Red Harrison, former anchor of ABC radio's AM program during one of its most influential periods in the early 1980s when it was also broadcast on 2JJ, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 75.
Born Arthur Lesley Harrison, Red started in radio as a cadet with the ABC in the 1950s, before moving to newspapers with stints as editor in Sydney and Perth later becoming the local radio correspondent for the BBC.
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Friday, June 20, 2008 | Labels: Radionews |
Red Harrison, former anchor of ABC radio's AM program during one of its most influential periods in the early 1980s when it was also broadcast on 2JJ, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 75.
Born Arthur Lesley Harrison, Red started in radio as a cadet with the ABC in the 1950s, before moving to newspapers with stints as editor in Sydney and Perth later becoming the local radio correspondent for the BBC.
Born Arthur Lesley Harrison, Red started in radio as a cadet with the ABC in the 1950s, before moving to newspapers with stints as editor in Sydney and Perth later becoming the local radio correspondent for the BBC.
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