Nic Nolan

Nic Nolan
Nic Nolan
Born	Gerard Dominic Nolan 1 May 1958 (1958-05-01) (age 53) Chiswick, London, England
Occupation	Journalist and Broadcaster
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Colleen Shana McCullough (m. 1980–2005) «start: (1980)–end+1: (2006)»"Marriage: Colleen Shana McCullough to Nic Nolan" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic_Nolan) Manon Strachan (m. 2006–present) «start: (2006)»"Marriage: Manon Strachan to Nic Nolan" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic_Nolan)

Gerard Dominic Nolan (born 1 May 1958 in Chiswick, London, England) is an Australian journalist and broadcaster known professionally and personally as Nic Nolan ("Nic" being a contraction of his middle-name "Dominic"). Nolan was General Manager of Adelaide youth radio station Fresh 92.7 (Fresh FM (Australia)) from 2009 until 2011. Before that, Nolan was Programme Director of Adelaide’s number one Newstalk radio station 5AA (FIVEaa) between March 2004 and December 2008, in that time, taking the station to 32 consecutive breakfast number ones and 11 consecutive 10+ number one ratings victories.^[1][2] Prior to that, for 16 years, Nolan was the breakfast news anchor and News Director of Perth’s number one rating radio station, MIX 94.5.^[3] Nolan was a finalist for Best Programme Director in the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, in 2005^[4] and in 2007 and 2008.^[5] In February 2009, Nolan was commissioned to project-manage the establishment of an online daily newspaper in Adelaide, "Indaily".^[6][7] Nolan has been a member of the South Australian Press Club Board since 2004.

Biography

Nolan started his career in radio on 24 March 1974 (while still at High School) working as a freelance producer for the London Broadcasting Company (LBC), a Newstalk radio station in London.^[8] Nolan graduated with an honours degree in Communications before moving to New Zealand with his Auckland-born wife, Colleen.^[9] Nolan then spent seven years with the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand, working in radio and television as a presenter of music and entertainment programmes, news and current affairs and with a heavy emphasis on radio commercial and promotions production.^[10]

During this period, Nolan also helped create New Zealand’s number one-rating NewstalkZB radio network,^[8] was a television continuity announcer with New Zealand’s TV ONE, hosted a number of television specials and was appointed to the New Zealand Film Censorship Board of Review.^[10]

A six-month assignment followed, as Australia’s Hoyts Radio Network London News Correspondent. A holiday stopover in Western Australia, saw Nolan hired to read morning news on Perth’s Channel 7 for two years, at the same time starting his breakfast news-anchoring role at 6KY (now MIX 94.5). Nic also read news for Perth’s Channel 9.^[11]

Personal life

Nic and Colleen Nolan had two children, Alexandra (born 30 November 1981) and Francesca (born 13 December 1984). The couple separated in 2003 and divorced in 2005. Nolan married New-Zealand-born Adelaide businesswoman Manon Strachan in October 2006.^[12][13]

References

1. ^ Noonan, Amy (13 December 2008). "Adelaide Confidential". The Advertiser. 
2. ^ Manning, James (11 November 2007). "Inside Radio". Media Week. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,24793840-5012985,00.html. 
3. ^ Prior, Stephen (February 2004). "Newsman Moves East". Perth Alive. 
4. ^ "Finalists announced for 2005 Commercial Radio Awards". http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/archive/index.php/t-6563.html. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
5. ^ "Finalists for 2007 Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs)". http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:ePN2JIy2MrYJ:www.commercialradio.com.au/files/uploaded/file/Radio_Fest/FINALISTS%2520FOR%25202007%2520ACRAs%2520-%2520FINAL_4.pdf+Nic+Nolan+broadcaster+Australia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
6. ^ Gout, Hendrik (15 May 2009). "The Independent Weekly". http://www.indaily.com.au. 
7. ^ Gout, Hendrik (15 May 2009). "The Independent Weekly". http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=25327. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Manning, James (November 11, 2005). "FIVEaa's Big Breakfast". Media Week. 
9. ^ Brewer, Grant (June 12, 1980). "4ZB's Newest Recruit". Dunedin Newsmaker. 
10. ^ ^{a b} Player, Lindsay (August 28, 1987). "Nic Nolan to leave 1ZB". Radio News. 
11. ^ Regan, Ray (17 July 2003). "Newsmakers". WA Life. 
12. ^ Adelaide Now website, retrieved 21 December 2007
13. ^ Industry News. dBmagazine.com. 8 Nov-22 Nov. 2006.

External links

• Fresh FM
• FIVEaa
• South Australian Press Club

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Name	Nolan, Nic
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Date of birth	1 May 1958
Place of birth	Chiswick, London, England
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