John Blackman
| John Blackman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 July 1947 Melbourne, Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Radio and television presenter |
| Years active | Since 1969 |
| Employer | Mediaman Productions - self employed |
| Television | Hey Hey It's Saturday 1971–99, 2009–10 |
| Spouse(s) | Cecile |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
John Blackman (born 14 July 1947 in Melbourne) is an Australian radio and television presenter. He is most widely known for his voice-over work for the Nine Network comedy show Hey Hey It's Saturday from 1971–99 and then 2009–10.
Blackman grew up in the Victorian suburb of Mount Waverley, where he attended Syndal Primary School until 1959 and completed year 10 at Syndal Technical School in 1963. He was an avid supporter of the Fitzroy Football Club, now the Brisbane Lions. On leaving school (and home) at 16, he worked in a succession of occupations: customs clerk, cash van salesman for a cigarette distributor, sales representative for a perfume company, and spruiker in the Myer Bargain Basement. At the age of 22, he decided on a career in radio.
He has worked in radio since 1969 but is probably best known for his 28-year stint as announcer and character voice-over for the Nine Network's Hey Hey It's Saturday, Australia's longest running variety show. One of his best known characters was a head on a stick known as "Dickie Knee".
In 1969, he joined 2GN Goulburn as an announcer, newsreader, copy writer, salesman, and record librarian.
In 1970, he joined 2CA Canberra where he worked in a variety of on-air shifts for 18 months until mid-1971, when he joined 3AW in Melbourne. As evening announcer, Blackman worked with the Reverend Alex Kenworthy for a number of years on "Nightline".
In 1974, he joined 3AK where he hosted the morning show until 1975, when he moved to Sydney to join 2UE as a "floating" announcer for just three months. At TCN-9 in Sydney, he was a staff continuity announcer and daytime newsreader for National Nine News alongside his work on Hey Hey It's Saturday, which he would do "down the line" to GTV-9 in Melbourne every Saturday from an announcing booth at TCN-9.
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