Career
Delroy commenced working in news radio on Sydney station 2SM while completing his schooling. He joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and worked on-air in Bathurst while studying journalism. After a short stint in Launceston, Delroy was appointed news director of 2UE. In 1987, he joined 702 American Broadcasting Company Sydney and soon took over the Nightlife program, at a period when broadcasts used to end about midnight or 1:00am.
In 1990 the program went national and the American Broadcasting Company replaced the state-based late night programming with the national show, a mix of talkback, current affairs, light entertainment.
The show"s success as American Broadcasting Company Local Radio"s highest rating weekday program is bolstered by a team of experts who are featured every week to discuss such topics as motoring, literature, movies, American politics, finance, superannuation and travel destinations. In a minor 2010 incident, Delroy received an official reprimand after he used abusive language at a security guard when the guard asked Delroy to remove his car from the space reserved for American Broadcasting Company chairman Maurice Newman.
Delroy has a cat named Barbara, who is mentioned during his broadcasts. When Delroy is unavailable, American Broadcasting Company Local Radio Overnights host Rod Quinn usually fills in.
