We were entertained by Ray Terrill ABC Goulburn Murray Saturday Breakfast presenter. Rutherglen born and bred, Ray Terrill was destined to be the voice of the Border and the North East.Ray works in Radio to entertain and that is exactly what he does on the ABC Goulburn Murray Saturday Breakfast Show. Originally Ray was planning on being a technician and considering a five year training program in Sydney after completing High School, but instead he ended up at Lee Murray Radio School in Melbourne, and he has never looked back. It was during a trip back home and a chance conversation at the local servo that landed him his first radio gig as a night presenter at 3NE in Wangaratta. From 1969, Ray worked six nights a week, from 7 until 11, with Saturday night’s extended until midnight, as a disc jockey extraordinaire. Ray did an 18 month stint in that gig at 3NE, spinning discs and reading and preparing bulletins on the hour.When Ray started in Radio he was playing 78rpm records and now it’s a digital world. He credits 3NE for introducing him to Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, and Nat King Cole. He would hear them on 3NE’s Starlit Hour, a program that ran from Monday to Friday mornings. Ray Terrill was also 2AY’s much loved Breakfast Announcer from 1980 to 1989. His cheeky antics and music knowledge made him a favourite with the listeners.When Ray and his wife became parents, Ray took a break from breakfast but he was soon back hosting swap shots on 2AY. He did this for 12 years. Again Ray took a step back from radio to concentrate on family and other interests, but ABC Goulburn Murray came a calling and asked Ray to get back behind the mic. In his free time you’ll find him pursing his love of fitness and when he’s not doing that, he’s championing the Wodonga West Rotary cause or concentrating on his greatest achievement, his family.
