James Carleton

James cut his radio teeth in the bush, working as a journalist and announcer in Muswellbrook and Bateman's Bay.

In 1999, he made it to the big smoke, working as the producer of Tony Delroy's Nightlife. The most demanding episode was September 11th 2001, when as the program was beginning to wind down for the night, New York and Washington were attacked. He kept the coverage going till 5am.

Since then, he's moved to the more genteel environs of Radio National's Lifelong Learning, the highlight being his 13-part feature series on small business management in Australia. Having grown up working in his own family's small business made the project all the more rewarding. He loves family life, comedy, documentaries, numismatics, and of course everyone's ABC.