SJ– That is what successful people always say, that they grabbed the opportunity. It all came out of that, the fact that I was at the right place at the right time. I used to have my own cricket magazine when I was at school. I always had a passion and feel for broadcasting cricket. Noble Stand with a tape recorder, I got the job and started with ABC in 1973. To cut the long story short, my mother said “I cut this out of the newspaper, the job at the ABC has come up again.” I went through the process again, and after 6 months I did an audition at a cricket match between Australia and Pakistan sitting in the back of M.A. I got bored with that and went and played some cricket in England. Should I go in to law practice or press on with Uni(versity)? I went and worked in insurance, and I did that for a while. I was fiddling around, not too sure about what I should be doing. After I left school, Gordon Bray, another well known Australian commentator, principally on Rugby Union got the job.
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So, I thought, “Ah well, maybe next time”. He had gone through University and was a sportsman. Funnily enough, someone who’d been in school a few years ahead of me, got the job, a chap by the name of Peter Meares. JM– It probably started in school, because that was the first time I tried to get a job in Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a commentator. You have been broadcasting on the radio for more than 40 years.
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SJ– It is absolutely my pleasure having a broadcasting legend on. Jim Maxwell (JM)– Nice to be talking to you. He talks about his start to his radio career, the evolution of radio commentary during his time, and its future, his favorite moments on air, amongst other things. The guest today is ABC Grandstand commentator and broadcasting legend Jim Maxwell. Subash Jayaraman (SJ)– Hello and welcome to Couch Talk. Subscribe to Couch Talk podcast on iTunes and Sound Cloud.Īlso available on TuneIn Radio and YouTube Guests: Jim Maxwell, ABC Grandstand Radio Commentator