Talbot Duckmanton

Talbot Duckmanton

Sir Talbot Sidney Duckmanton CBE (25 October 1921 - 12 June 1995) was an Australian broadcaster and radio and television administrator. As General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission he oversaw the advent of colour television, ABC Classic FM and Tripple J. [cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/corp/history/75years/timeline/ |title=75 Year of ABC |work=ABC Website ]

Early life

The son of Sidney James Duckmanton and Rita Margaret Hutchins, [cite web |url=http://www.duckmanton.info/bktrees/d0000/g0000081.html#I178 |title=Talbot Duckmanton |work=The Duckmanton Family Website ] Duckmanton was born in Sydney and educated at Newington College (1934-1938). [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp55]

Broadcasting career

He began his career as a cadet announcer at the ABC in Brisbane in 1939 and had a wide ranging career working as a news announcer and sporting broadcaster. During World War II Duckmanton saw active service as a pilot and was later a war correspondent. From 1952 until 1954 he was the Assistant Manager of the Brisbane office. He was General Manager of the organisation from 1965 until his retirement in 1982.

ABC PO Box

It was rumoured and is widely believed that Sir Talbot Duckmanton was responsible for choosing the ABC post office box number of 9994 in recognition of Sir Don Bradman's batting average of 99.94. However this only became the ABC's box number in 1983, after Duckmanton's retirement. There is as yet no published evidence that the connection between the box number and Bradman's average was intentional. [Inglis, works cited]

ABC Mascot

In a story published the 4th of October 2004 on the ABC Brisbane (612AM) website [cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1210311.htm |title=Name 612 ABC's New Mascot |accessdate=2007-05-28 |date=2004-10-04 |publisher=612 ABC Brisbane ] , the task was set to find a name for the mascot of ABC Brisbane. In an article on the same website published on the 27th of October 2004 [cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1228717.htm |title=Would the real Talbot Duckmanton please stand up |accessdate=2007-05-28 |date=2004-10-27 |publisher=612 ABC Brisbane ] , Talbot is declared the winner over the other favourite Gabba (a reference to the nick name of the Brisbane Cricket Ground found in the suburb of Woolloongabba). This is in reference to the ABC's Talbot Duckmanton.

Family life

He married Florence Simmonds in 1947 and had four children, Christine, Susan, Craig Talbot and Kim. [cite web |url=http://www.duckmanton.info/bktrees/d0000/g0000081.html#I178 |title=Talbot Duckmanton |work=The Duckmanton Family Website ]

Honours

* Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1971 - In recognition of service as the General Manager of the ABC
* Knight Bachelor 1980 - In recognition of service to broadcasting [cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/ |title=It's an Honour |accessdate=2008-06-12 ]

Bibliogragphy

* Inglis, Ken S., "This Is the ABC 1932 – 1983," Black Inc 2006
* Inglis, Ken S., "Whose ABC? 1983 – 2006," Black Inc 2006

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