| Jason Morrison | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Talkback radio broadcaster TV personality |
| Spouse | Heidi Tiltins |
| Website | |
| http://www.jasonmorrison.com.au/ | |
Jason Morrison is an Australian talk radio announcer.
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Jason was born in 1971 and raised in Hornsby, which is a suburb of Sydney's North. He went to St. Leo's College at Waitara and is Catholic. He has given little away about his family but has revealed that his father is an Engineer and his mother is a Librarian.
He trained at 2GB in a journalism cadetship programme in 1990 and later qualified at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.[1]
Morrison has spoken of working for Dick Smith Electronics in a number of stores[2]as a salesman while working in radio to boost his income. He has often spoken of how poorly radio companies paid many newcomers.
He studied Electrical Engineering and Law at University but did not complete the degrees.[3]
Jason's media career started with 2GB in 1989 at the age of 17 as a newsroom cadet and his since covered news stories and events in all parts of the country and around the world. In 1998, Jason was appointed Director of News at 2GB and remains the youngest person to have ever held that position. Between 2008 and 2010, Morrison presented the Drivetime afternoon shift where he consistently held 2nd place in the market but never broke to number one. [4]In December 2010, Morrison announced that he would be leaving his position at 2GB as host of Drive and move to rival 2UE.
Morrison was newsroom chief of staff at the Network TEN Sydney newsroom for five years from 2000. He was promoted to Editor but left a year later to return to radio
He regularly appears in short opinion slots of various national morning television shows including Sunrise.
Jason currently is the host of 2UE breakfast which broadcasts from 5:30am - 9am.[5]
In 2007, Jason received the Brian White Memorial award recognising sustained journalistic achievement.
In 2009 he received the same award, the only time it has benn awarded to the same person twice.[6][7]