Tod Johnston

Tod Johnston is an entertainer from Perth, Western Australia. He was born in Sydney, the son of stage actress Jill Perryman and choreographer Kevan Johnston.^[1]

After leaving school, Johnston studied at Murdoch University where he gained a degree in Environmental Science. It was from here that he was introduced to the live music arena.

He has pursued an entertainment career, firstly as lead singer in Perth based band V Capri from 1984 to 1989. He is also a song writer and records his original music under Tod Johnston & The Heartland. His originals have a true Australian country flavour.

He has appeared on a number of television shows, starting in the early 1990s at Channel Ten as a presenter on Airplay, Kid's Company and presenting weekend weather reports. In the late 1990s he worked at Channel Nine Perth as weather presenter and hosted a segment on the network’s variety show, In Melbourne Tonight, where he also appeared as a guest vocalist, and later as a guest host on Postcards WA. Tod also worked for the Nine Network Australia as presenter for the series Wine Me Dine Me. Internationally, he can be seen on a regular basis on GMTV Breakfast Television into the United Kingdom live from Australia.

In 2003, Johnston was the afternoon presenter at 720 ABC Perth radio, replacing Verity James whilst she was on long service leave. He recently hosted Saturday afternoons and Sunday afternoons with his own radio show, The Big Weekend on Perth talkback radio station, 6PR.

Tod Johnston is currently working in music and entertainment and is in demand as a master of ceremonies throughout Australia. He has working bands "PeaceLove & All That Stuff" and his Jazz Combo "In The Lounge" with Sue Bluck. Just recently, after some 25 years, the original lineup of V Capri reformed and have performed some live shows in and around Perth WA.

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