Bruce Mansfield (born 24 April 1944) is an Australian television and radio personality.
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Mansfield began in radio with stints on stations including 3UZ, 3KZ, 3AW and 3XY in the 1960s. He later moved to television appearing on The Graham Kennedy Show on GTV-9 in the early 1970s. He was also well known for his portrayal of the Chinese Superman on Channel 9's Cartoon Corner.
His television career then took on a different note in 1974 when he joined ATV-0 as chief newsreader on Eyewitness News. In 1979, Mansfield and his newsreading partner Annette Allison were re-assigned to other roles at the station. Mansfield went on to become a voice-over announcer at ATV and also a participant on game shows such as Personality Squares. He was also the announcer for Channel Ten's Perfect Match.
Mansfield co-hosted (with John Blackman) the breakfast program on radio 3AW as alter-ego Uncle Roy. The pair dominated Melbourne breakfast radio for several years before Blackman departed to rival station 3AK in 1986. Mansfield continued in the role at 3AW with Darren James until the station changed from "Personality Radio" to "Thinking Persons Radio" and the pair were dropped.
Both Mansfield and James were picked up by 3AK in 1989. The program lasted until the middle of 1990 when 3AK was taken over by new management. He then became presenter of the drive-time program on community radio station 3INR-FM, broadcasting from the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.
In 1990, Mansfield joined another TV veteran, Philip Brady, to present the Sunday night nostalgia program Remember When on radio 3AW. Six months later they also took over Nightline on a caretaker basis, but went on to stay as the program's full-time presenters; a role which they continue to the present day.
Later in the 1990s, Mansfield made a return to television introducing late night movies and also hosting an infomercial programme, Mansfield's Melbourne, on Channel 31 in Melbourne.
In 1999, Mansfield was sacked from 3AW over allegations that he gave on-air interviews in exchange for free goods and services, in a later development in the cash-for-comment investigations conducted by the then Australian Broadcasting Authority.[1] He went on to present an afternoon program, Mansfield's Melbourne on 3AK in 2000, before returning to his former role as Nightline and Remember When co-host on 3AW in 2001.
Mansfield was also a voiceover for a segment on Rove Live called "Who's in the Swivel Chair?" before leaving the role in 2005.