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Restless Robbo keen to face the music
In his baggy bermuda shorts and sneakers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Clive Robertson looks more like a portly weekend gardener than an ABC Classic FM host. The irascible broadcaster has always broken the mould.
On 2BL in Sydney in the '70s, he was the antithesis of the bubbly breakfast announcer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], grumbling about ABC management and the ungodly hour. In the '80s,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as a current affairs presenter at Seven and then Nine,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his world-weary scepticism lent credibility to the news.
The ABC's head of music networks, Kate Dundas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], says Robertson is ideal for the Classic FM breakfast slot: "We wanted someone who would break down any sense of elitism and make classical music more accessible to ordinary Australians."
But Robertson, after 37 years in the media game, seems a little lost. "It's a bit like somewhere along the way I fell off the cart. I sort of rolled down the hill and woke up in unfamiliar terrain,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and I thought 'I'll just wait and they'll come and get me.' But it's been years and no one's come."
He loves the music side of his job but complains that he gets no feedback from management, is driven crazy by ABC inefficiency and his listeners are a rude bunch. He'd like to try television again and thinks he has a good concept for "the ultimate tonight show" but,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he says,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "ABC television doesn't know I exist." He also wouldn't mind being part of a breakfast team on talk radio.
"I'm always restless. I enjoy the music but it's actually very difficult to go into the studio by yourself for three hours. At least with talk radio there's constant interchange and less time for introspection,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. You have to be very self-sufficient just playing music."
Robertson is on an annual contract and won't know for another month or so whether he will be asked back next year. Perhaps it is end-of-year tiredness or his inherent insecurity, but Robertson is clearly ready for a little reassurance from management.
"They might be happy with me but the fact that I don't know is interesting, isn't it? You come off air and hear nothing. People assume you know what you are doing but that's not true. When you're feeling OK you can cope, but when you're not, it's the final straw. It leaves you very vulnerable."
In his two years at Classic FM, Robertson has brought more listeners to the network but has polarised the audience. In his first few months on air there were many complaints that he talked too much between pieces.
"The most volatile,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], rudest,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], insensitive, demanding, aggressive,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], arrogant listeners are the ones to this network,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Robertson says. "But they are also greatly committed. I worked out that the network costs listeners about one cent a day, so their rights are minimal, don't you agree?" The criticism clearly hurts and he has stopped answering the phone. "It puts you off," he says.
Would he be happy to work out the rest of his broadcasting life on Classic FM? "Well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I want to work until I'm 96, which means I've got another 40 years. I like to think there's more to come,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], wherever that may be."
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