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  1. Career

     Radio  Television 

  2. Books

  3. Later years and death

  4. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}{{Use Australian English|date=March 2019}}William Russell "Russ" Tyson (20 April 1920 - 11 September 2014[1][2]) was an Australian radio announcer and television presenter.[3]

Career

Radio

Tyson is arguably best known for his radio work, particularly with ABC Radio Brisbane where he commenced as a cadet announcer in 1939.[4] He subsequently became known for presenting a national breakfast program along with the popular Hospital Half-Hour program.[5]

Russ Tyson was the second of three announcers who presented The Hospital Half-Hour, taking over from the show's original host Mike Connors after Connors died in 1949.[6] Tyson had previously filled in for Connors during his ill health.[7]

Following disagreements regarding the direction of the breakfast program, Tyson resigned from the ABC in 1966.[8]

Tyson was replaced on The Hospital Half-Hour by Garry Ord, who hosted the program until it was axed in 1975.[6]

After leaving the ABC, Tyson worked for commercial station 4KQ until his retirement in 1976.[9]

Television

Tyson was the first person to appear on ABC Television in Queensland, when Brisbane station ABQ commenced transmission on 2 November 1959. Among the television programs he hosted were Anything Goes and On Camera.[10][11]

Books

Throughout his career, Russ Tyson also released a number books. These include:

  • What is a -? : a collection of listeners' contributions read by Russ Tyson in the Hospital Half-Hour of the ABC (1960)[12]
  • Philosopher's Note Book (1961)[13]
  • Philosopher's Scrap Book (1963)[14]
  • Russ Tyson's Australian Christmas Book (1965)[15]
  • Russ Tyson's Philosophy Corner(1968)[16]
  • Russ Tyson's New Philosophy (1970)[17]
  • The Best of Russ Tyson (1973)[18]

Later years and death

He attended the ABC's 75th birthday celebrations in 2007.[19] In 2012, Tyson was a guest at the official opening of the ABC's new Brisbane studio complex at South Bank.[20]

Russ Tyson died at the age of 94 on 11 September 2014.[21]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://radiotoday.com.au/vale-abc-s-russ-tyson/ |title=Vale: ABC’s Russ Tyson |website=radiotoday.com.au |publisher=Radio Today }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://televisionau.com/2014/09/obituary-russ-tyson.html |title=Obituary: Russ Tyson |website=televisionau.com |publisher=Television AU |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816225337/http://televisionau.com/2014/09/obituary-russ-tyson.html# |archive-date=2016-08-16 |dead-url=no |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/02/18/2165437.htm |title=A history of local radio in Brisbane |website=abc.net.au |publisher=ABC Radio Brisbane |author=Rae Allen |date=15 April 2008 |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506075903/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/02/18/2165437.htm# |archive-date=2017-05-06 |dead-url=no |df= }}
4. ^(11 September 1952) [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248202943 Russ Tyson started early], Yass Tribune-Courier. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. ^Webb, Elizabeth (26 July 1954) [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217236805 Russ Tyson still a tonic], Brisbane Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
6. ^1 (3 May 1975) [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110636145 The Hospital Hour to end], The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
7. ^Burns, Nelson (16 January 1949) [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98284734 Carrying On For Mike], The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
8. ^(2 June 1966) [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136925435 Russ Tyson resigns], The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
9. ^(12 September 2014) [https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-abcs-russ-tyson Vale ABC's Russ Tyson], radioinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
10. ^(12 September 2014) [https://televisionau.com/2014/09/obituary-russ-tyson.html Obituary: Russ Tyson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816225337/http://televisionau.com/2014/09/obituary-russ-tyson.html# |date=2016-08-16 }}, Australian Television History. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
11. ^Sinnamon, Myles (15 July 2017) Television Comes to South East Queensland {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515085115/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2017/07/15/television-comes-to-south-east-queensland-1959/# |date=2018-05-15 }}, SL Blogs, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
12. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12542641 Edition Details: What is a -?], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
13. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18217082 Edition details: Russ Tyson's philosopher's notebook], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
14. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18147399 Edition details: Russ Tyson's philosopher's scrapbook], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
15. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18852198 Edition details: Russ Tyson's Australian Christmas book], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
16. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16413350 Edition Details: Russ Tyson's philosophy corner], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
17. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10294253 Edition Details: Russ Tyson's new philosophy], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
18. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19013735 Edition Details: The best of Russ Tyson], National Library of Australia. Accessed 23 October 2018.
19. ^(9 July 2007) Brisbane ABC's 75th birthday party, ABC Radio Brisbane, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
20. ^Skjonnemand, Ursula (27 January 2012) 612's first South Bank broadcast {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111101108/http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/01/27/3416919.htm# |date=2012-11-11 }}, ABC Radio Brisbane. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
21. ^(12 September 2014) Vale: ABC's Russ Tyson, Radio Today. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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