In this final episode of Season One, I catch up with and apologize to an announcer who was and still is the closest to me.

My Dad, John Vertigan (Senior) was a big name in Melbourne radio.

While I was pestering radio stations and winning prizes, he was holding down the busiest and most difficult gig in radio. Sports and racing co-ordinator at 3UZ. 

 

This is an ACE Radio podcast

Host: Jon Vertigan

Produced by: Sophie Jackson

In this final episode of Season One, I catch up with and apologize to an announcer who was and still is the closest to me.
My Dad, John Vertigan (Senior) was a big name in Melbourne radio.
While I was pestering radio stations and winning prizes, he was holding down the busiest and most difficult gig in radio. Sports and racing co-ordinator at 3UZ.&nbsp;
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This is an ACE Radio podcast
Host: Jon Vertigan
Produced by: Sophie Jackson

3MP Breakfast announcer Jon Vertigan has been in the radio industry for 29 years.

But before he got in, he was a 'prize-pig'. That's industry talk for someone that regularly phones in and wins radio contests.

Each episode, Jon will flash back to the late 80's and replay actual audio of him winning radio contests. Then, some 30 plus years down the track, he will track down the announcer who gave him the prize, to apologize to them for being a 'teenage prize-pig'.

3MP Breakfast announcer Jon Vertigan has been in the radio industry for 29 years.
But before he got in, he was a 'prize-pig'. That's industry talk for someone that regularly phones in and wins radio contests.
Each episode, Jon will flash back to the late 80's and replay actual audio of him winning radio contests. Then, some 30 plus years down the track, he will track down the announcer who gave him the prize, to apologize to them for being a 'teenage prize-pig'.

I was a teenage Prize-Pig!

3MP Breakfast announcer Jon Vertigan has been in the radio industry for 29 years.

But before he got in, he was a 'prize-pig'. That's industry talk for someone that regularly phones in and wins radio contests.

In each episode, Jon will flashback to the late '80s and replay actual audio of him winning radio contests. Then, some 30 plus years down the track, he will track down the announcer who gave him the prize, to apologize to them for being a 'teenage prize-pig'.

Reach out to Jon on Instagram @jonvertigan

3MP Breakfast announcer Jon Vertigan has been in the radio industry for 29 years.
But before he got in, he was a 'prize-pig'. That's industry talk for someone that regularly phones in and wins radio contests.
In each episode, Jon will flashback to the late '80s and replay actual audio of him winning radio contests. Then, some 30 plus years down the track, he will track down the announcer who gave him the prize, to apologize to them for being a 'teenage prize-pig'.
Reach out to Jon on Instagram @jonvertigan

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