Amanda Blair (born 1968) is an Australian radio broadcaster, a former columnist with the Sunday Mail, and a former member of the Social Inclusion Board.
Amanda Blair | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | uh-man-dah |
| Born | 20 October 1968 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Talkback radio presenter |
| Spouse | Michael Farquharson |
| Children | Frank Farquharson
Ginger Farquharson Nancy Farquharson Sidney Farquharson Jayden Squire (fostered) |
| Website | https://foundationshine.org.au/?page_id=31 |
She started her radio career in Melbourne in 1996 when she made an appearance on the Richard Stubbs Breakfast Show on Triple M to promote her book The Essential Pauline Hanson. She was signed with Austereo, and moved to Adelaide to co-host the breakfast show on SAFM with Paul Gale and James Brayshaw in March 1998. The show attained top position in the market by the end of that year and maintained it until the show ended in July 2003.[citation needed]
She produced an event, Comedy for a Cause, as part of the Adelaide Fringe in 2004, 2006 and 2008, which raised significant money for homeless charities, and was a board member of the Adelaide Festival of Arts from 2004.[citation needed]
In 2007, after a three-year break from radio, she began work at 5AA, hosting the afternoon program. She resigned from 5AA in May 2012 to spend more time with her family, with her last show being on 8 June.[1] In 2022, she revealed that she has a foster child, Jayden.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Radio star Amanda Blair quits FIVEaa to spend more time with her family". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Facebook". Retrieved 25 September 2022 – via Facebook.