On Air is Mike Carlton's story, no holds barred.
In a working life of more than 50 years, Mike Carlton became one of
Australia's best-known media figures. He has been a radio and
television news and current affairs reporter, foreign
correspondent, radio host and newspaper columnist.
He was an ABC war correspondent in Vietnam in 1967 and 1970, and
for three years was the ABC's Bureau Chief in Jakarta. He also
reported for the ABC from London, New York and major Asian
capitals. In television, he was one of the original reporters on
the ABC's groundbreaking This Day Tonight in the 1970s. He also
worked for Nine Network News, and A Current Affair.
In 1980 Mike turned to talk radio, first at Sydney's 2GB with a
top-rating breakfast program, and then for four years in London at
Newstalk 97.3FM, where he won a coveted Sony Radio Academy award in
1993 for Britain's best talk breakfast show. His radio satire on
current affairs, Friday News Review, was "must listening" in
Australia and the UK.
In television, he reported and hosted Indonesia- A Reporter
Returns, a three-part documentary for SBS; he worked on Radio 2UE
as a broadcaster for many years and wrote a long-standing column
for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mike has had a life-long passion for naval history and is the
author of Cruiser, First Victory and Flagship.
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