John Kerr (broadcaster)
"For other people called John Kerr see John Kerr (disambiguation)" John Kerr (Born 19 February 1942) is an Australian radio announcer. John Kerr hosts the top-rated weekend edition of the "New Day Australia" from Midnight to 6 am on 2UE and the Fairfax Radio Network as well as many Regional Affiliate Stations. Between 1994 and 2005 John hosted the weekday version of "New Day Australia." In 2006, his on-air shift was changed to the weekend edition of the show. Radio announcer Stuart Bocking replaced John in the weekday shifts of "New Day Australia". On 1  December 2012, during his 2UE show, John Kerr announced his retirement from radio after 55 years on the air, 18 of which have been on the overnight shift at 2UE, first on weekdays and now on weekends. John made a private announcement to a select number of his biggest fans at a listener lunch in Sydney yesterday afternoon. John remained on air until the Australia Day weekend. His final show was broadcast on the morning of Sunday 27 January 2013. John Kerr's syrupy voice and warmth of feeling were characteristic of "New Day Australia". One of the more memorable  if controversial features of his time running this segment was the recurrence with which he was made to field phone calls about Australian singer-songwriter, John Farnham, between 2005 and 2010. A portion of these conversations have been posted to YouTube.