So you wanna get into Radio? Tim Blackwell tells a young fan how

 

Unlike his co-hosts Meshel Laurie and Marty Sheargold on Nova’s national Drive show, Tim Blackwell didn’t get his start in radio by doing stand-up. Tim did it the hard way working his way up through the ranks of community radio At 17 he was on air at Chatswood Sydney 2SNB FM. Audio below.

Tim’s always been passionate about a radio, travelling around the country till he finally landed metro night shift with Nova, Melbourne when it launched  in 2001.

In 2002 he moved to Perth to host Nova 937’s local Drive show. Tim was the first voice on air when Nova 937 launched in Perth with a Red Hot Chilli Peppers interview. Two years later he moved to Sydney to host Nova 969’s local Drive show.

Next he joined Nova 100 Melbourne’s Hughesy & Kate breakfast show in 2006 as anchor for two years. He then teamed up with Hayley Pearson to host Nova 100’s night show Launchpad.

In August 2009 he was offered the gig as co-host with Meshel Laurie, on Nova 106.9 Brisbane’s Breakfast show. In March 2010 Marty Sheargold joined the team to become the Meshel, Tim & Marty Breakfast show.

See, that’s how you get into radio. It’s easy.