John O'Donnell was born on 4 February 1947 in

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Radio career

John's career in radio started in Warrnambool at 3YB and since then has worked at 7HO, 4IP, 7EX, 6PR, 2HD,

3XY Magic 1278 (official List of radio station callsigns in Victoria, callsign: 3EE) is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Australia owned by Nine Entertainment, and run under a lease agreement by Ace Radio. History 1935–1991: 3XY 1935 ...

, 2SM, 3DB, 3UZ, 2Day FM, New FM, 3MP, Magic 693, and Hope 1032 fm Sydney previously known as 2CBA.

Music director/program director

He did programming for 3XY Melbourne 1972–75, he did programming 2SM Sydney during 1976–77, and he did programming 3UZ Melbourne during 1984–85. In 1993 Management of Easy Music 3MP created a sister radio station to complement 3MP and called it Magic 693, designed to attract an older demographic. O'Donnell was made Program Manager of this new radio station programming music from the 1940s to the 1960s. At the time 3MP was the number one station in Melbourne appealing to 40- to 54-year-olds. O'Donnell programmed Sydney's Christian Music Station Hope 1032 from 2000 to 2014 and Inspire Digital Sydney's Digital Christian Station from 2010 to 2014.

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