69) lasted until the end of 1965. Mike Rudd The top 10 most influential content directors in Australian metro FM radio, On or Off AIR, hone your skills with AFTRS. Mrs Elliott sounded very unfazed by the whole experience. Save time and money with Show Prep. They are authoritative and have credibility with listeners. 2SM subsequently relegated the format to a more minor role in the station's programming, but talkback proved a goldmine for other stations reluctant to take . Dean Mackin has been working in and around radio for almost 22 years. 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. But the presenters would be the best of the talent currently at 2SM. 2023 AMT, trading as Radio Today. I just enjoy variety, entertaining people and having fun life is too short to be too serious. Jo Jo Zep & the In other recent moves at 2SM, the station is introducing voice tracking overnight and a new Drive presenter for the FM service is expected. Just like its sister stations Dance Super Digi, Fun Super Digi, Gorilla Radio, Zoo Digital it is also owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group. He always gave it to Premier Gladys and recently Perrrottet for not coming on his program ( I wonder why they didnt ? 50 years of radio changes at 4KZ: June Williams, Radio Today Australian Podcast of the Year Finalists Part 3, Click here to sign up to our free daily newsletter for the latest in radio, audio and podcasting news and jobs, Nahel Alavi Dalgiesh Previous ACRA winner for her work at Mix 106.5/Kiis. L. Brian Mulondo is a renowned TV and Radio Host; He is a Prime Time News Anchor, Voice Artist, Social Media Influencer, Video Producer, Emcee and Media Entrepreneur with experience spanning 15years. Barton dominated the airwaves in the steel city for 55 years and was the man who introduced John Laws to the airwaves. Others were big fans or, like Ian Grace, contributors of Rock of the 80s. In response to William: labelling someone a radical leftie is very much a trait of the raving conservative camp. Everyone loved calling Ron E. Most were less active and certainly less intelligent than yours truly. If you go for sports coverage, then when there are no matches, it should be sporting talk, not current affairs. ------ Shows: Afternoon Show, Always In Your . I think Marcus deserves another chance. When we run into him, all of us go Shazam! There must be photos and great memories! Dave Sutherland 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. For about 20 minutes. . Looking back to the days of 3DB and the Heraldsun Radio News I feel that newsreaders like Geoff McComas,David Johnston,Mal Walden,Brian Naylor and Geoff Raymond were far more professional than those we hear on Melbourne radio today.Many of todays newsreaders lack authority in their delivery and phrasing leaves a lot to be desired.Who teaches these people? Ashley Banjo MBE Founder and creator of Diversity dance group, winners of Britain's Got Talent. Outrageous for its time, ludicrous, and classic. 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. So glad he is gonnoooo just heard this morning hope they put someone exciting on he certainly was not -not that i listened to him only heard excerpts that was enough for me, The best news i have heard i can now turn the radio on at 5 am maybe albo can give him a job tony, HOPE TO HEAR HIM AGAIN DESPITE HUS BAD JUDGEMENT CALL HOPE CRAIG HUTCHISON SIGNS MARCUS PAUL ON 11709 SEN TO ADD THE FEW 2SM LISTENERS TO 1170 SEN. Dear Dieter Whats being a lefty got to do with it? A petition to reinstate him has been initiated by Jordan Shanks, who was a regular commentator on the show. Ably supported by their executive producer John Brennan (a radio legend who deserves a whole website to himself) and secretary Maureen, they were the best morning team in radio anywhere. The boundary was broken, nothing to do with "free speech". Rockarena. Graeme Gilbert (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian radio presenter. Sherbet. Dean could have asserted his views without being rude as he is with callers disagreeing with him. 2SM 1269AM Sydney - 2SM and The Super Network footprint covers over 90% of New South Wales and the booming corner of South East Queensland. Here they are, the Top 40 Metro Radio Newsreaders of All Time (in no particular order). Graeme states Its a show driven by the listeners. Sadly, the strain of two high profile gigs must have been too much for him. And he is low enough on his Facebook post to take full responsibility but in the next sentence blame his producer. 2SM Weekend Breakfast from 4am. There is quite a huge selection of audio in my archives, and I might even change some of the clips now and then. Richard Clapton Poppy is a Presenter at 2LF. It would be tasteless to ask the contestant fine details in a quiz. Here's a Gibson and Moore medley for you to enjoy: It was a shock when Mike jumped ship in November 1979 and headed for 2GB, but perhaps it shouldn't have been. Anthony of exciting and dynamic Belfield. from a programming point of view, it was just untenable., When everybody goes up at the station [in the last ratings survey] and you are the only one that goes backwards, Im sure that must have been an issue for her.. I still miss his calm quiet authority. I was completely devastated when he suddenly left 2SM in April 1979, and I called Ron E Sparx immediately. He later confessed my letter had struck such a chord that he had been carrying it around in his suitcase for months. Norman Gunston kit Look out if you disagreed with him !!! Thursday 31 May, 2007 Pat Barton , Newcastle radio's longest serving breakfast announcer, has died aged 92 after suffering a stroke.The Newcastle Herald reported that Barton died at the John Hunter hospital. The ever-dependable Alan Wilkie gave the weather reports. The talk radio host was suspended last week after an inappropriate reference to the tragic death of a school girl in a news quiz. Alan hosted the 6pm-9pm shift, and many a night I sat in my bedroom hanging on his every word. He is the rudest man i have ever listened 2 on the Radio No respect for Older for Elderly people. Categories: Easy Listening, News I would just let them say what they want. And hear the promo. He has hosted the show for over a decade and has interviewed notable people including John Howard, the former Prime Minister of Australia. There will be some names that have been left out, so let us know your suggestions and comments. Sinclair also hosted a very successful late afternoon TV show, "Connections" on local television station CTC-7 from April until October 1978. But he kept doing it over and over. 2SM 1269 AM live 2SM was launched on 24 December 1931 and until today it continues to play news / talk. Australian Communications and Media Authority, Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations, "26 Dec 1931 - BROADCASTING STATION. Aunty Jack Team That is political interference and is unnacceptable. If you want to listen using any of these methods mentioned, either click on your preferred player or manually enter the link into your media player or device. Send us your media releases. The Elliott family of Haberfield were the winners, and the station broadcast from their home all that day with special guests such as John Paul Young. BROADCASTING STATION - Trove", "BROADCASTING STATION. I'm back! And how about liking the 2SM web shrine so all your friends on Facebook or your other favourite social media sites can find out about it too. The Knack 2 This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. all we hear now on 2hd are galahs who want to promote Butcher shops,and a plug here and a plug there. Marc Hunter MARY'S. Although regularly commentating on topical news, Laws did not regard himself a journalist but as an entertainer and salesman. Dave Cochrane filling in for Richard King 20th December 2022Richard King Breakfast - 16th December 2022Richard King Breakfast - 14th December 2022Richard King Breakfast - 13th December 2022Richard King Breakfast - 12th December 2022Richard King Breakfast - 9th December 2022. He said on air many times that he was not biased. Then he was doing news at 2DAY FM but I didn't hold that against him. Very much looking forward to doing a lot of radio over Christmas across the 2SM SUPERNETWORK . Here's Charlie Foxx doing his thing: The 2SM of the seventies was well and truly gone, and along with it the much-loved denim logo. Wishing you all the best Marcus. No professionalism or integrity. In those days it was still common for radio and TV stations to close in the late evening and, as many readers will recall, this practice persisted in commercial television well into the 1970s. I said, I know youre obviously very disappointed about what happened with the show and that weve made that decision and were going to move forward now. 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. Those who came and went during the first GG period included: Graeme Lyndon aka The Ghoul Guy, a rushed replacement when Mel got the chop. (Following that conversation) Id say within five minutes of me putting the phone down, on social media, hed actually stated that hed been sacked. If lucky Matthew from Newport is out there, or any of the other winners of "Airway to Heaven", I'd love to hear about how that trip was back in 1979. Although they differ on some of the details, for the most part Mackin and his former bosses agree on the salient points. I still have my original draft of that letter, six A4 pages of impassioned handwriting, and in reading it 30 years later, what comes through is that I was taking this personally. He was the top-rating drive announcer in Sydney on 2DAY FM, a station he'd stayed at for 13 years, when he decided to bow out in October 2000 and move to broadcast software company RCS Australia, which he manages to this day. If you have any memories or artifacts from the glory days of 2SM I'd love to hear from you, so drop me a line. Here's a promo for that LRB special just to jog your memory (although it's not Sparxy doing the promo; I think it might be Barry Chapman). I think 2SM was trying to give him the boot for a while. Mackin, clearly resents being given advice by someone for whom he has little respect as a talk presenter. The talk radio host was suspended last week after an inappropriate reference to the tragic death of a school girl in a news quiz. I wouldnt know because I dont know the Newcastle market well enough. When the station moved into the "palatial palace" a groovy promo was devised to celebrate. Read about all presenters and then listen in knowing a bit more about them. It was a very unbalanced show. Its final rating as a Top 40 station had been 6.9%. It was just different. It is owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group. My rant is over. The show is also the official fill in for the John Laws Morning Show.<br>Marcus Paul In The . He started his TV career in 2003 with a lifestyle TV show called Better Living which aired on NTV for one season. I'd sit in my bedroom doing my homework in the evening, hanging on his every word. 2SM is an Australian radio station, licensed to and serving Sydney, broadcasting on 1269 kilohertz on the AM band. 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. While he has not yet commented publicly, his facebook page has a cryptic meme about good character and a response to a comment says: I am moving on Starting with the freedom to be able to defend both my integrity and professionalism.. I know youre a top fella. It is not the first time that a quiz question involved the topic of a tragedy. But even more significantly, the "More Music" format took programming decisions out of the hands of DJs and put them into the hands of consultants and back room programming executives. Jaan Torv, who as John Torv was part of Rod Muir's Digamae team that programmed 2SM in the mid-70s and became program director during its struggle to retain an audience when FM had arrived, also had some perspective on 2SM's fortunes in the 1980s, which you can read about here on the Feedback page. We sat in the garden, sipped iced water, talked about music, and I felt I was in the presence of a true radio legend. It was a very good year. And here's a cute promo for 2SM's Specials of the Week that gives a really accurate picture (yeah, right) of how interviews were allocated to the different jocks. But I desperately want to stay in the media. Actually, that's an understatement. Perhaps he would do an on-the-record "Sparxy Speaks" interview. See the changelog. By pulling out of the ratings research process 2SM is expected to save tens of thousands of dollars each year. Bob Hudson 2HD breakfast presenter Richard King left his microphone turned on during a weather update last week, say sources. All my favourite DJs had left me, and I didn't want George to leave me, too. He hosted the Network Night Show for a time on Sydney's Vega 95.3 and Melbourne's Vega 91.5, followed by autonomous shows in both Sydney and Melbourne from time to time from 2005 until 2009. [17] By the end of 1996 the station still had low ratings, causing the owners to relaunch it on Christmas Eve 1996 as The New 2SM, with a format of hits from the 60s to 80s.[18]. [12] With the station still last place in the ratings, it went back to easy listening in May 1994, adopting the new name Gold 1269 and by Survey 8 1994 hit the heights of 7.1%. 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. Now on the Patreon - the last part of WCW Collision in Korea 1995! Markus was better than listening to 2ue and thats most likely why he is gone ,now I have to put up with the ABC. I'd love to get hold of a copy to find out. Who elses opinion could he express with any conviction other than his own? Dean Makin is not the first announcer that has disagreed with managements programming decisions and feels they could run the station better. Full details about the radio professional Poppy Savakis. )", "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. But more on that later. 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. It appears you hold the opinion that only conservatives have a right to a voice, especially on conservative AM radio. Radio. 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