Brian Carlton
Encyclopedia
Brian Carlton is an Australia
n radio
announcer, producer and journalist.
's Northern Beaches, finishing high school in 1980. Working several jobs, including a bank manager, he entered the world of radio at age twenty one. After six years, Carlton was chosen to head up a major metropolitan radio station, becoming the youngest ever talk back host.Carlton has worked on a number of Sydney radio stations, including 2UE
and 2GB
, In the on air presenting and producing roles. Until end of 2008, he was a talk back presenter on the radio station Triple M
, using the moniker The Spoonman
. Since August 2009, Carlton (as Spoonman) is the weekday newsreader on Triple M Sydney
.
household but chose to become an atheist. He is a strong endorser of Richard Dawkins
' book, The God Delusion
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
announcer, producer and journalist.
Biography
Carlton was born in Australia, into a Catholic household. He grew up in Beacon Hill, a suburb of SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's Northern Beaches, finishing high school in 1980. Working several jobs, including a bank manager, he entered the world of radio at age twenty one. After six years, Carlton was chosen to head up a major metropolitan radio station, becoming the youngest ever talk back host.Carlton has worked on a number of Sydney radio stations, including 2UE
2UE
2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...
and 2GB
2GB
2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...
, In the on air presenting and producing roles. Until end of 2008, he was a talk back presenter on the radio station Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
, using the moniker The Spoonman
The Spoonman
The Spoonman was an Australian late night talk back show hosted by radio personality Brian Carlton. Carlton used the alias "The Spoonman" on the show, which was syndicated on the Triple M network across Australia...
. Since August 2009, Carlton (as Spoonman) is the weekday newsreader on Triple M Sydney
2MMM
2MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Triple M Sydney is part of the Austereo Triple M network and broadcasts on the 104.9 MHz frequency.-The Early Days:...
.
Religion
Carlton was born into a CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
household but chose to become an atheist. He is a strong endorser of Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...
' book, The God Delusion
The God Delusion
The God Delusion is a 2006 bestselling non-fiction book by British biologist Richard Dawkins, professorial fellow of New College, Oxford, and inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford.In The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that...
.