Ian Keenan
Ian Keenan is an Australian radio announcer and creator of the website Hitstories.net.
Radio
His is a long career which began in 1979. Keenan has been a broadcaster for radio stations in Murray Bridge, South Australia ; Mount Isa, Queensland ; Muswellbrook, New South Wales ; Newcastle, New South Wales ; Townsville, Queensland ; Brisbane, Queensland.Whilst at 4TO in Townsville he achieved the position of Programme Director and helped to maintain the station's number one ranking across all shifts and all demographics.
In Brisbane at Radio 4KQ he was employed for over 20 years before being approached by Fairfax Radio to help re-launch Radio 4BH as Magic 882.
After a year as daytime announcer he was moved to the Breakfast Shift
In November 2015 following a merger between Fairfax Radio and Macquarie Radio virtually all the Brisbane staff of Magic 882 including Keenan were made redundant as the decision was implemented to broadcast all the programme content from Melbourne, Victoria and Magic 1278. In Brisbane only one member of the on air staff was retained.
Following the decision to network Magic 882 ratings slumped to 2.1% as compared to 4.3% whilst the Breakfast Shift previously hosted by Keenan saw a fall from 4.7% to 1.7%