- Ian Damon
Ian Damon (born June 5th, 1935) is a British
radio personality.Born in
Sydney Australia and after 8 years as a broadcaster onNew South Wales stations2RG and2LF , Ian decided to tour Europe and Canada settling inBishops Stortford in the UK.He joined the offshore Radio London/Big L on the MV Galaxy replacing
Tony Blackburn in 1967; and was given the name of 'Wombat' byTony Brandon . On its demise, Ian freelanced and was engaged as a continuity announcer by ATV London and ABC Manchester. He also contributed toBBC Radio 2 's 'Roundabout' programme. He returned to Australia for 5 years awaiting the start of independent radio, during which time Ian announced for both radio and television stations including being a member of the "Snob Mob" at2CH in Sydney.Ian came back to the UK, worked for
Southern Television and was part of the original team atCapital Radio for over 5 years using his real name of Ian Davidson. He was the face of the “Fun Bus” - broadcasting live and promoting the station all around London and the Home Counties. On his London Link programme, Ian broadcast to radio stations around the Commonwealth from Australia to Canada, Hong Kong to Barbados.In the 80s and 90s, after a stint at
Blue Danube Radio in Austria, Ian worked for provincial stations in England includingPennine Radio ,LBC ,Essex Radio ,Radio Mercury ,Radio 210 and Delta/Wey Valley. Before moving to Norfolk in 2002, Ian was atCounty Sound radio in Guildford.Ian currently presents Sundays 1700-2100 on
Big L 1395 which can be listened to again throughout the week [http://www.anderidamedia.co.uk/wombatlistenagain here]Ian also was part of Pirate BBC Essex broadcasting from the LV18 lightship in Harwich in 2004 and again in 2007 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the closure of the offshore stations.
External links
* [http://www.idthewombat.co.uk personal website (under construction)]
* [http://www.bigl.co.uk Big L 1395 official website]
* [http://www.anderidamedia.co.uk/wombatlistenagain Big L Sunday Programme Listen again feature]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/local_radio/pirate_bbc_essex/ Pirate BBC Essex 2007]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/pirate/pirate_parade.shtml Pirate BBC Essex 2004]
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