In this guest posting, Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis wonders how accurate radio ratings can be, since the data is collated from handwritten diaries.
So, the radio ratings season gets underway tomorrow. After a well-earned break, Australia’s commercial radio stations will renew their obsession with figures to see how many of us are listening. Are they winning or losing the ratings war? Continue reading
From the unsociable hours to the fame, glory and great pay, Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis looks at faces of breakfast radio past and present and asks, where are they now?
So is there life after breakfast radio? The answer for most showbiz identities would appear to be yes.
Andrew Denton and Amanda Keller have gone on to long and successful careers, as has Wil Anderson. Wil’s peers, including Dave Hughes, Meshel Laurie, Mick Molloy, Tony Martin and Adam Spencer, have also successfully juggled early morning starts with stand up and television. Continue reading
Well… Jabba is actually a man. Well.. A boy, in a Man’s body. And apart from playing a scarecrow called Hayman in the global smash DIRTGIRLWORLD and hosting BREAKFAST WITH JABBA on Sydney’s C91.3FM, he is also filming a follow up to the SBS comedy series SWIFT & SHIFT, and the cult FAT PIZZA.
The above photo was taken by me on Thursday October 7th around Mt Druitt in Sydney. Midway through production in a new series for SBS called “Housos”. I play Dazza, and we filmed a whole bunch of stuff along the Great Western Highway with Shazza in a wheelbarrow and shopping trolley.
Filming continues until the end of the year, with the series expected to air on SBS across Australia in 2011.
