2AD 1134 AM Armidale
2BH 567 AM Broken Hill
2DU 1251 AM Dubbo and 972 AM Cobar
2EL 1089 AM Orange
2GF 1206 AM Grafton and 103.9 FM Clarence Valley
2HC 639 AM Coffs Harbour and 101.5 FM Coffs Coast
2HD 1143 AM Newcastle and 97.5 FM Port Stephens
2LF 1350 AM Young, 107.7 FM Cootamundra and 99.5 FM
Cowra
2LM 900 AM Lismore and 104.3 FM Northern Rivers
2MG 1449 AM Mudgee
2MO 1080 AM Gunnedah
2NZ 1188 AM Inverell and 102.9 FM Glen Innes
2PK 1404 AM Parkes
2RE 1557 AM Taree, 100.3 FM Great Lakes and 100.1 FM
Gloucester
2SM 1269 AM Sydney and 2SM Digital Radio
2TM 1287 AM Tamworth
2VM 1503 AM Moree, 89.5 FM Goondiwindi, 92.9 FM
Lightning Ridge, 103.5 FM Collarenebri, 106.7 FM Walgett
and 105.5 FM Mungindi
4GY 558 AM Gympie-Cooloola and 107.1 FM Noosa
4WK 1359 AM Toowoomba, 963 AM Darling Downs, 95.9 FM
Dalby and 91.5 FM Stanthorpe
RADIO 531 AM Kempsey and 93.5 FM Port Macquarie
RADIO 97 Tweed Heads, 104.1 FM Gold Coast and 103.5 FM
Northern Rivers
Biography
An Icon
in the Australian Radio Industry with a successful career spanning over four
decades hosting over 14,000
shows to date
heard in every state in Australia. He is believed to be the
longest consecutive running announcer on air in Australian commercial radio,
always on radio from 1964, despite changing stations, a holiday then back
into it again.
Radio
is Grant’s first love but it doesn’t stop there,
with Grant credited as being the first ever host of Countdown and the first
broadcast in colour, guest roles on 60’s TV series The Box, Matlock Police,
Official Announcer at Stadium Australia
for the 2000 Olympic games, the voice of all Train Stations
in Sydney and formerly Stadium Announcer for his favorite sporting teams The
Manly Sea Eagles (30
years)
and the Sydney Kings.
Mad keen golfer Grant attributes his success to having a great family, a
good work ethic ,and activities such as golf, scuba diving and chasing his
baby Alexandria around the beach,, his last of 7 children,, hopefully.
HISTORY
Born in Bingara, 1950
Started in radio in 1964 at 2TM Tamworth
1966 2W6 Wagga, 4NA Nambour, 4BC and BTQ7 in Brisbane.
1969 Compere of Juke Box Jury and Wheel of Fortune and a kids show,
"It’s A Small World"
1971 6PR Perth
1973 KJR Seattle USA, 3UZ Melbourne
1974 First compere of ABC TV’s Countdown the first national broadcast in
colour
1975 The ill fated 2GB mellow rock
1976 5AD Adelaide and channel 7 as host of miss Australian beach girl
1978 2UE Sydney and commence Voiceovers for the Nine Network (14 years)
1990 2GB Late Night Announcer / Joined the Racing Channel Sky (current) as
general voice
1992 Host of the Historic Croatian Ball to raise funds for the war victims.
(Televised to nine million viewers in Croatia)
1995 2UE Traffic Helicopter,
Sky Radio
2000 joined 2SM
2000 Voice of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
Manly Warringah Rugby League Football Club Stadium Announcer for 30 years
and still at times Host of Official functions.
Currently 2SM Talkback Radio Breakfast Announcer, voice of Sky Channel, and
director of The Future School of Radio.
CONTACT GRANT
