Who is Radio and TV personality John Blackman? Explore John Blackman wiki facts & net worth

John Blackman has created his reputation as the “master of the one-liner” with mischievous, laconic and spontaneous humor. As a successful TV and radio personality, he is in a high demand as a host for awards, conferences and other occasions.

John Blackman had a long and successful career as a TV and Radio personality. He has almost 50 years of his life in the Australian TV and Radio network. So let’s find out about this extremely sought after personality John Blackman.

Scroll below to explore John Blackman bio and wiki facts. Also, find out who John Blackman is married to and what John Blackman net worth as of 2018.

John Blackman Radio Career

At age 22, John Blackman finally decided what he wanted to do with his life. He realized he wanted to steer his career direction towards being a presenter in the radio channels. He joined 2GN Goulburn radio channel as an announcer, newsreader, copywriter, salesman and record librarian.

Soon after, his life changed and John Blackman got his chance to work for Hey Hey It’s Saturday, airing on Nine Network. His voice-over work for the comedy show made him a notable media personality.

Along with the TV appearance, he continued his works in the radio shows. In 1975 he moved to Sydney and joined Macquarie Sports Radio, 2UE as a floating announcer while working as a daytime newsreader for National Nine News. John Blackman has been acquainted with many radio channels over these years.

However, after 1990 Blackman quit radio shows for seven years and returned to co-host 3AK breakfast show with Anna “Pinky” Pinkus and Denis Donoghue. In a survey taken in 2016, John Blackman has accumulated over 19,000 listeners.

John Blackman Net Worth

John Blackman has been working as a radio and television presenter for almost 50 years now. He is most notable for his voice-over work in the comedy show Hey Hey It’s Saturday in the Nine Network from 1971-1999 and 2009-2010. Hence we can ascertain that a large chunk of John Blackman net worth comes from the show.

Further, he has also worked in other TV series like ‘Darren & Brose’, ‘Toon Time’ and has been in other reality TV series. These also contribute to John Blackman net worth. However, there are no reliable sources citing John Blackman net worth.

John Blackman has also published a book named Aussie Gags which went into the third reprint only six weeks after publication. Following the success, he has published more books, which would also contribute to John Blackman net worth

As of 2018 John Blackman net worth is under review and will be updated soon.

John Blackman Wiki, Bio

John Blackman age is 71 years. He was born on 14 July 1947. He was born in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia. John Blackman wife is Cecile Blackman. John Blackman married wife Cecile in 1972. The couple has an adult daughter Tiffany whose age is 41 years.

In 2007, Blackman suffered a serious seizure caused by a golf sized meningioma brain tumor. He was working at his home office when his wife discovered him lying on the floor, frothing from his mouth. His wife rushed him to Alfred hospital immediately and after six hours of complicated surgery, he recovered his health fully.