Malcolm T. Elliott

Malcolm T. Elliott
Born	13 May 1946 (1946-05-13) (age 65)
Occupation	Radio Broadcaster - TV Host

Malcolm T. Elliott (born 13 May 1946) is an Australian radio personality.^[1][2]

Biography

Early life and education

Malcolm T. Elliott was born Malcolm Allan Elliott at Moreland, Victoria, on 13 May 1946.

Career

Elliott started out as a printing compositor with Leader Group newspapers in Melbourne. He entered radio at the completion of his apprenticeship in February 1967 at 3NE Wangaratta, moved after only six months to 3SR Shepparton where he hosted the successful breakfast show. After eight weeks at 2TM in Tamworth, he returned south and read television news Albury at AMV-4 Albury.^{[citation needed]}

In 1970 he was selected to join the 2SM newsroom and became one of the many journalists to cover the first Papal Tour of Australia. He was then invited by Michael Schildberger and Rhett Walker to join Melbourne's number one station 3AK as deputy news director.^{[citation needed]}

He then joined 5AD hosting the 8pm to midnight shift and also launched a half-hour evening News programme Newsday.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to Sydney to present the breakfast show on radio 2UW Sydney from 1973–76, 1978–79 and with side-kick Peter Shanahan the pair rated 16.5% the highest ever in that station's history.^{[citation needed]} In 1985 he returned to 2UW and was doing the morning show which lasted a year before leaving the station.

24 Hour Lock-In

On 14 and 15 January 1974 he "pretended" to cut the electric locks on the studio doors and locked himself in the studio for 24 hours, while the other presenters ajourned to the local hotel.

Thousands of people filed through the studios to see him and people all over Sydney turned off their Television sets and "watched" the radio.

The public seemed to readily accept the "lock-in" as the gag it was, whilst management at other stations local and interstate believed that he had taken over the station. It resulted in a spike in the next ratings figures which took 2UW to its highest ever breakfast rating to that time.^{[citation needed]}

TV Week Logie & TV

In 1974 he was awarded a Logie for being New South Wales most popular radio personality. His television work also included In Wollongong Tonight on WIN-4 in 1980, as a last minute replacement for Eric Walters (ex-TEN-10) who felt uncomfortable with the proposed format.^{[citation needed]}

He also worked for the ill-fated mellow rock 87-2GB in 1976-1977, 2KY 1980 and 2UE 1983-1984,1988–89 and 1992-2004.^{[citation needed]}

Marketing

In the decade of the 1980s Elliott graduated from the University of NSW with a business marketing diploma and held a number of high profile positions. He was Marketing Director of News Limited, Westfield, RCA Records, CMS Computer Enhancements. He hosted 2GB afternoons in 1992-93. From 1993 till 2004 he worked at 2UE-4BC as Sunday morning presenter and night time fill-in for Stan Zemanek.^{[citation needed]}

Health

On 11 June 2004 he underwent quintuple bypass surgery after suffering shortness of breath whilst on holiday at his new Northern Rivers home. He left 2UE to retire to the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales in October 2004.

Currently

He currently works as a freelance fill-in radio presenter around Australia when required.^{[citation needed]} His international date files It Happened Today have been used extensively on 2UE'S and 2GB's Alan Jones breakfast show since 1992, and were also featured in Webster's CD Encyclopedia in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Heading, Rex (1996). Miracle on Tynte Street: the Channel Nine story. Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781862543904. OCLC 38409335. http://books.google.com/books?id=Pd12f3V9c9UC&pg=PT66&dq=%22Malcolm+T.+Elliott%22&ei=MKakTJWLJoaisAO31rX-Dg. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 
2. ^ Tom, Emma (2006). Bali: paradise lost?. Pluto Press Australia. p. 66. ISBN 9781864033533. OCLC 85833595. http://books.google.com/books?id=TtFPEtgQKnYC&pg=PA66&dq=%22Malcolm+T.+Elliott%22&ei=MKakTJWLJoaisAO31rX-Dg. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 

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