Jason Morrison (radio broadcaster)
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History
Jason was born in 1971 and raised in HornsbyHornsby, New South Wales
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, which is a suburb of Sydney
Sydney
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's North. He went to St. Leo's College at Waitara
Waitara, New South Wales
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and is Catholic
Catholic
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. He has given little away about his family but has revealed that his father is an Engineer and his mother is a Librarian.
He trained at 2GB
2GB
2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...
in a journalism cadetship programme in 1990 and later qualified at the Australian Film Television and Radio School
Australian Film Television and Radio School
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Morrison has spoken of working for Dick Smith Electronics
Dick Smith Electronics
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in a number of storesas a salesman while working in radio to boost his income. He has often spoken of how poorly radio companies paid many newcomers.
He studied Electrical Engineering at University but did not complete the degree.
2GB
Jason's media career started with 2GB in 1989 at the age of 17 as a newsroom cadet and his since covered news stories and events in all parts of the country and around the world. In 1998, Jason was appointed Director of News at 2GB and remains the youngest person to have ever held that position. In December 2010, Morrison announced that he would be leaving his position at 2GB2GB
2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...
as host of Drive and move to rival 2UE
2UE
2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...
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Television
Morrison was newsroom chief of staff at the Network TENNetwork Ten
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Sydney newsroom for five years from 2000. He was promoted to Editor but left a year later to return to radio
He regularly appears in short opinion slots of various national morning television shows including Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
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Awards
In 2007, Jason received the Brian White Memorial award recognising sustained journalistic achievement.In 2009 he received the same award, the only time it has benn awarded to the same person twice.