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 the Sydney and Bondi Explorer Buses
  • The Airport Buses and the Olympic Tour Buses
  • 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.

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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