David Koch leaves Sunrise: Port Adelaide president has lost his mind

David Koch mentioned his favorite football club, Port Adelaide, when he announced his decision to leave Sunrise on Monday morning.

The veteran Channel 7 host was thrilled when he announced he was leaving the breakfast program, leaving the network scrambling to find a replacement ahead of his final show on June 9.

Koch made it clear in a statement that his decision to forego the show’s morning chaos will not affect his future in Port Adelaide.

Koch has been club president since 2012.

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The reality of Koch’s workload has begun to decline since his announcement on Monday as he gears up for the next phase of his career.

On top of his busy Sunrise schedule, which includes a 2:30 am wake-up call, and his regular Channel 7 projects, Koch has enough to keep anyone pissed off.

Koch and his wife Libby own Pinstripe Media, a marketing company specializing in startups, business and finance.

He is also the executive chairman of AusBiz, a streaming channel for markets and business content.

Aside from finances, the father of four is also a patron of the Koch Youth Center in Macquarie Fields.

It is his role as the boss of the football club that has dominated his life lately as the Force heads into the uncertain future surrounding coach Ken Hinckley.

The club were under pressure to decide Hinckley’s future, and Koch himself was blamed for this. make “disrespectful” comments about a coach on Sunrise earlier this month.

The 67-year-old has also dealt with a longstanding war of words with Port Adelaide great Warren Treadrea, who has been a vocal critic of the chairman and Hinckley.

It’s enough to drive anyone crazy.

Somehow, he found a way to balance it all while keeping Sunrise as the dominant ratings force on breakfast TV for 20 years.

“I don’t know how he does it,” Adelaide-based FIVEaa radio host David Penberty said on Monday.

“It’s not that he only made a TV show. Being the chairman of a football club is a full-time job in itself.

“Anyone who has been involved in any of these football jobs must be crazy to do it. None of them get paid a cent. It’s all in my spare time.”

The football club congratulated their boss on social media.

The breakfast host made his announcement just after 8 a.m. on Monday between stories, prefaced the big news with the words: “Before we move on, some news from me.”

He told viewers that after “nearly 21 years and 5,300 shows” he felt it was time to pass the baton to the next generation.

“I started here before Facebook, before Instagram, before Twitter and iPhone. That’s how old I am,” he said as his co-host Nat became visibly flustered.

“I loved every minute of it and am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished here over the past 21 years. I’ve been lucky enough to have so many wonderful adventures, meet so many different people and meet so many different people and illuminate so many moments of history in the making. This is truly the best job in the world.

“As everyone knows, I am a financial nerd, so you will still see me from time to time on RBA board days or covering other important financial news, but as a guest, not a host,” he said.

Originally published as ‘You must be crazy’: Port Adelaide boss David Koch drowns in reality