hangar. His shows featured a special emphasis on blues music.
He died on 26 April 2009, 64 years old.
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Who was Geir Hovig?
Norwegian radio host (1944-2009)
When was Geir Hovig born?
Geir Hovig was born on 18 September 1944 in Namsos Municipality.
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Geir Hovig died on 26 April 2009.
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Geir Hovig was a music journalist and radio personality.
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Geir Hovig was Norwegian.
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