There aren’t too many figures in media that are as big as Tim Gossage and I mean that both figuratively and in his size. He is extremely tall and another fact I discovered the day we recorded #TheExpertsPodcast is that he doesn’t like wearing socks. He is a man so ahead of his time that he was doing this decades before millennials and hipsters who apparently have a dislike for socks when wearing a suit or pants. He is a man well ahead of his time.
Tim finished up a thirty-year relationship with Channel 10 on Friday the 11th of September 2020. He spent ten years of that on the road as a journalist and twenty of them behind the desk presenting the sports news. It was emotional, it was hard for Tim to really express how he was feeling as it was still very raw when recorded the podcast just four days since finishing up. As much as he handled the sign off gracefully both Lanna and I could see the pain and hurt he was feeling.
That all said, he has a little catch cry now that has become a hashtag #NotRetiring. It would be hard to see this man ever retiring as those that know him refer to his enthusiasm and passion to that of an ‘Energiser bunny’. Lanna and I dived deep into his interaction with audience and his use of social media. A man that has been well known to throw the hook and line out there which always catches a few poor souls that are not used to his sense of humour. We talked who have been his favourites, his love of the auction and where to from here? He will not be running for Lord Mayor of Perth.
A key takeaway I took from this podcast is that we too often are living in the now with our content and expertise when dealing with media. There is media out there like Tim that have ridden the highs and lows for thirty years. It is more than just an engagement; it is a life’s work. While Tim will come across a little disenchanted with media currently you can see that this chapter might have closed but there is still a lot more to this novel that is ‘Tim Gossage’
