Talk:Terry Lane

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TERRY LANE was born in South Australia and educated at Gawler High School. After studying for the ministry at the Churches of Christ College of the Bible in Melbourne, Lane was a minister for six years before working in the Methodist Department of Christian Education and the ABC's religious department.

He began a radio talk-back program for the ABC in Melbourne in 1977, which management discontinued after 11 months on account of Lane's radicalism. A capable and empathetic interviewer, though often expounding controversial views, he was recalled to Melbourne ABC station 3LO in 1982 and was broadcast to Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and Newcastle from 1984 until he announced his retirement in 1993. After taking a year off he returned to the ABC's Radio National to present a weekly program, The National Interest.

He published a collection of his interviews with famous Australians about their childhood experiences in As the Twig is Bent [1979] and is also the author of More than Meets the Ear [1987]; Hobbyhorses [1990] and God:the interview [1993 - second edition 2004]. In 1993 he also published his first novel, Hectic, which was followed by Tit for Tat [1994] and Sparrows Fall [1995]. The First Century, [a chronogical reference to Australia's Federal elections] co-authored with Doug Aiton was published in June 2000.

He writes weekly columns of comment and opinion for The Sunday Age in Melbourne. And he is secretary of the anti-censorship organisation, Free Speech Victoria. He is the winner of the Wilkie Medal, awarded by the Anti Football League for doing the least for football in the best and fairest manner.

Since 2003 Lane has reviewed digital photography hardware and software for the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. His reviews are published online at dpexpert.

Lane was born in Adelaide in 1939. Married Valda, 1962. One son, one daughter.

Jesse Macbeth hoax
I have reduced the hoax incident to 2 sentences. This article is a quick summary of 30 years of a journalist/writer/broadcaster. The hoax incident is probably not even worth including, but may possibly be of interest. If one were to focus on detail such as this, you could create a new page for every one of the hundreds of interviews that Lane has conducted. GrahamP 10:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

'Controversially' sacked
I'd like to know the story behind this sacking in 1977. Why was the sacking controversial? Who said so? Without context this might violate NPOV. Coolazice (talk) 07:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)