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Comment: This seems to be a cut and paste mess of a press release or something. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:53, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Marius John Webb (21 November 1942) is a retired broadcaster noted for the establishment of the Australian Youth Network, Radio Station, originally 2JJ becoming Triple J.
Webb was born in Ripley, UK, and in 1949 moving to Sorrento, Victoria, Australia. He attended Xavier College, and received a Bachelor of Psycology from The University of Melbourne.
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On returning to the UK in 1964 he became a sales assistant at Foyles. In May 1965, Webb led a strike of more than 100 employees who walked off the job over pay and conditions with the backing of the USDAW.[1]
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In 1968 Webb returned to Australia and in 1969 he joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a Specialist Trainee General Talks.
In 1975 Webb was elected the first Staff Elected Board Member of the ABC. Not without controversy.[2]
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After the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972, funding was provided for a youth Radio Network. Webb, along with Ron Moss, was one of two appointed co-ordinators of the Station.
References
[edit]- ^ Mountain, Penny (2003). Foyles: A Celebration. London: Foyles Books. p. 63. ISBN 0 9544952 0 9.
- ^ The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. "Above Board". Parliamentary Business. 2.64.
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