Ed Doolan
| Ed Doolan MBE | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edwin Myer Doolan 20 July 1941 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Radio Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | Christine |
Ed Doolan MBE (born 20 July 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who is a veteran of the BBC since 1982. He currently presents a weekly show trawling through his broadcast archives from noon until 1pm on BBC WM on Sunday lunchtime. He has been honoured by the British Radio Academy, earning a place in the Radio Hall of Fame. He has been presented with Honorary Doctorates from Birmingham's three universities and was the first person to have ever achieved that honour.
On Doolan's lunchtime show of 22 February 2011, he announced he was cutting down on the number of shows he would be presenting, stating he could no longer "continue the current work schedule";. His lunchtime show was on a Friday only from 9 September 2011, and he began presenting a new 9 am – 12 noon Sunday show from 11 September 2011, before reducing his workload even further and switching to his current Sunday lunchtime show.
After a ten-year career as a school teacher in Sydney, Edinburgh and from 1967 at Highgate Junior School in London, he moved to Cologne, taking his first step into broadcasting with Radio Deutsche Welle, the German World Service, in August 1970.
From 1974 until 1982 Doolan worked at BRMB Birmingham's first commercial radio station, then moved to BBC WM in 1982. Doolan began his consumer programme on BBC WM in 1988. Well known for pioneering social action broadcasting, tackling dishonest and cavalier traders on behalf of the consumer, Doolan also took on the big utilities, the councils of the West Midlands and even areas of national government if an injustice was done. There has been approaching 7000 programmes over the past 20 years or so, and his Sunday show continues to be one of the most listened-to in the region. He is also a writer and a TV presenter who has featured on news programmes BBC Midlands Today and has written approaching 950 weekly columns for the Birmingham Mail.
On his consumer show, Doolan aimed to 'make a difference' to the less fortunate and in his radio and charity work he can proudly claim to have had great success, being heavily involved in the many charities carrying his name. Doolan also has a huge collection of radio and television programmes on cassette, reel to reel, VHS, CD and DVD. He even discovered a 1968 "Christmas Night with the Stars" containing a ten-minute lost segment of Dads Army.
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