Webb began his radio career at
2TM,
Tamworth, New South Wales in 1954. In 1955 he moved to Brisbane to become the "junior" announcer for
4BH, before moving on to
4GY Gympie to gain more experience. After a stint in
National Service, Webb returned to Sydney in 1957, where he became the announcer for the Sunday religious programs on
2CH. Subsequently, Webb became
Reg Grundy's offsider on the radio version of
Wheel of Fortune. In late 1957, Webb joined radio station
2UE, where he hosted the first
Top 40 radio show on Sydney radio in the late 1950s, working with
Gary O'Callaghan,
John Laws, Tony Withers and
Bob Rogers. This was followed by a brief move to
4KQ in Brisbane in 1960, then back to Sydney to host the
2GB breakfast show in 1961. In 1964 Webb headed for Europe, where he worked at several radio stations including
Deutsche Welle, "German Wave". He eventually moved to the United Kingdom during the mid 1960s, where he, along with several other Australian
disc jockeys, became prominent in the flourishing
pirate radio scene. Webb joined
Radio Caroline in 1965, going on to become Programme Controller and later, News Director. He was one of the staff rescued from when she ran aground at
Frinton, England in January 1966. He left Radio Caroline and returned to Australia, before the proclamation of the
Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, which forced the closure of pirate radio stations. From 1967 until July 1970, Webb presented the Australian end of the long running
Family Favourites radio series on
BBC Radio and
ABC Radio, when Bob Moore took over. Webb returned to
Family Favourites in September 1970, after Bob Moore resigned from the ABC, in order to join Webb's former employer 2CH. This turned out to be short-lived, as then-ABC newsreader Ross Symonds took over from Webb in January 1971. At the same time he hosted several TV shows, including
Blind Date, which he hosted between 1967 and November 1969. It received a new look in 1974, when Scottish-born singer Bobby Hanna took over. He also hosted
Jeopardy from 1970 to 1972, when
Mal Walden took over as host. In 1974, Webb hosted and produced the pioneering Saturday morning music video series
The Graham Webb Saturday Today Show, which evolved into
Sounds Unlimited, the world’s first program to feature pop video clips, a forerunner to
MTV. As the producer of
Sounds Unlimited, Webb played a pivotal role in the career of video and feature film director
Russell Mulcahy. In need of material for the new show, Webb approached Mulcahy, who was a staffer in the ATN-7 newsroom, and asked him to film some footage to accompany popular songs for which there were no purpose-made clips (e.g.
Kris Kristofferson's "
Why Me" and
Harry Nilsson's "
Everybody's Talking"). Using this method, Webb and Mulcahy assembled a collection of around 25 clips for the first show. The success of his early efforts encouraged Mulcahy to quit his TV job to become a full-time director. He made clips for popular Australian acts including
Stylus,
Marcia Hines,
Hush and
AC/DC, before moving to the UK, where he became one of the most successful music video directors of the 1980s and beyond. While TV took Webb's time, he always had a hand in radio throughout the 1970s and 1980s, working at several stations including 2GB,
2SM and
2UW in Sydney. In the 1980s he was the promotional voice for
Seven Network programming and the ABC. In 1999 he co-founded
Sunshine FM – a radio station targeting seniors, which went to air in 2000. Webb hosted its breakfast program until 2011, when Cam Young took over. Webb hosted a program called "Webby's Golden Years Of Radio", an audio book of his life behind the microphone. It was a weekly 2 hour program, syndicated to many community and narrowcast stations around Australia. About the program, Webb stated: "Along with the amazing music from the past 6 decades, I am including personal interviews with stars such as The Beatles, Monkees, ABBA and many others, especially our own Aussie stars. I'm also including entertaining 'grabs' from radio shows of the past from my personal collection." In later years, Webb presented regular programs on a number of stations, including Vintage FM Penrith/Camden, Bay FM Nelson Bay and Harmony FM Richmond. == Personal life and death ==