Geoff Hobbs was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1965. his parents
emigrated to there in the 1950's , They all came back to England in 1968 on a
ship called the Fairsky into Southampton, the same voyage which the Bee Gees
made in 1967.
Geoff was educated firstly at Chamberlayne
Road Boys School in Eastleigh ( Hampshire ) from 1970 till 1977 , He then went
to Alderman Quilley Secondary School until 1982.
geoff has always had an interest in radio
ever since listening to Radio Luxembourg and Radio One ( when it was good .!!
)
.
Geoff's had various jobs including cycle
repairing , painting , and did a stint on British Rail .
He built his first disco unit when he was
18 while he was also a record librarian at Winchester Hospital Radio and started
gigging in 1985 when he was 19 ,He had a break in 1989 to do hospital radio
again but in Southampton where he did various shows until landing the Tuesday
night request show .
A house move to Peterborough saw him having
to give it up but he re launched his mobile disco gigging all round
Cambridgeshire and Fenland until an old back injury put him into retirement 
.
In 2003 he saw an advert on the uk radio
forums for presenters for an internet station called The Big Easy ( TNR ) ,
So he sent a demo and was doing Saturday and Sunday afternoons until a relaunch
later that year to TNR Radio and presented the Soul and Dance show on
Saturdays from 6 - 9 which is now syndicated on radio stations around the world
.
The Late zone was started in 2006 and was originally a One hour show that was heard on a few stations then in 2007 was extended to Two hours and is now heard globally 
You can listen to the Late zone on these stations , please click on their logo's to visit their web sites :
The show can also be heard on these stations too:Pennine 235
Here's a pic of the Latezone studio ( when it was tidy !!!!!! )
The show is a part of radio and music .net ( click on logo to go to the web site )