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Jacki MacDonald
Born
Jenine MacDonald

(1953-11-26) 26 November 1953 (age 70)
Blackall, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Television personality, radio personality
Years active1975−present

Jacki MacDonald (born Jenine MacDonald; 26 November 1953)

Australian television personality from Blackall, Queensland
, who now works in radio broadcasting.

Career

Popular in her home state of

TVQ-0
.

In 1978 she was

0-10. After she presented The Super Saturday Show for several months, Somers returned to Nine and she was asked to join them as co-presenter of a revival of Hey Hey It's Saturday, a role which she would continue for nine years. MacDonald was frequently made the butt of jokes in the show and when she came on the tune "Folks Are Dumb Where I Come From"
would often be played (a reference to MacDonald coming from Queensland). In 1984, the same year as HHIS's move from a local morning timeslot to a national primetime slot, MacDonald also hosted The Ossie Ostrich Video Show, a national weekday children's program on Nine.

For a short time MacDonald was also an anchor of

Ten networks).[2]

During the 1970s and 1980s she won several TV Week Logie Awards for Most Popular Female Personality in Queensland.[3]

MacDonald kept out of the spotlight following her departure from Hey Hey in 1988 (returning for two episodes in

flu[5] and used Skype to communicate.[6]
This was her last appearance.

MacDonald is now a regular show business commentator on Drive with Michael Smith for the Brisbane commercial talk radio station 4BC.

In 2022, Macdonald sold her Sunshine Beach retreat for $18.75 million after buying it for $535,000 in 1995, a 3500% increase.[7]

She co-founded the popular Eat Street Northshore night market/food venue on the banks of the Brisbane River with Peter Hackworth, John Stainton and John Harrison.[8]

Awards and honours

  • 1983 – Advance Australia Ambassador

Personal life

MacDonald's sister, Fiona MacDonald, is also a former television presenter who was on local television in Queensland before going on national programs such as Wombat and the Australian version of It's a Knockout.[9] Fiona MacDonald is currently living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) after being diagnosed in November 2021.

Jacki is married to Dr Michael Pitney, and they have three children.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Jacki MacDonald - Biography". www.imdb.com. IMDb.
  2. ^ Bochenski, Natalie (5 December 2012). "Jacki Mac gives a RATS". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ "TV Week Logie awards - 1979". ninemsn. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ^ Wallace, Mark (11 March 1991). "In Royal Footsteps". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 25. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Hey, Hey Jacki MacDonald on sick bed". Daily Telegraph. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Sick Jacki will miss Hey Hey". Herald Sun. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Hey Hey It's Saturday star Jacki MacDonald sells Sunshine Beach retreat for $18.75 million - realestate.com.au". www.realestate.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. ^ "JACKI MACDONALD, CO-FOUNDER OF EAT STREET MARKETS AND FORMER TELEVISION HOST". m.theweekendedition.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  9. ^ "It's a Knockout". National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ Shearer, Geoff (28 April 2018). "Hey Hey It's Saturday queen Jackie MacDonald quit TV to be a mum, and life has been brilliant". Courier Mail. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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