[3][4] Before joining the ABC, Ord began his media career in the Gippsland region of Victoria where he worked at local radio station 3TR from 1955 until moving into television at GLV-10 in 1961.
[5] Shortly after joining the ABC in Melbourne in 1963, Ord was chosen to take part in a year-long staff exchange program with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
[5] In 1972, Ord openly criticised a decision by ABC management to place a radio serial called The Savage Day in The Hospital Hour.
[6] The following day, Ord offered an apology and said he was concerned some people may have thought his comments were critical of the ABC as a whole, when in fact he considered it to be a "warm and human" organisation.
These include: In 1989, Ord was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list by being awarded with an OAM "for services as a radio and television broadcaster".