TV talent in the genes for Montana Ardon Montana Ardon is following in her father's footsteps and studying broadcasting. Picture: Ross Swanborough Source: The Sunday Times HER dad is one of the most recognisable faces on TV, but Montana Ardon is keen to make her own mark on the box. The 21-year-old daughter of veteran Channel 7 news presenter Rick Ardon is studying broadcasting at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. "People always ask me if I am doing it because of my dad but I kind of auditioned on my own," she said. Ms Ardon said people joked all the time about the possibility of a father-daughter duo on TV, but she didn't think it would ever happen. "The goal (for me) would maybe be to get on TV one day, but I would be happy to land a job doing anything - whatever opportunity I was given I would take," she said. Ms Ardon certainly has big shoes to fill her father has worked at Channel 7 for more than 30 years and won 10 Logie awards as WA's Most Popular TV Personality. She is completing the radio segment of the course, and said it was too early to tell which path she would take. I am really enjoying it (radio)... I still have another eight weeks of this course and so, yeah, I really don't know, we will see what the TV semester brings, I guess," she said.