Ian Damon

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Ian Damon

Ian Damon (born June 5th, 1935) is a British radio personality.

Born in Sydney Australia and after 8 years as a broadcaster on New South Wales stations 2RG and 2LF, Ian decided to tour Europe and Canada settling in Bishops Stortford in the UK.

He joined the offshore Radio London/Big L on the Galaxy replacing Tony Blackburn in 1967; and was given the name of 'Wombat' by Tony Brandon. On its demise, Ian freelanced and was engaged as a continuity announcer by ATV London and ABC Manchester. He also contributed to BBC Radio 2's 'Roundabout' programme. He returned to Australia for 5 years awaiting the start of independent radio, during which time Ian announced for both radio and television stations including being a member of the "Snob Mob" at 2CH in Sydney.

Ian came back to the UK, worked for Southern Television and was part of the original team at Capital Radio for over 5 years using his real name of Ian Davidson. He was the face of the “Fun Bus” - broadcasting live and promoting the station all around London and the Home Counties. On his London Link programme, Ian broadcast to radio stations around the Commonwealth from Australia to Canada, Hong Kong to Barbados.

In the 80s and 90s, after a stint at Blue Danube Radio in Austria, Ian worked for provincial stations in England including Pennine Radio, LBC, Essex Radio, Radio Mercury, Radio 210 and Delta/Wey Valley. Before moving to Norfolk in 2002, Ian was at County Sound radio in Guildford.

Ian currently presents Sundays 1700-2100 on Big L 1395 wich can be listened to again throughout the week here