Game Changers Radio

Jamie Angel is the Content Director at Triple M Sydney, and has worked at Southern Cross Austereo for almost thirty years.  Jamie's career includes number 1 drive, afternoon and breakfast shifts at B105, Fox and 2Day FM. He took Kyle and Jackie to their first number 1 result in 2005, and has several ACRAs for best metro music announcer to his name. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicate...

This special episode shares the story of one of the most talked about radio shows in Australian radio history: Hamish & Andy .  This is the story of how two young men met at university and stuck together to build the number one media brand in Australia. At their peak, more than 2.5 million people listened to their National Drive show. This is their last week on air. Game Changers: Radio h...

Over his long radio career,  Dave Gibson worked with Doug Mulray, Andrew Denton, Amanda Keller and Rob Duckworth on some of MMM's biggest breakfast shows. He also created and voiced some of the most popular radio characters on FM radio, including 'Gloria', 'Nanna' and 'Himey Fimey'. Dave began his career as a stand up comedian and has enjoyed and long and successful career in a range of diffe...

From the '15 Days of Fame' radio competition to Fifi & Jules to the forefront of influencer marketing, Jules Lund is a game changer.  His television career began in 2004 on  Getaway , and he appeared in almost 400 episodes during his time with Channel Nine. He moved to radio in 2007. Along with Ryan Shelton and Tamsyn Lewis, he presented  Summer Fling , a bre...

This is a special episode of Game Changers: Radio. Christian O'Connell and Sam Cavanagh  return to talk about creativity.  Where do ideas come from? Are people born creative or can you learn creativity? And what does this have to do with radio? Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on Twitter  @cb_bruce  and...

Maz Compton began her radio career in 2001 producing  Merrick & Rosso  (Merrick Watts and Tim Ross). Three years later she landed her dream job with MTV, where she stayed for five years anchoring red carpet broadcasts and hosting its flagship show,  Total Request Live . She won the ASTRA for most popular female presenter in 2008. She then moved back to Nova 969, where she co-hos...

Broadway Bill Lee started in radio in 1972. He programmed WTIC-FM in Hartford (Connecticut), and then went on to jock at KFRC in San Francisco (California), WLOL in Minneapolis (Minnesota), and KPKE in Denver (Colorado), before landing in afternoon drive in New York City. He has hosted afternoons on WCBS-FM since 2007.  Broadway Bill Lee has won numerous radio awards, including...

Founding member of the iconic D-Generation, Tom Gleisner, speaks to Craig Bruce in the return of Game Changers: Radio.  Tom is a writer, producer and host, with a long history of collaboration with some of Australia's best entertainers and performers, including Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy,  Mick Molloy  and  Tony Martin . Highlights from Tom's early career include wr...

Ryan Jon  co-hosts  Ryan & Tanya  on HIT 104.7 in Canberra (6am-9am weekdays) and Weekend Breakfast on Sydney's 2DayFM. Prior to this, he presented breakfast radio in Muswellbrook, Mildura, Toowoomba and Bunbury, as well as community radio at SYN in Melbourne. Ryan's videos, columns and On The Road vox pops have featured on News.com.au, The Huffington Post, Yahoo, Buzzfeed...

Ben Harvey started his radio career as a volunteer at Fresh 92.7 in 2012, and Liam Stapleton soon joined him. They became co-hosts, and now co-host  Triple J Breakfast  nationally (6am-9am). Best friends from way back, Ben and Liam share a love of stand up comedy. They performed in Adelaide Fringe Show in 2016. Ben has also performed alone, doing his first stand up when he was 18. H...

Zoe Marshall is the self confessed over sharer and current Nova radio host on Meet the Marshalls , a show she co-hosts with husband Benji Marshall on Nova 106.9 in Brisbane (Sundays 7am-9am) Zoe is candid, relatable, and refreshingly raw. She wants to push the boundaries and break glass ceilings. Having worked in media for 10 years Zoe is driven and overly ambitious and wants to stay in the r...

Dave Matthews is an energetic Australian radio presenter with a passion in entertainment. He is currently working as the content anchor and executive producer of Hot 91.1's  The Hot Breakfast: Dave, Sam & Ash (6am-9am) on Hot 91.1 on the Sunshine Coast. Dave's radio career has taken him from community radio at CVCradio and 96Five to commercial radio at Hit105 Brisbane (B105), an...

From a young age it was clear that Ash London had but one ability in life – the gift of the gab. Lucky for her, that gift has landed her on television screens and radio dials for the better part of her 20's.  After forcing herself to attend university for three years, where she earned a bachelor of communications in media, Ash set off on a London adventure that cemented a lifelong love...

Listen to Craig Bruce share what he learned from interviewing the best of the best - Tim Blackwell , Wendy Harmer ,  Jamie Dunn , Robin Bailey , Ash Bradnam and Andy Lee . In Season Four we welcome our first sponsor: Radio Monitor . Email Radio Monitor aus@radiomonitor.com, mention Game Changers: Radio and receive a free three-month subscription.  Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated...

Andy Lee , alongside Hamish Blake  (and producer Sam Cavanagh ), is half of the most successful show on FM in Australian radio history, Hamish & Andy . Hamish and Andy started as a development show on Fox in 2001, and over the next four years refined their act on late nights and weekends before moving into the national drive slot on the Today network in 2006. Their ratings were astro...

Ash Bradnam started with Nova Brisbane in early 2005, and by the end of that year was a part of their first #1 breakfast result with Mishel Laurie, Kip Wightman and David 'Luttsy' Lutteral. Nova Brisbane has been a strong and durable brand since it's launch in 2004, and Ash has been at the heart of that success. In 2017, Ash hosts Nova's Brisbane breakfast show, Ash, Kip a...

Robin Bailey spent nine years with Jamie Dunn and Ian Skippen on the B105 Morning Crew , dominating the Brisbane market during the 1990s and early 2000s. She then hosted 973 Breakfast for a decade with Terry Hansen and Bob Gallagher. Robin's longevity and consistency across almost two decades on two separate shows makes her one of Brisbane's most successful FM presenters. In 2017, Robin...

Jamie Dunn was the undisputed king of Brisbane radio, when the B105  Morning Crew was at the heart of the station's incredible ratings success during the 1990s and early 2000s. Jamie was also the voice and personality of children's character Agro. With features like 'Agro to the Rescue', 'Gotcha' calls and the Royal Children's Hospital appeal, Jamie (alongside Ian Skippen and Donna...

Wendy Harmer  is one of the pioneers of FM radio for female presenters in Australia. She was the first female host to take a lead role in a key metro market breakfast show, and her ratings dominance in Sydney for more than a decade is yet to be matched by any female host on FM. She began her radio career in the mid 1980s on Saturday nights at 3AK, and then moved to drive ABC Radio N...

Tim Blackwell  has been a constant presence on Nova since 2001. He played a key role in the launch of Nova Melbourne and Nova Perth, anchoring breakfast shows in both markets. In 2011 he moved into the national drive slot with Mishel Laurie and  Marty Sheargold  (who featured in Episode 1). In 2017 (at the time of this interview), he hosts Nova's national drive s...

In this wrap of 2016 , Craig shares his top ten moments from the game changers interviewed in 2016 (from Seasons 1, 2 and Season 3: UK ). Tony Martin talks about going to too much trouble, Hamish Blake talks about dealing with challenges as they come up (and not letting them fester), and Jamie Theakston talks about the importance of understanding your strengths and limitations... among other great...

Nick Ferrari is breakfast host of LBC London 's number 1 commercial talk format. Nick is a formidable broadcaster. No issue is off limits. No listener is left behind. His pedigree in journalism is second to none, and he brings a 'newspaper daily planning' approach to his show every morning. 'My show is a rambling tabloid news conference. All human tragedy is there, but also lots of light in the sh...

Mike Toolan  started in radio way back in 1991, and is now the host of Key 103 Manchester's breakfast show. He has dominated the market for 15 years. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on Twitter  @cb_bruce  and our producer Jay Mueller @bad_producer . Check out all of our episodes at www.radiogamechangers...

Jamie Theakston  is one of the most versatile and durable media performers in the UK, with a career spanning TV, radio, theatre and sports media. He has spent the last ten years co-hosting Heart Breakfast with Jamie and Emma (Emma Bunton of Spice Girls fame) in London. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on...

Ken Bruce has hosted mornings on BBC Radio 2 for more than thirty years, and is a bona fide radio legend. He has the second largest radio audience in Europe, and is known for segments include Tracks of My Years and Pop Master which have become a permanent part of the radio landscape. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on Twit...