Grant Goldman

Grant Goldman (3 February 1950 – 17 January 2020) was an Australian radio and television personality and presenter. He worked as both a voice-over and live presenter. Goldman began his radio career at the age of 14,[1] and worked for numerous stations, including 2TM, 2GB, 2UE, 2WS, and 2DAY.[2] He was educated in Tamworth, New South Wales, lived on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and was the father of Australian TV and radio personality and voice-over Mike Goldman. He was the breakfast announcer at 2SM and also broadcast to the Super-Radio Network which covers over 90% of New South Wales.

Goldman died in his sleep at home in Sydney aged 69, on 17 January 2020, following a long battle with cancer.[3]

Radio station history
  • 2TM – Tamworth
  • 2WG – Wagga Wagga
  • 4NA – Nambour
  • 4BC – Brisbane
  • 6PR – Perth
  • 4IP – Brisbane
  • KJR-AM – Seattle Washington
  • 5AD – Adelaide
  • 2UE – Sydney
  • 2WS – Sydney
  • 2GB – Sydney
  • 3UZ – Melbourne
  • 2DayFM – Sydney
  • Sky Radio Network, Australia
  • 2SM - Sydney

Television career
  • Host of First Colour Transmission in Australia "Countdown" ABC Australia
  • Host of "Stairway to the Stars" – A live musical show on Channel 7
  • Host of "Juke Box Jury" Channel 7 Brisbane
  • Host of "It's A Small World" Channel 10 Brisbane
  • Host of Lottery Draw Channel 9 Sydney
  • Station Voice Over – Channel 7 Brisbane
  • Channel 9 Perth & Adelaide
  • Channel 10 – Sydney
  • Skychannel 1988 – 2020

Feature presenter

Special events presenter
  • Link voice at the opening of the Sydney Entertainment Centre
  • Ground Announcer for the Stadium Australia for all events held there since its opening

PA announcer
  • Announcer at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
  • The W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth Football & Cricket,
  • Subiaco Oval, Perth, V.F.L.
  • Announcer for the Supersonics Basketball, Sydney
  • Announcer for the Sydney Kings 1999/2000 Series at the Sydney Superdome
  • Featured on the Rugby League Finals Series and Grand Final at the S.C.G., the Sydney Football Stadium and Stadium Australia
  • General Announcer at the Golf Show, Sydney
  • Ground Announcer for Brookvale Oval for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles from 1985 to 2009

Voiceover career
  • Automated announcer for CityRail and State Rail for approximately 12 years
  • Tour Guide voice on Sydney Explorer, Bondi Explorer and Olympic Explorer services for State Transit
  • Voice of the Airport Express service for State Transit
  • Blue Mountains Katoomba automated announcer at sightseeing venues
  • Ran Val Morgan Cinema Advertising voice over artist for several years
  • Voice over advertisements at Warringah Mall shopping centre
  • Manly Fast Ferry safety announcement voice over on the Circular Quay to Manly route
  • Voice over for automated weather station called WeatherVox.
gollark: *still prefers silvers*
gollark: Gaia xenos, no.
gollark: *picks up random AP egg**is from terrafreaky*
gollark: AP hunting is great right now.
gollark: Ah, yes, delicious hard-boiled dragon egg.

References
  1. "Vale Grant Goldman". www.radioinfo.com.au.
  2. Watson, Bronwyn (6 September 1983). "Grant Goldman, the performer who prefers quips to chat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  3. "Radio Personality Grant Goldman Dies Aged 69".
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