Loretta Ryan

Loretta Ryan (born 1965) is an Australian radio presenter and is best known for co-hosting breakfast programs on 4BH, 4BC and ABC Radio Brisbane. She has co-hosted Breakfast on ABC Radio Brisbane with Craig Zonca since 2018.

Ryan eventually moved into production, becoming a producer for Billy J. Smith, before securing a cadetship in the newsroom, which led to Ryan's first on-air role.

After being sacked from 4BC, Ryan initially joined ABC Radio Brisbane in 2015 as a producer before becoming the presenter of the regional drive program in 2016 and then Weekends presenter in 2018.

In late 2018, Ryan was named as the co-host of Breakfast, replacing Rebecca Levingston, who moved to Mornings after one year of co-hosting the new two-presenter Breakfast format.

Ryan has also appeared on television. In 2007, she was a guest host on Extra while regular host Jillian Whiting was on maternity leave. Ryan also appeared as an extra on Paradise Beach.

Personal life Ryan is Catholic and attends mass regularly. She attended St Pius' Primary School at Banyo before attending St Rita's College at Clayfield. In 2018, Ryan said she had been single for ten years. After one fake profile was reported to Facebook and subsequently removed, a similar fake account was created using Ryan's photos, sharing content from ABC Radio Brisbane's Facebook page and offering a fake prize. Ryan described the situation as "scary" and said she felt sorry for the listeners who were being duped.