The mere fact he has so many haters ( and far more many supporters) proves he has done a great job. Absolutely a disgraceful comment that was made.. Guys an idiot.. Who the hell does what he did? For me, anyway. In 2002 the night time show, hosted by Graeme Gilbert, scored a rating of just 0.1%, the lowest rating ever recorded for a commercial program in a metro market in Australia. This is a user-edited website. I would listen to the news then turn off the radio before Marcus Paul came back on air. Do you know David's Twitter name? Here's a summary. And at least in those long intervening 29 years before I had the footage, I was able to re-live some of the better moments of the concert on The Concert of the Decade album for posterity. 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. I have never heard him being rude or shouting down to callers if they disagreed with him. Who elses opinion could he express with any conviction other than his own? Send us your media releases. George stayed on and did the morning slot alone. Nice. Hi-Tide Fishing Show On his Facebook page Paul said I am moving on Starting with the freedom to be able to defend both my integrity and professionalism.. _______________________________________________________________________________________, The only drive-time sport show. In November 1968 2SM reverted to an all music format. Speech is not free, if someone else is paying you to talk. But more on that later. 2023 AMT, trading as Radio Today. 2SM Overnight from Midnight. Hard rockin' rollin' party boy notwithstanding, I still thought he was urbane and handsome. From the north pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to Hong Kong to London in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee and Alaska for a series of Christmas broadcasts in 1978, tied in with the famous Christmas Wish promotion, and later on to Bulgaria, he was here there and everywhere. Trip on the Jumbo under the Bridge. I wonder how many other people still have theirs. He moved to the Regional District of Nowra in 1977, before commencing the Early Night Show, from 7pm-10pm, at Canberra's 2CC in March 1978. That is political interference and is unnacceptable. It is owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group. Be sure to participate in the discussion on 13 12 69. Macca took the breakfast show on location at various times throughout his years on 2SM. Do you know Poppy's Twitter name? Did he honestly think that his near radical left ranting was doing the super network any good? Sparx then resurfaced as Sparks, presenting mornings on WS-FM, where he's been for so long he will probably never leave. The late Brian White - was at 2SM in the 70's and 2UE in the 80's Steve Blanda - has 40 years in radio. He was very hard to listen to., 4 hours of full on politics, mainly bashing the government. Dean could have interviewed a member from the Greens or Labor party. 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. He retired from Channel Nine at the end of 2001. All Rights Reserved. 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. I was still a 2SM girl at heart, and hung on tenaciously. He obviously appeals to a brain dead audience because who would bother to ring up to win a CD anyway? Jo Jo Zep & the . Some will be let go if they don't meet my standard. 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. 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. Main DJs Grant Goldman Graeme Gilbert Meryl Swanson Poppy Gary Stewart Contact PO Box 1269, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia Tel. But that was after my time. I'd sit in my bedroom doing my homework in the evening, hanging on his every word. 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. 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. Disgraceful. Here's a few snippets from that day; It's mainly from Keith Williams' drive show. Regardless of who was right and who was wrong - for the spokesman to be telling Dean about his loss of airshift via the phone is pretty poor management form in my view! They were probably thinking on sacking him for while as hardly anyone called when he was on. Straight Talk is all about great entertainment, your calls and some great music. Graeme Gilbert Evenings 7pm -12am Talk Overnight Gary Stewart Mon - Fri, 12-5am; Weekends, 12-4am Radio frequencies 2SM Radio broadcasts in the following cities on AM: Sydney 1269 Contacts Site: http://2smsupernetwork.com/ Address: Level 3 8 Jones Bay Road Pyrmont NSW 2009 Phone number: 02 9660 1269 , Openline - 13 12 69 , Newsroom - 02 9552 2454 This is a user-edited website. But then Ian MacRae left at the end of April 1982 and the only ones left were David White and George Moore. Such bad taste. Of course he was back in Sydney and riding the FM airwaves through the 1980s and 1990s. That was certainly a management decision. 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). There is a nice story from the Sydney Morning Herald on the surprisingly reclusive jock which you can read here. Many programs are networked across the 32 stations in the 2SM Super Radio Network in New South Wales and Queensland. At the time, the station was run by General Manager Bill Stephenson, who started his radio career at 2UE in the 1940s before moving to 2SM in the 1950s. Love her Perry Como review. This was also stress relief at its most potent, scheduled as it was smack bang in the middle of my HSC exams. [11] Wesgo relaunched the station with a country music format in October. It is also correct that management lives or dies by that decision. Is a national radio station that broadcasts in Sydney. Visit the site here. Sherbet. 2SM is a broadcast radio station in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia, providing Talk, Sport and News program. Im glad Bill Coralis got rid of the nutter. At that time rock historian Glenn A Baker wrote a media release with a decent history of the station that beautifully encapsulates all I have related here and more. Tags: 2HD | Dean Mackin | Peter Saxon Comment. 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. Please . Your email address will not be published. Then you can find out about my own humble on-air efforts on my BAY-FM page. Although interesting at times, he was so damn rude. I've discussed the issue of a radio station taking a particular narrative such as 2GB and how intelligent presenters of a left-wing persuasion would not be employed. Now he is semi-retired, living the good life in his Sydney home, affectionately known as The White House. I suspect that was Alan Jones a competitor to 2HD and thus 2SM. Whitey was a Manly-Warringah football supporter, too, so I thought we were even possibly soul mates. Hush 69) lasted until the end of 1965. or Gaaawleee! The talk radio host was suspended last week after an inappropriate reference to the tragic death of a school girl in a news quiz. 2SM was more music and less talk by then, and Gibson was a talker. This was clearly the straw that broke the camels back. The SM call sign is taken from the initials of Saint Mary's.[3][4][5]. Poll: Who should replace Ben Fordham on drive next month? By pulling out of the ratings research process 2SM is expected to save tens of thousands of dollars each year. Im not going to let them shut me down on free speech.. All Rights Reserved. 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. What is free is your choice to reject the stations offer of continued employment in another role and find a platform that is a better fit for your style of presentation which is what Dean Mackin has decided to do and we wish him the best of luck in his endeavours. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); He was unbearable ,awful voice and nasty and a lefty. Contact Poppy Your Comments Openline: 13 12 69 Email: straighttalk@2sm.com.au Straight Talk PO Box 1269 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. But in actual fact, Barry was and is quite chuffed about this page, and in 2002 we sat down to a long conversation about the old days. Poll: Who should replace Ben Fordham on drive next month? I wrote a long letter to George, sharing in great detail my history of 2SMaholicism, my experiences and memories, and told him that if he were to leave the station then I would have to give it up, too. Shortlist. RadioToday salutes the men and women of News. 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. I am disgusted by these comments. Just click on the pair below. We checked into the Seaville Townhouse, which is the hotel in Queens Cross where all the rock groups stay. Run an audit of his content and when you have fact based evidence of this left bias, come back and present it to us. [14] The station was sold to Kick Media, headed by former INXS manager, Chris Murphy. If a quiz question is to be based on a tragedy, it should be very broad or be part of an ".on this day." segment the year after the tragedy with additional commentary. So, I actually bought a $400 chair from him just to say thanks for supporting free speech and not kowtowing to groups (such as Sleeping Giants Oz.) Paul subsequently apologised for the completely inappropriate giveaway quiz, which mentioned alleged murder victim Charlise Mutten. Website content production (text, audio and video) Journalism and news presentation . Meryl was sacked because she was too good & above some other older desperate radio announcer who should retire with a bottle of alcohol. The next day he drove his car into my parents' driveway and presented me with my very own new copies of The Chicago Years. A register of any agreements these presenters may have can be viewed by visiting the 2SM , 2HD or 2TM websites. Much later on he ended up at Sydney's Triple M and I started calling him during 1992 to have lengthy, and perhaps more adult, discussions about music and radio. In response to William: labelling someone a radical leftie is very much a trait of the raving conservative camp. They are authoritative and have credibility with listeners. The talk radio host was suspended last week after an inappropriate reference to the tragic death of a school girl in a news quiz. During 1970 2SM established itself as one of the most promotionally active and innovative commercial stations. 2SM pays the Bridge toll This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Colleen Hewett such as: the events of September 11, 2001, The Bali Bombings, the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, The Christchurch earthquake, The Granville Train Disaster of 1977 and the Holocaust in Rwanda of 1994, to name a few. Win a CD anyway still have theirs register of any agreements these presenters may have can viewed. 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