Shortlist. Charlie is now the Program Director for ARN, the Australian Radio Network, overseeing content for all the Mix, Edge and Classic Hits stations around Australia, including WS FM, where Ron E Sparx has been doing mornings for so long. Skyhooks I told him he was my hero, that his work at 2SM alone, without any of the other remarkable feats he had managed, rated him as my number one radio person of all time. Max Merritt The only person on the end of the phone who sounds smart in this 1976 sampling of Sparxy's sometimes politically incorrect listener interaction is his mum. Top 40 music (1270 2SM and the Rock of the 80s), smooth-style music (Lite'N'Easy 1269), country music (KICK AM) and classic hits (Gold 1269). He started his TV career in 2003 with a lifestyle TV show called Better Living which aired on NTV for one season. Who Are You album pack Poll: Who should replace Ben Fordham on drive next month? Graeme states Its a show driven by the listeners. This was also stress relief at its most potent, scheduled as it was smack bang in the middle of my HSC exams. Hinting that, instead, hell use other media to take his case to the court of public opinion, Im not going to take a backward step. 15 years on 2WS and 16 years on 2UE including presenting for Alan Jones and John Laws. In Marcus Paul's situation, the question was .The beautiful young girl who was allegedly tragically murdered this week, Charlise Mutten, went to school in which NSW (sic) suburb. Seeing him around regularly after that, I kept reminding him of my love for the 2SM of his era, and he probably thought I was just a crazy stuck-in-the-'70s 2SM obsessive nutcase. The finale was an all-star salute to Johnny O'Keefe with"Shout" and "Move it Baby, Move it." Despite the inconsistency in keeping or dismissing the presenter as the former in Chris Smith and the latter in Marcus Paul, there is a lesson to not trivialize grief. Shortlist. Jake Challenor February 21, 2017 2HD's Richard King: "Did that go to air, did it?" Jake Challenor Former Publisher Share on twitter Share on facebook Oops. But its the differences that make it really interesting. But, in fact, he hadnt. Marcus always struggled because he sounded like a community radio broadcaster. He is the host of nightly radio program Talk Tonight with Graeme Gilbert on Sydney radio station 2SM and the Super Radio Network.He has hosted the show for over a decade and has interviewed notable people including John Howard, the former Prime Minister of Australia. Not many sacked hosts have garnered a 15K petition to have them reinstated a day after they are sacked. After Meryl was sacked i stopped listening to 2sm 2hd 2nz & im sure thousands of other listeners did also STOP LISTENING. This was clearly the straw that broke the camels back. Brent Bultitude now brings his friendly, laid-back style to afternoon radio. Trip on the Jumbo under the Bridge. In 2013 Sinclair was appointed Executive Producer/Anchor of the Better Homes & Gardens Radio Show, heard on 70 stations across Australia. You can click on the image strip below to go through to some awesome visual memories. 2SM is owned by Broadcast Operations Group and serves Sydney on 1269 AM. I said that on air and thats one of the things I said on Saturday that I had never said before so I can only assume that was the straw that broke the camels back. Good ridence. Probably not as many as still have their copies of Bat Out of Hell and Saturday Night Fever. 2MMM FM. It was a credit to MacRae that he stuck it out at 2SM as long as he did, finally leaving in April 1982, with a memorable last program, a copy of which I would dearly love. Its managements. 2WS. I'm back! Since then the page has been getting bigger and better all the time thanks to a wonderful audience of fellow former 2SM junkies who've shared their treasures or pointed me in the direction of where to find them. In fact he's competently handled other shifts including weekend breakfast or when he substituted for Carter Edwards during weekend nights. In came Charlie Foxx (who later, wisely, dropped the extra "x"), Ian Grace, Frank Fursey, who all stepped from 2SM into FM radio later in the eighties. - Trove", "31 Dec 1931 - NEW CATHOLIC BROADCASTING STATION (2SM) INAUGURATED. Listeners tune in to radio not only for the music and personality shows but also for news; radio still being the best source for local information. It is also correct that management lives or dies by that decision. Main DJs Grant Goldman Graeme Gilbert Meryl Swanson Poppy Gary Stewart Contact PO Box 1269, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia Tel. The ever-dependable Alan Wilkie gave the weather reports. Get your 1 week-long trial now, radioinfo.com.au - published 3 January 2023, 5.00pm, Mumbrella - published 14 March 2021, 7.06pm, radioinfo.com.au - published 23 February 2020, 6.41pm, radioinfo.com.au - published 28 January 2020, 6.47pm, radioinfo.com.au - published 25 January 2020, 6.14pm, Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Max Merritt & The Meteors, Womack & Womack. Dave Cochrane filling in for Richard King 20th December 2022. Please add it to our directory. He went on to become one of Australia's top sports commentators. And if you were ever unsure what day it was, this song would always set you right: [8] Religious programming was, for most part, not its focus (except for the regular Question Box program of Dr Rumble) but not surprisingly, for most of its life 2SM followed a conservative line in its programming and was promoted as "The Family Station". Will Aussie radio have its #metoo moment? Im with JB and Ouch with this one, many of the commenters here seem to have a rather contradictory view of this whole situation, give Marcus a break, hes human, all you haters need to grow up. He was offered the opportunity to stay on and be Carter Edwards producer. The SM call sign is taken from the initials of Saint Mary's.[3][4][5]. Stevie Wright all we hear now on 2hd are galahs who want to promote Butcher shops,and a plug here and a plug there. See the changelog, or edit it yourself. Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE Actress, broadcaster and advocate for children's welfare and education. Send us your media releases. The result of that was what I still refer to as Victoria Park Heatwave in January 1978, which I will come to later. They say children are a reflection of their parents. in late 1979 sinclair joined former 2sm colleagues, ron e sparks (program director), trevor johnson (assistant program director) and gordon o'byrne (presenter) for the rebirth of sydney station 2uw that was then owned by the albert family who owned radio stations in sydney, melbourne and brisbane which became known as the australian radio network ------ Shows: Afternoon Show, Always In Your . In January 2020 Trevor moved to host the Afternoon-Drive Show. Perhaps he would do an on-the-record "Sparxy Speaks" interview. 2SM breakfast talk show host Marcus Paul has been sacked. 2SM subsequently withdrew from the Sydney radio ratings. The other was Brisbane presenter Bob Rogers, who built his reputation on getting the latest hits from America before they were released in Australia. He was offered a position at Sydney's 2SM in late 1978 and soon after took over the Afternoon Show. That's him looking jubilant on the right. Now I will start listening to the morning show now he is gone. If sport is to be a regular occurrence on Saturday afternoons, then Dean should have been allocated a more regular schedule. He is Labor 2 the end ..Not in the same class as Goldie. He was the rudest SOB on radio. And no, I am not talking about presenters interviewing other presenters from other stations and management inconsistency in dealing with this issue - I've discussed this elsewhere. Having done his madcap breakfast thing on 2SM for five or six years before I started tuning in, there were many on air adventures that I have no personal recollection of but which avid pre-1975 2SM listeners often reminisce about. Then you can find out about my own humble on-air efforts on my BAY-FM page. He began his career in radio at the age of 16, worked for 2SM as a radio announcer and producer, and has also powered his own very successful disc jockey business. Now on the Patreon - the last part of WCW Collision in Korea 1995! The ratings never again surpassed 4%. Everyone can make a mistake nobody is perfect If you go for sports coverage, then when there are no matches, it should be sporting talk, not current affairs. Members of the executive staff are: A Campbell-Jones (General Manager); L. R. Hood (Sales and Assistant Manager); M. H. Stevenson (Chief Engineer). Format being somewhere between 2UE and Smooth. And this guy would call me into his office when he got into management to tell me how I should do talkback radio. 2SM pays the Bridge toll I'd love to get hold of a copy to find out. Love her Perry Como review. Dave Sutherland | 2SM Super Radio Network DAVE SUTHERLAND Dave Sutherland has been in radio for many years, working at stations like 2GO Gosford, Triple G FM Gunnedah and is also very well known to Newcastle listener's as the longest running host of 2KO's Jukebox Saturday Night. Sinclair was host of several nationally syndicated radio shows during the 1980s and 1990s for Grace Gibson Radio Productions and ARNSAT including The Hitfile, Music Over Australia and How it was-When it was. Well William, I strongly beg to differ. So many would be if they could be talk radio hosts here. If management didn't like his narrative, why did it take three years to get rid of him? Visit the site here. Dave enjoys the excitement that live radio brings as well as the opportunity to talk to a variety of people from all walks of life as well as the many callers that phone to discuss all kinds of subjects. Alan Baskin - Almost 40 years in Australian radio including 2WS, 2UE, 2GB. We met him and hes a nice guy. The next day he drove his car into my parents' driveway and presented me with my very own new copies of The Chicago Years. Thank you, The Mixtures Forward to 1991, when I was living in London, about to fly home to Sydney for a three-week visit. Unashamed, I share excerpts of this letter now. The Knack 3. That is political interference and is unnacceptable. Hard rockin' rollin' party boy notwithstanding, I still thought he was urbane and handsome. There is a nice story from the Sydney Morning Herald on the surprisingly reclusive jock which you can read here. You can find morning, afternoon and night talking shows. If you remember the '70s, remember the 1270s. Meanwhile, do check out the Gibson and Moore Gallery. There is quite a huge selection of audio in my archives, and I might even change some of the clips now and then. Nova sold off its Regional assets to enable it to buy two new Radio licences in Sydney and Melbourne, Sinclair was again back in Sydney at the newly launched Vega 95.3. John cuts through the political spin and asks the hard questions, often unsettling politicians. It appears you hold the opinion that only conservatives have a right to a voice, especially on conservative AM radio. Bring back Dave Sullivan he is worth listening too. But I wasn't complaining. I also mentioned that according to Mike Carlton's book "On Air" the then 2UE management asked him to take on a more right-wing narrative and he refused. 2HD breakfast presenter Richard King left his microphone turned on during a weather update last week, say sources. Speech is not free, if someone else is paying you to talk. One is this record that he released in 1970, with the not-too-modest title of "Mac Mac Mac MacRae". Muir offloaded 2SM and moved on again. He hopped over to Triple M, where Rod Muir had already taken up residence, repeating his success on an FM scale. Inspired by a recent trip to LA, where I saw three Chicago concerts in a row, I wrote to David White, by this time News Director on Triple M, and explained how badly I missed the Chicago rockumentary and asking whether he might perhaps still have the tapes. Respect and prayers for the victims family. And then, in an extremely clever ploy to win the undying devotion and adoration of school kids, the August/September school holidays of 1977 were filled in with free daytime concerts at Chequers nightclub in Goulburn Street, starring acts both famous and up-and-coming. Dave Sutherland Andy Donaldson Radio presenter RPPFM & SEN 1116. Marcus would go on and on about politics he sounds like a broken record. This is a user-edited website. Sorry, but it's true. Please add it to our directory. Media career [ edit] Gibson began his media career as a print journalist covering greyhound racing and rugby league. The Chapman Chat his personal recollections of the glory (and sometimes gory) days at 2SM, delivered in Barry's frank and unabashed style is available for your reading pleasure. Be sure to participate in the discussion on 13 12 69. A 2SM junkie's dream! )", "Church Ends Talks on Sale of Radio Station", "2SM Lights Out as City Station Gives up on Country", "Sultan of Breakfast Swing Puts His Zing into 2SM's Zipper", ABT told of plans to warehouse TVQ shares, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2SM&oldid=1131699060, Hi-Tide Fishing Show (Saturday and Sunday 4am to 7am), This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 09:44. [11] Wesgo relaunched the station with a country music format in October. A multilingual economics graduate with over a decade of experience in the media and marketing industry. Thank you, Brian continued to broadcast for the next 25 years plus. Some people want to know more about Mad Mel, the Good Guys, and the period in the sixties and earlier seventies that preceded my time as a 2SM junkie. With over 60 years of commercial broadcasting experience, John Laws has returned to Sydneys 2SM 1269 & the Super Network. Poppy is a Presenter at 2LF. They were probably thinking on sacking him for while as hardly anyone called when he was on. Sinclair also hosted a very successful late afternoon TV show, "Connections" on local television station CTC-7 from April until October 1978. Of all the DJs from my 2SM era, George Moore was the one who hung on at the station for the longest. Before joining 2SM, Marcus Paul worked as a senior journalist at i98 FM and a presenter at 2CC Canberra. He still loves Chicago and he still loves bikes. I just enjoy variety, entertaining people and having fun life is too short to be too serious. Rod Muir successfully transplanted the American "More Music" format to Sydney, making minor adaptations for the Australian market. In most cases as I have told the story of these golden years at 2SM, I have relied on my memory as a listener and fan, that's all. Join Richard for breakfast Monday to Friday, 5.00 till 9.00am for the latest news, sport and talk. Login or register. Official website of Radio 2SM is www.2sm.com.au. 5 Triple M 101.5 Announcer and Operations Assistant, worked at 2SM and Nova Sydney and has won 5 ACRAs, AFTRS graduates become 98.1 Power FMs new breakfast team, New 2GB roles in 2023 for Michael McLaren and Luke Grant, 4BCs Luke Bradnam on the power of work experience, Revealed: Australian FM radios most successful programmers of all time (1-10). He became a radio celebrity in Newcastle, where he ruled the evening airwaves, and this article from the Newcastle Herald filled in a few gaps about Durry's background and family life. Markus was better than listening to 2ue and thats most likely why he is gone ,now I have to put up with the ABC. Best known for Radio 1. Sadly, the strain of two high profile gigs must have been too much for him. Norman Gunston Today April 2019 TRYING to listen to 2sm announces on weeknight evenings weekend evenings and after 9am weekdays these announcers are very old ill informed & out of touch with middle class society. Swanson recently told her employer, the Super Radio Network, of her decision and this morning decided to share her reasons with her Facebook community :-, Since posting the above, the station has reportedly escorted her from the studio and ended her program immediately. But more on that later. I would listen to the news then turn off the radio before Marcus Paul came back on air. Whitey was a Manly-Warringah football supporter, too, so I thought we were even possibly soul mates. While that may be true, like any announcer at any station, he is required to fit the format as laid down by management. Your email address will not be published. For instance, if you click on the big 2SM denim logo at the top of this page, you'll hear one of the hundreds of old 2SM ID jingles, and that will change now and then. You wouldnt expect Novas Breakfast Show to be hired by ABC Classic FM, or vice versa unless the talent could adapt and adjust to suit the format. His pandering to left wing radicals was not gong to attract any listener over from TripleJ. Radios Future is Looking Good: 30 UNDER 30 Winners List, A local legend and a gentleman: Strawny hosts his last shift, Thats a wrap: Survey news and end-of-year moves in last ep for 2022, Andy Mathers stepping down as GM of K rock and 93.9 Bay FM. Dean Mackin has been working in and around radio for almost 22 years. The problem with 2HD's weekend afternoon programming is that it is not constant. Refused to listen to him. Call Richard on 13 12 69, The John Laws Morning Show All Rights Reserved. Check out some interesting sound grabs and see a more recent photos here. The story was that he had been sacked from the station for some reason but then they "kissed and made up." I doubt that management would dictate to Alan Jones how and what to say. All Rights Reserved. News 2SM's Marcus Paul has been sacked. Im glad Bill Coralis got rid of the nutter. As well as interviewing, they offered opinions sometimes controversial, usually with some humour on the news issues of the day, and they took requests and general calls from the great unwashed of Sydney. All negative. In 1975 2SM introduced its famous denim zipper logo. If you click on the poster image you can see an even bigger version. 12 p.m. Navy Band Southwest - Brass Band Golden Gate Park Band Shell. I think Marcus deserves another chance. Concert Gold Pass My goal is to make travel more accessible and inclusive. Radio 2UE directors are: Sir John Butters (chairman), C. V. Stevenson (who founded 2UE), R. Doutreband, M. H. Stevenson and R. Field. Wow. Best known as a talkback radio broadcaster, Laws is one of Australia's highest-paid radio personalities and has been involved with Australian talkback radio broadcasting much longer than any other presenter. Many programs are networked across the 32 stations in the 2SM Super Radio Network in New South Wales and Queensland. Trevor Sinclair is a Sydney-based radio host. And then that social media posting got up to the higher echelon of Super Radio Network. It broadcasts at 102.9 megahertz on the FM band from its studios in Charlestown. Up-to-the-minute news, the latest traffic & weather reports, interesting and intelligent talkback, which makes Brent Bultitude compelling listening. After dark radio is a time when people like a more relaxed exchange of ideas and thats what Talk Tonight offers. Besides entertaining a large nightly audience, Graeme acknowledges Talk Tonight is the media of trust in times of community disruption., Talk Overnight I'd like thank Wayne Mac, that walking encyclopaedia of Australian radio history, for finding my 2SM page back in 2002 when I launched it and loving it enough to offer help and advice. Dont be too surprised to see him pop up on 2GB at some point. Nice. It would be tasteless to ask the contestant fine details in a quiz. On his facebook page, he posts of his appreciation for Mr Caralis giving him his start in radio. Alan hosted the 6pm-9pm shift, and many a night I sat in my bedroom hanging on his every word. 2GB Radio station is a commercial station in Sydney broadcasting on 873 AM, which residents of the NSW capital turn to for news, opinions and information on what is happening in city and around the country. The guy had absolutely no idea who his audience was. All my favourite DJs had left me, and I didn't want George to leave me, too. Keith made a big impact in 1979 but left in October that year for the strangely alluring 2NX. Trivialisation of grief. Following a take-over and sale of ARN to Australian Provincial Newspapers and America's Clear Channel Communications, Sinclair found himself back in the Regional Radio Market working for DMG Radio Australia, who had recently launched its Nova network across the country. That was certainly a management decision. Radical left show leading into John Laws it was breaking every talk programming rule. Sinclair continued his association with the Network through its AM stations in Sydney (2UW) and Melbourne (3KZ) conversion to the FM band (Sydney's Mix 106.5 and Melbourne's TT FM) until 2001. They told him, We need counter-arguments, we need more people calling in with their views on one side of the argument and the other side because at the moment your show is, basically, just one argument. Now Grant Goldman can rest in peace. I wonder how many other people still have theirs. Thanks to JC for use of this great pic. [3] media.info. Good!! Presenter Musician Education Hurlstone College Ag Science. Go Ron E!! Poppy Savakis. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); How about you teach New news readers how to pronounce names or towns correctly or is it the fact tat they cant read. Management says they tried to help Mackin improve his show by going through air-checks with him, advising him on how to write editorials and how to get more balance into his show. News Comment from Peter Saxon Dean Mackin (pictured) had been with 2HD, Newcastle since 2013, first as a producer, and was later given his own on-air timeslot: 2 to 5 on Saturday afternoons. radioinfo ABN: 960 699 39797 | PO Box 6430 North Ryde NSW 2113 Australia. Others were big fans or, like Ian Grace, contributors of Rock of the 80s. - Trove", "17 Nov 1931 - R.C. In the 1990s, the station regained its original callsign (2SM) and recorded some of the lowest ratings ever by a Sydney commercial radio station. He retired from Channel Nine at the end of 2001. 173-175 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales, 2304 Phone 49 676 111. He made various forays into television as well, in particular the Seven Network's current affairs program Real Life, always looking debonair, interviewing the likes of Barbra Streisand and other Hollywood types. Absolutely a disgraceful comment that was made.. Guys an idiot.. Who the hell does what he did? Brent Bultitude Presenter Carter Edwards Presenter David Gubbay Presenter Dean Mackin Presenter Gary Stewart Presenter Graeme Gilbert Presenter Grant Goldman Presenter John Laws Presenter Jordan Bocock Producer Pete Davis Presenter Poppy Savakis Presenter at Broadcast Operations Group Bill Caralis Owner Peter Anderson Sales and Marketing Manager
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