2Day FM
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Not to be mixed up with Today FM
in Ireland.
2Day FM (call sign: 2DAY) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network
.
, Nine
and Ten
. It shares an antenna with three other stations, Triple M
, WS FM and Mix 106.5, under the collective banner of Sydney FM Facilities. The base broadcast power is 20 kilowatts and is currently delivered by a Harris ZD20 solid state transmitter.
It has an alternate transmission facility on the Broadcast Australia tower at Gore Hill, with an output power of 16 kilowatts delivered by an NEC FBN11K20E valve transmitter. Though almost 20 years old it is fed with all-digital input equipment.
[Filling in from Monday December 5th to Friday December 16th - Andy Lee, Glenn Robbins and Cackling Jack aka Jack Post]
[Filling in from Monday December 19th to Friday January 6th - Will & Woody]
in Sydney.
2Day FM launched Choose The Hits Jelli
, a station only broadcast on Digital Radio
, was launched on 1 February 2010, and closed on 26 May 2010.
, Jamie Dunn
, Tony Martin
, Mick Molloy
, Greg Fleet
, Peter Moon
, Wendy Harmer
, Peter Helliar
, Judith Lucy
, Kaz Cooke
, Chris Page, Jason Sole, Gretel Killeen, Tim Lee, Bob Hughes
, Harlee Mcleod, Melissa Femia, Grant Goldman
, Darren McMullen, John Bond, Clive Robertson
, Mike Jefferies
, Graham Kennedy
, Zoe Sheridan
, Alexis Savaidis
, Andy Grace
Dave Williams
, Carla Bignasca, Dave Higgins, Mike Goldman, Jamie Angel, Ron E Sparks, Jason Kazanis, Totters (Ryan Tothill), Kate Mac, Labrat (Jason Hawkins), Melissa Greig (aka Bambi or Mel), Tim Lee, Andrew Very (AV), Adam Bartlett (AB), Laura Cross, Orion Kelsall, Steve Ramsay, Jason Sole, Jason Allen (jase), Jay Walkerden (Jay), Amanda Lee, Dave Williams (Dangerous Dave), Sally Rope, Mike Etheridge, Yvette Maurice, Ben Wasley, Jacques Barrett, Jim Slater, Ally Mansell, Michala Banas, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Angus Kell (Gus), Tom Gleeson, Jamie Angel (Currently with Triple M Sydney), Hugh Sheridan, George Houvradas, Michael Batty (Batty), Kiri Martin, Subby Valentine, Odie (aka Bryan Madigan), Justine McKell, Rob Duckworth, Michael Macphee (Macca) & Cathy Dinn
Today FM
Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...
in Ireland.
2Day FM (call sign: 2DAY) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network
Today Network
The Today Network is a network of Contemporary Hit Radio stations run by Southern Cross Austereo in Australia.-Affiliates:-History:The Today Network started when the Austereo Radio Network secured the first commercial FM licence in Adelaide in 1980. Austereo launched a station called Double SA FM,...
.
Transmission
The station transmits from the Hampden Road Artarmon tower, jointly owned by television stations SevenSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
, Nine
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
. It shares an antenna with three other stations, Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
, WS FM and Mix 106.5, under the collective banner of Sydney FM Facilities. The base broadcast power is 20 kilowatts and is currently delivered by a Harris ZD20 solid state transmitter.
It has an alternate transmission facility on the Broadcast Australia tower at Gore Hill, with an output power of 16 kilowatts delivered by an NEC FBN11K20E valve transmitter. Though almost 20 years old it is fed with all-digital input equipment.
Shows
- Breakfast:- Kyle and Jackie O
[Filling in from Monday December 5th to Friday December 16th - Andy Lee, Glenn Robbins and Cackling Jack aka Jack Post]
[Filling in from Monday December 19th to Friday January 6th - Will & Woody]
- Mornings:- Dan Cassin (Mandy]
- Afternoons:- Ellie Mobbs
- Drive:- FifiFifi BoxFifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
& JulesJules LundJules Lund is an Australian television presenter from Melbourne. He attended De La Salle College MalvernLund's career began when he won the FOX FM's "15 Minutes of Fame" competition on radio in the early 2000s...
(Monday to Thursday) - Drive:- Hamish & Andy (Friday)
- Early Nights:- Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power
- The Dirt with Charli Robinson
- Nights:- Hot30 CountdownHot30 CountdownThe Hot30 Countdown, is an Australian radio show hosted by Matty Acton and Maude Garrett. It is broadcast on the Today Network to every state in Australia, following 'The Dirt'....
with Matty Acton and Maude Garrett - Late Nights:- Automated
- Wednesday Late Night:- Radar New Hits with Byron Cooke
- Friday Late Night:- Party People
- Weekends and Fill ins - Lizzy Lovette (Occasional Weekend Filler), Matty Acton (Occasional Weekend Filler) & Ryan Stuart (aka Ryzy)[Assistant Music Director]
Weekend Shows
- Saturday Mid-dawn - Automated
- Saturday Breakfast - Kyle and Jackie O Hour Of Power
- Saturday Morning - Saturday Morning Hamish & Andy
- Saturday Afternoon - Take 40 Australia
- Saturday Nights/Late Nights:- Party People
- Sunday Mid-dawn - Automated
- Sunday Morning - The Dirt With Charli Robinson
- Sunday Afternoon:- The Hot Hits Live From LA
- Sunday Nights:- Australian Top 20 Countdown
- Sunday Late Nights:- Radar New Hits with Byron Cooke
News
- Emma Duxbury (breakfast news)
- Geoff Field (drive news)
- Brooklyn Ross (weekend news)
- Deborah Clay (News Director/Fill-In)
Past Newsreaders
- David White
- Matt McDonald
- Melissa Martin
- Ali Crew
- Renee Smith
- Monique Dews
- Erin Rhone
- Sarah Crabbe
- Simon Robson
Traffic
- Sando (Monday to Friday - breakfast)
- Amelia Oberhardt (Amelia) (Monday To Friday - drive)
- Nathan Foley (fill-in)
- Warren Purchase (Wozz) (weekend)
- Sallyanne Ryan (weekend)
- Steven Woods (Woodsy) (weekend/breakfast fill-in)
- Mel Sargeant (weekend)
- Duane Strauss (weekend)
- Suzie (weekend)
Digital Radio
2Day FM is simulcast on Digital RadioDigital radio in Australia
Digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is currently available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin. The national government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, provide their current services and a few digital-only services on the new platform, while the...
in Sydney.
2Day FM launched Choose The Hits Jelli
Choose The Hits Jelli
Choose The Hits was an all request Australian national Digital Radio station. It is run by Austereo and was renamed on 1 February 2010. Previously the station was trialled with the name Hot30 Jelli, launching on 27 November 2009...
, a station only broadcast on Digital Radio
Digital radio in Australia
Digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is currently available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin. The national government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, provide their current services and a few digital-only services on the new platform, while the...
, was launched on 1 February 2010, and closed on 26 May 2010.
Former notable announcers
Keith Williams, Mike Hammond, Gretel KilleenGretel Killeen
Gretel Killeen is an Australian journalist and author. Killeen is well known for being the primary host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007 season ....
, Jamie Dunn
Jamie Dunn
Jamie Dunn is an Australian comedian.Starting his entertainment career as a singer, Jamie Dunn moved into television, working the puppet Agro on Agro's Cartoon Connection.- Radio :Up until 2005, Dunn was a member of a radio breakfast show in Brisbane...
, Tony Martin
Tony Martin (comedian)
Tony Francis Martin is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.- Career :...
, Mick Molloy
Mick Molloy
Michael "Mick" Molloy is an Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film.-Biography:...
, Greg Fleet
Greg Fleet
-Early life:Greg was born in Michigan, United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School...
, Peter Moon
Peter Moon (comedian)
Peter Moon is an Australian comedian, best known for writing and performing in the sketch comedy Fast Forward....
, Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer is an Australian author, writer, radio show host, and comedienne.-Early life and career:...
, Peter Helliar
Peter Helliar
Peter Jason Matthew Helliar is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. Most famous for his work on television as Rove McManus' sidekick on The Loft Live from 1997 to 1998 and on Rove from 1999 and 2009...
, Judith Lucy
Judith Lucy
Judith Mary Lucy is an Australian comedian, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. She has toured Australia with several highly successful one-woman shows, including No Waiter I Ordered the Avocado , King Of The Road , An Impossible Dream , The Show , The Show 2 , Colour Me Judith...
, Kaz Cooke
Kaz Cooke
Kaz Cooke is an Australian author and cartoonist. Her books include Real Gorgeous, Up the Duff , Kidwrangling, Girl Stuff and Living with Crazy Buttocks, which won the 2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year...
, Chris Page, Jason Sole, Gretel Killeen, Tim Lee, Bob Hughes
Bob Hughes
Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes. M.D. is a fictional character on the American soap opera, As the World Turns. Bob was played by actor Don Hastings from October 1960 until the series' final episode on September 17, 2010...
, Harlee Mcleod, Melissa Femia, Grant Goldman
Grant Goldman
Grant Goldman is an Australian radio and TV personality. Goldman began his radio career at the age of 14, and has worked for numerous stations, including 2TM, 2GB, 2UE, 2WS, and 2DAY. He was educated in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, and is married with 6 children and 3 grandchildren,...
, Darren McMullen, John Bond, Clive Robertson
Clive Robertson
Clive Gladstone Robertson is a British actor perhaps best known for his roles on the soap opera Sunset Beach, the Canadian science fiction series Starhunter, and the 2010 science fiction computer game Darkstar: The Interactive Movie.-Biography:Robertson spent much of his younger life abroad,...
, Mike Jefferies
Mike Jefferies
Born in Liverpool, Mike Jefferies is a British screenwriter and film producer.Jefferies founded the highly successful media and publishing group Mondiale in 1991 which he sold to the Daily Mail in 1999 after winning the HRH Queens Award for Export in 1998....
, Graham Kennedy
Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
, Zoe Sheridan
Zoe Sheridan
Zoe Sheridan is an Australian television presenter, radio announcer and voice over artist.Sheridan was a co-host of the Hot 30 Countdown on Brisbane radio from 1995 to 1998. She moved to Sydney in 1998 for a regular slot on 2Day FM....
, Alexis Savaidis
Alexis Savaidis
Alexis Savaidis is an Australian radio personality on SAFM in Adelaide. She was previously the host of the Hot30 Countdown. Savaidis was also a co-host of Take40 Australia when the show was with Andrew G.-Career:...
, Andy Grace
Andy Grace
Andy Grace is a commercial radio broadcaster and computer software developer.He started his career in 1995 on FOX FM Melbourne, but became best known for the national Net@Nite IT and computer talkback radio show, networked to all the Today's Austereo Network stations around Australia.The show ran...
Dave Williams
Dave Williams (Radio Announcer)
Dave Williams heard on air at Melbourne's Triple M between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday.Williams received the nickname "Dangerous Dave' when the radio stunts he would do involved some element of danger...
, Carla Bignasca, Dave Higgins, Mike Goldman, Jamie Angel, Ron E Sparks, Jason Kazanis, Totters (Ryan Tothill), Kate Mac, Labrat (Jason Hawkins), Melissa Greig (aka Bambi or Mel), Tim Lee, Andrew Very (AV), Adam Bartlett (AB), Laura Cross, Orion Kelsall, Steve Ramsay, Jason Sole, Jason Allen (jase), Jay Walkerden (Jay), Amanda Lee, Dave Williams (Dangerous Dave), Sally Rope, Mike Etheridge, Yvette Maurice, Ben Wasley, Jacques Barrett, Jim Slater, Ally Mansell, Michala Banas, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Angus Kell (Gus), Tom Gleeson, Jamie Angel (Currently with Triple M Sydney), Hugh Sheridan, George Houvradas, Michael Batty (Batty), Kiri Martin, Subby Valentine, Odie (aka Bryan Madigan), Justine McKell, Rob Duckworth, Michael Macphee (Macca) & Cathy Dinn