Owen was born just down the road in Balclutha and has worked at various radio stations over the years around the country. 

After a four year break, he returned to radio to present the breakfast show on Radio Dunedin. 

Owen is no stranger to Dunedin radio, from 1985 to 2001 he worked at Newstalk ZB,  In 1996 Owen became an Owner/ Driver for Envirowaste and if you care to get him on the topic, he knows a lot about waste. 

Until 2001 Owen hosted on ZB the very popular weekend Scoreboard programme.  In 2005 he left Envirowaste to take up his current role and has been with Radio Dunedin ever since.