[2][3] Wilkins' career began with the United States Information Service where he worked for a number of years before moving into journalism in 1949.
[2] Just after midnight on 17 April 1967, Wilkins took the first legal talkback calls on Australian radio after the restrictions were lifted.
[6] In August 1975, Wilkins used his 2GB program to describe Australian businesswoman Junie Morosi as an "immoral adventuress who has slept with a variety of notable politicians".
[7] She was awarded $10,000 in damages after it was found Wilkins had deliberately imputed Morosi as an undesirable, immoral and promiscuous woman who had misconducted herself with her employer.
[16] Ormsby Wilkins died at the age of 59 on 19 February 1976 following a battle with lung cancer for which he underwent an operation in November 1975.