Sid Jordan (broadcaster)

Sid Jordan (1877 – 1971), also S. H. Jordan or Syd Jordan, was an Australian broadcaster for 2KY, owned by the Trades and Labour Council and was a news commentator from the late 1930s to 1948. Jordan held various positions with the Communist Party of Australia and served as secretary of the State Unemployed Relief Workers Labour Council.[1][2][3] He was under government surveillance and in 1948 dismissed in a climate of increasing anti-Communism.[4]

References
  1. Griffen-Foley, Bridget, Before the parrot: the 'news commentator' on Australian commercial radio (2005).
  2. "Sid Jordan's views on the news". Awm.gov.au.
  3. Jordan, Sid (17 September 1941). "Sid Jordan's views on the news". S. Jordan – via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
  4. Griffen-Foley, Bridget (2009). Changing Stations : The Story of Australian Commercial Radio. ISBN 9780868409184. Retrieved 27 October 2021.


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