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''For other people called John Kerr see John Kerr (disambiguation)'' John Kerr (Born 19 February 1942) is an Australian radio announcer. John Kerr hosts the top-rated weekend edition of the ''New Day Australia'' from Midnight to 6 am on 2UE and the Fairfax Radio Network as well as many Regional Affiliate Stations. Between 1994 to 2005 John hosted the weekday version of ''New Day Australia.'' In 2006, his on air shift was changed to the weekend edition of the show. Radio announcer Stuart Bocking replaced John in the weekday shifts of ''New Day Australia''. On 1 December 2012, during his 2UE show, John Kerr announced his retirement from radio after 55 years on the air, 18 of which have been on the overnight shift at 2UE, first on weekdays and now on weekends. John made a private announcement to a select number of his biggest fans at a listener lunch in Sydney yesterday afternoon. John will stay on the air until the Australia Day weekend. At this stage it is believed that his final show will be on the morning of Sunday 27 January 2013. == Career == *1957: John started off in radio working behind the scenes for the Jack Davey Show. *1958: John became a cadet announcer with radio 2PK Parkes. *1959: Moved to 2DU Dubbo. *1960: Became the breakfast announcer for 2CA Canberra In this role, John made appearances on television station Southern Cross Ten. *1966: John moved to Canada and worked with BOAC (now British Airways), after six months he visited Scotland and became part of ''pirate radio'' and joined Radio Scotland, where he stayed until it closed 18 months later. *1967: John returned to Australia and worked briefly for Channel 9 before joining 2UE for five and a half years. *1973: John went back to Canberra briefly, before moving to Gosford where he hosted the 2GO breakfast show for 13 years. *1986: John left radio to start a public relations company *1994: John was asked by 2ue's station management to rejoin Radio 2UE as the host of the ''New Day Australia'' program on weekdays between midnight and 5 am. *2006: John was moved to the weekend version of ''New Day Australia''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Kerr (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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