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Introduction
Mike Carlton is an Australian retired media commentator, radio host, television journalist, author and newspaper columnist. He formerly co-hosted the daily breakfast program on Sydney radio station 2UE with Peter FitzSimons and later Sandy Aloisi. He was known for his criticism of conservative public figures such as former Prime Minister John Howard, former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, former radio announcer Alan Jones, and conservative governments, including the United States Bush administration.”
Early life
| Name | Mike Carlton |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Commentator, Radio host, Journalist, Author, Columnist |
| Age | 77 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Michael James Carlton, AM was born on January 31, 1946 (age 77 years) in Australia. He is the son of Australian parents. His father, James Carlton, was an athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1930, he set an Australian national record for 100 yards, which was not broken until 1953. He would have been selected for the 1932 Olympics but left the sport to become a Catholic priest. During World War II he was assigned to teach the Catholic faith to a non-Catholic woman who was engaged to a Catholic man. He fell in love with the woman and left the priesthood. They had two sons, Mike and Peter. Jim Carlton died in 1951.
Career
Mike Carlton began his career with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) as a cadet journalist in 1963, aged 17. His file reports as an ABC war correspondent in Vietnam earned him great admiration within the industry and a promotion to chief of ABC’s news bureau in Jakarta, Indonesia. Garnering further accolades on his return with the pioneering 1970s ABC-TV current affairs program This Day Tonight.
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Carlton moved to his first radio program as a host at Sydney commercial station 2GB in the early 1980s, this is where “Friday News Review” was born. Carlton dominated morning radio for a number of years until Alan Jones was moved into the breakfast slot at 2UE in March 1988, and Carlton’s ratings started to falter. In the early 1990s, he was a presenter for London’s LBC Newstalk 97.3FM, then under Australian ownership.
He presented the drivetime program, but it was as presenter of The Morning Report breakfast program that he came to prominence, winning a prestigious Sony Radio Academy Award. This program helped to change the station’s financial fortunes. He later wrote a novel set at a London talk radio station called Off the Air, which became a best-seller in Australia in the late 1990s.
In 1994, Mike Carlton returned to Sydney to host a morning program on music station Mix 106.5. He then moved to the drive slot at 702 ABC Sydney. Building a reasonable following and establishing a format that he has largely retained in the years since he was then poached by commercial broadcaster 2UE. Carlton hosted 2UE’s drivetime (3pm-6 pm) program for a number of years, before moving to the breakfast timeslot (5:30 am – 9 am).
In a move to improve ratings, 2UE management teamed Carlton with media personality, fellow Sydney Morning Herald columnist and longtime friend of Carlton’s, Peter FitzSimons on the breakfast show in 2006. The ratings for the show gradually improved, however in mid-2007, they remained well behind the top two AM talk stations for the breakfast period. Peter FitzSimons left the show at the end of 2007 and was replaced by Sandy Aloisi in 2008. Carlton’s former workmate, now rival, Alan Jones continued to dominate Sydney radio talkback.
A long-running feud with fellow 2UE broadcaster Stan Zemanek noted for his conservative views, had become a feature of Carlton’s recent career prior to Zemanek’s death in mid-2007. On 17 July 2007, Carlton made comments regarding his late rival. Responding to a listener’s question as to why he wouldn’t attend Zemanek’s funeral, Carlton replied that it would be “an act of sheer hypocrisy … I loathed him.” He continued: “I’d only go to check that he was actually dead.”
Mike Carlton apologized for the remarks, which had been the subject of criticism from fellow radio presenters and 2UE staff. A highly popular feature of Carlton’s long-running radio program (and indeed his previous radio career before he joined 2UE), was the weekly political satire segment, Friday News Review. The segment was well known for its fast-paced sketches, topical skewering of high-profile politicians, celebrities and sportspeople across the nation and around the world, and its extremely accurate voice impersonations of the leading characters.
Most of the characters in the segment not portrayed by Carlton were portrayed by Australian actor and television personality Josh Zepps. Friday News Review was one of the last political satire programs on mainstream commercial media in Australia. On 18 September 2009, Carlton retired from his long-running 2UE Breakfast show after over 26 years on Australian morning radio citing an unwillingness to continue with early morning hours and a desire to spend more time with his family and newborn son.
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Mike Carlton was a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, initially being sacked from the position on 29 August 2008, for refusing to write his column during a strike by journalists at Fairfax Media. After a lengthy campaign by Herald readers and the appointment of a new editor, he was invited to rejoin the newspaper in 2009. He resigned from the paper when disciplinary action was taken against him by the Sydney Morning Herald for using offensive language in several responses to emails received from readers after criticism in his column of Israel’s 2014 Gaza offensive.
Wife
Mike Carlton was married to his first wife Kerri Carlton, they had their wedding in Australia. Mike and his first wife Kerri had two children together but later separated. After his failed first marriage, he met his second wife, Morag Ramsay while working as his producer at ABC Radio. Carlton and his current wife have one child together. Mike Carlton and his wife Morag Ramsay are still married and living a happy life with each other.
Mike Carlton net worth
How much is Mike Carlton worth? Mike Carlton net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a former media commentator, radio host, television journalist, author and newspaper columnist. Mike Carlton’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $400,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and most influential media personalities in Australia. He stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.