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tod johnston -lsb- http://www.todjohnston.com todjohnston.com -rsb- sydney , new south wales tvj management @ `` tvj@iinet.net.au&quot; tod johnston
 tod johnston radio personality , television personality , musician
tod johnston

tod johnston is an entertainer from perth , western australia .
he was born in sydney , the son of stage actress jill perryman and choreographer kevan johnston .
after leaving school , johnston studied at murdoch university where he gained a degree in environmental science .
it was from here that he was introduced to the live music arena .
he has pursued an entertainment career , firstly as lead singer in perth based band v capri from 1984 to 1989 .
he is also a song writer and records his original music under tod johnston & the heartland .
his originals have an australian country flavour .
he has appeared on a number of television shows , starting in the early 1990s at network ten as a presenter on `` airplay '' , `` kid 's company '' and presenting weekend weather reports .
in the late 1990s he worked at channel nine perth as weather presenter and hosted a segment on the network 's variety show , `` in melbourne tonight '' , where he also appeared as a guest vocalist .
later he was a guest host on `` postcards wa '' .
he also worked for the nine network australia as presenter for the series `` wine me dine me '' .
internationally , he can be seen on a regular basis on `` gmtv '' breakfast television in the united kingdom live from australia .
in 2003 , johnston was the afternoon presenter at 720 abc perth radio , replacing verity james whilst she was on long service leave .
he hosted saturday afternoons and sunday afternoons with his own radio show , `` the big weekend '' , on perth talkback radio station 6pr .
johnston currently works in music and entertainment and is in demand as a master of ceremonies throughout australia .
he has a working band , peace love & all that stuff , as well as the jazz combo in the lounge with sue bluck .
after around 25 years , the original lineup of v capri reformed and performed some live shows in and around perth .
as returning to nine network , he went along with caty price and lee steele to currently present destination wa succeeding the older version of broadcaster seven network and presenters dan paris and haley thompson .
