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Jacki MacDonald | |
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| Born | Jenine MacDonald 26 November 1953 Blackall, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radio personality |
| Years active | 1975−present |
| Family | Fiona MacDonald (sister) |
Jenine MacDonald (born November 26, 1953), known as Jacki MacDonald, is a former Australian television personality from Blackall, Queensland, who now[ when? ] works in radio broadcasting.
MacDonald was born in Blackall, Queensland.[ citation needed ]
MacDonald initially became popular in her home state of Queensland, appearing on a number of local programs in the 1970s, including her own show, Jacki and all that Jazz, on Nine Network QTQ-9, and a daily breakfast program, The Jacki Mac Show, on TVQ-0.[ citation needed ]
In 1978 she was GTV-9's replacement for Daryl Somers and puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich when the pair moved to 0-10. After she presented The Super Saturday Show for several months, Somers returned to Nine Network 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.[ citation needed ]
For a short time MacDonald was also an anchor of Network Ten's TVQ-0's Eyewitness News bulletins in 1983, which made her one of the few presenters to appear for two different television networks at the same time (in her case, the Nine and Ten networks). [1]
During the 1970s and 1980s she won several TV Week Logie Awards for Most Popular Female Personality in Queensland. [2]
MacDonald kept out of the spotlight following her departure from Hey Hey in 1988 (returning for two episodes in Brisbane in 1990). She returned to television in 1991 to host a season of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show after Graham Kennedy left. [3] In 1992, former Hey Hey It's Saturday producer Gavan Disney approached her to co-host his new TV program Healthy Wealthy And Wise , which was being produced for Network Ten. She continued with the new program for a couple of years before leaving television altogether.[ citation needed ]
MacDonald appeared on the 2005 Network Ten special Seriously 40, which commemorated 40 years of Network Ten. On 7 October 2009 she made a guest appearance on the second Hey Hey reunion special.[ citation needed ] When Hey Hey returned as a series in 2010 she did two appearances. The first one was at a museum but the second she was very ill with the flu [4] and used Skype to communicate. [5] This was her last appearance.
MacDonald is now[ when? ] a regular show business commentator on Drive with Michael Smith for the Brisbane commercial talk radio station 4BC.[ citation needed ]
MacDonald co-founded[ when? ] the popular Eat Street Northshore night market/food venue on the banks of the Brisbane River with Peter Hackworth, John Stainton and John Harrison. [6]
As of 2018 [update] , MacDonald is married to Michael Pitney, and they have three children. [7]
In 2022, MacDonald sold her Sunshine Beach retreat for $18.75 million after buying it for $535,000 in 1995, a 3500% increase. [8]
MacDonald's sister, Fiona MacDonald (died 2024), was also a television presenter, known for programs such as Wombat and the Australian version of It's a Knockout . [9]
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