Graeme Gilbert
Graeme Gilbert (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian host of nightly radio program Talk Tonight with Graeme Gilbert on Sydney station 2SM and the Super Radio Network.
2SM proclaim him as the "Undisputed King of night-time Talkback Radio", however, considering his poor ratings, this is quite fanciful.
In 2002 Talk Tonight scored a rating of 0.01% in Sydney, the lowest rating ever recorded for a commercial program in a metro market in Australia.
2SM subsequently withdrew from the Sydney radio ratings.
On 15 May 2006 his program was barraged by prank calls by members of the public, saying that the answer to his trivia question, "Who is the Premier of Tasmania?", was "India" (The correct answer being 'Paul Lennon'). The story was picked up by ABC Television's Media Watch program.[1]
To this day, his program continues to be the target of prank calls, including the classic 'India', the 'laugh' and answers of Harry Quick in the nightly Quiz.
Harry Quick ran as the Labor candidate for the seat of Franklin, a Liberal stronghold, against Gilbert in the 1993 Federal Election.
Gilbert incurred a 9.64% swing and lost the election in a landslide, a seat held by the Liberal Party for 17 years.