Wikibooks: History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Publications/Australian Radio History/The Author

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• Language: English
• Subjects: Brisbane; Mackay; Iceland
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THE AUTHOR Bruce Carty started his interest in radio at the age of five when he became a member of the “Argonauts” club on A.B.C. radio. By seven his radio interest was listening to A.B.C. news broadcasts. By twelve Bruce avidly followed the 2UE TOP 40 obtaining their weekly listings from the local music store. At fourteen he became Australia’s youngest commercial radio announcer in 1963 with radio 2KA in Katoomba. Later in Brisbane Bruce studied announcing script writing and program production with Jim Illiffe’s School of Broadcasting evening classes at 4BC. Bruce then studied for his Broadcast Operators Certificate of Proficiency with lectures conducted by P.M.G. engineers. Bruce launched his own closed circuit radio station in his spare time on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with a studio in the Mooloolaba surf lifesaving club. From here his SUNRADIO station was relayed via P.M.G. landlines to every Sunshine Coast beach through the public address system at each surf club. The station operated every weekend and public holiday playing the current Top 40. On the odd occasion he even announced shark warnings for swimmers. Bruce moved into television working for several stations. Locations included Brisbane Tamworth Mackay Darwin Newcastle Wagga Wagga presentation manager at Canberra station manager at Mount Isa and general manager at Geraldton. He also worked for NASA at their Honeysuckle Creek tracking station near Canberra in support of the later Apollo moon missions and all the Skylab missions. While general manager of GTW 11 television in Geraldton Bruce joined the local Citizens Radio Emergency Service Team as a volunteer. He was eventually elevated to the volunteer position of State Director for C.R.E.S.T. Bruce took his experience overseas visiting 100 countries. He worked as an announcer in Mexico and Iceland and held technical positions with television stations in Brazil and London. Back in Australia Bruce obtained a Science degree with a Major in Broadcast Communications in 1989. This was ...