ABC Identity of the Month

Did you know that an ABC personality once read the news with a bat under his jacket? Or that another could memorise entire rugby league football matches and then would later do a blow-by-blow commentary of the game?

Each month, Late Afternoons gives you the chance to pry into the off-screen and off-air lives of your favourite ABC personalities.

This month's identity is ABC TV's Trevor Chappell (left). Not the controversial cricketer (though he is a distant relative), but the ABC's very own Overnights presenter.

You can read all about it or listen to the interview using Real Player.

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By the way the 'bat' man is Richard Morecroft and the rugby fan is Andrew Denton.

 Identity Of The Month 

Tony Delroy [July]
For 17 years, Tony Delroy has been the voice of the Nightlife on ABC Radio. The reason for his success? Possibly because he challenged the idea that radio at night was to help people wind down and put them to sleep. Instead, he designed a show that keeps everyone wide awake and listening into the wee hours.
Listen Duration: 24mins 31secs

Margaret Pomeranz []
Like everyone else of her generation, Margaret Pomeranz's passion for the movies began with the Saturday matinees. "I was an only child and movies connected me enormously with other peoples' lives and worlds, and this became important from a very early stage of my life."
Listen Duration: 23mins 42secs

Johnny Young [May]
Our ABC Identity of the Month describes himself as ‘the luckiest kid on the block’. After nearly 40 years in showbusiness, Johnny Young still marvels at his ability to keep in the public eye, which he attributes to being in the right place at the right time, in a competitive industry that sees 90 per cent of aspirants unemployed.
Listen (Dur: 23mins 23secs)

Sandy McCutcheon [March]
Sandy McCuthcheon is one of Australia’s great treasures. As presenter of Australia Talks Back on Radio National, he probably knows better than anyone how Australians think and what’s important to them. He’s not only a broadcaster – he’s also a highly acclaimed playwright, novelist and poet.
Listen Duration: 21mins 34secs

Karen Dorante [November]
Karen Dorante, presenter of ABC Local Radio’s Indigenous program, Speaking Out, was one of seven siblings born on Thursday Island, the "CBD" of the Torres Strait, situated between Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
Listen Duration: 23mins 59sec

Richard Fidler [October]
He made his name with the anarchic tomfoolery of the Doug Anthony All Stars. But – and he’s sorry to disappoint his fans with this – he prefers the conservative to the outrageous these days. Is Richard Fidler getting soft with age?
Listen Duration: 20mins 47secs

Caroline Jones [September]
She has had a long and decorated career at the ABC, but Caroline Jones was almost unable to make a break into the media. “I was so lucky…Perhaps they were a desperate at the time,” she chuckles.
Listen Duration: 24mins 47secs

Karen Tighe [July]
She’s been described by workmates and friends as being a glamorous, Nordic, larger than life personality. But Grandstand’s Karen Tighe denies it all.
Listen Duration: 11mins 42secs

James O'Loghlin [June]
Affable presenter James O'Loghlin is known to millions as the host of ABC TV’s popular New Inventors program.
Listen Duration: 11mins 57secs

Michael Smyth [May]
He’s had an M16 pointed at his head, he can cook a mean cake, and he’s admitted that he sometimes wears shorts behind the news desk.
Listen Duration: 10mins 03secs

Liz Jackson [April]
If you work for the Media, this is one person you don’t want to cross.
Listen Duration: 9mins 38secs

Tony Eastley [March]
Tony Eastley is well known to ABC listeners as the host of radio current affairs program AM. But did you know Tony is a keen sailor who used to sit up in bed every night with the ‘Trade-A-Boat’?
Listen 9mins 23secs

Kerry O'Keefe [February]
Kerry’s observational humour and distinctive laugh has turned him into a cult figure, so much so that according to Kerry, people approach him in the street and want laughter on queue.
Listen Duration: 15mins 11secs

David Stratton [January]
He gave King Arthur three-and-a-half stars, but she only gave it two. The Stepford Wives received just one-and –a-half stars from him, but she gave it three. And they both gave Fahrenheit 9/11 four stars out of a possible five.
Listen Duration: 20mins 12secs