2WS
Encyclopedia
101.7 WSFM is a FM
band radio station broadcasting in Sydney
, Australia
. Its main content is commercial music, in particular classic hits
from the 1960s to the Early 2000s, with a greater focus on the 70's, 80's and 90's. The station is owned by the Australian Radio Network
, a 50/50 joint venture between Clear Channel Communications
of the U.S., and APN News & Media
Ltd
. Its target market is all people aged 39–54.
WSFM's main frequency is 101.7 MHz on the FM band, with two repeaters in the outer suburbs of Sydney: 88.3 MHz in the Macarthur
region, and 99.1 MHz centred in the Richmond
/Hawkesbury region. It previously transmitted on 1224 kHz on the AM
band; this frequency is now used by print-handicapped radio station 2RPH
.
radio license in the late 1970s, specifically to serve the Western Suburbs of Sydney. 2WS began broadcasting on 23 November 1978 from temporary studios in a relocated cottage at 2 Leabons Lane, Seven Hills
with a 5 kW
transmitter located at nearby Prospect.
The studios subsequently moved, in October 1979, into a purpose built complex behind the old cottage in Leabons Lane. The original building was demolished, with the material donated to charity.
In the early 90's the station was granted an FM
licence covering the full Sydney metropolitan area. Its new transmitter site was located at Artarmon, in northern Sydney. The official callsign was changed to 2UUS (using a literal 'double-U' to compensate for the extra letter required), although the station still identified as 2WS until 2001, when they changed their on-air name to WSFM.
2WS, 1224 on the A.M. band converted to the FM band and began broadcasting as 2WS-FM on 101.7 MHz in 1993.
WSFM now broadcasts from studios at North Ryde. The building also houses facilities for Mix 106.5 and The Edge 96.1, both also owned by the Australian Radio Network
.
The previous studios in Seven Hills are now serviced by Christian/Adult Contemporary radio station, Sydney's 103.2
.
& Brendan Jones
the show is an informative and entertaining breakfast show. The show rates strongly in the baby boomer target market.
News and weather is presented by Glenn Daniel, sport with Jim Dolan, Traffic with Vic Lorrusso.
The show runs weekdays from 5:30-9am.
A Best of programme "Jonesy & Amanda's Weekend Jam" airs on Saturday mornings.
News is with Cassandra Wood, Fiona Young or Renee Smith. The show runs from 4-7pm weekdays.
It is hosted by Ron E Sparks
WSFM News has its own theme song. When a bulletin starts they cross straight to traffic.
Reporters include;
Sports Anchors include;
At other times sport is presented by the news anchor after the news.
Weather is presented by both the news anchor and the traffic anchor.
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
band radio station broadcasting in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its main content is commercial music, in particular classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
from the 1960s to the Early 2000s, with a greater focus on the 70's, 80's and 90's. The station is owned by the Australian Radio Network
Australian Radio Network
The Australian Radio Network is a group of commercial radio stations around Australia and New Zealand. A joint venture of Australian media conglomerate APN News & Media and United States radio company Clear Channel Communications, the group is the largest radio company in Australasia...
, a 50/50 joint venture between Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
of the U.S., and APN News & Media
APN News & Media
APN News & Media Limited is an Australian and New Zealand media company. Divisions include newspaper publishing, online publishing, broadcast radio and outdoor advertising in Australia and New Zealand...
Ltd
LTD
- Business and finance :*Ltd. or Ltd, denotes a business incorporated under the laws of England, Wales, Scotland, Canada, other Commonwealth countries, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and some Anglophone countries in Africa, like Ghana or Nigeria....
. Its target market is all people aged 39–54.
WSFM's main frequency is 101.7 MHz on the FM band, with two repeaters in the outer suburbs of Sydney: 88.3 MHz in the Macarthur
Macarthur, New South Wales
Macarthur is a region in south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region includes the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown, Camden Council and Wollondilly Shire. It covers an area of 3,067 square kilometres and has a population of close to 240,000 residents...
region, and 99.1 MHz centred in the Richmond
Richmond, New South Wales
Richmond is a town in New South Wales, north-west of Sydney, in the Local Government Area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is located at a latitude of 33° 35' 54" South and a longitude of 150°45' 04" east, 19 metres above sea level on the alluvial Hawkesbury River flats, at the foot of the Blue...
/Hawkesbury region. It previously transmitted on 1224 kHz on the AM
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
band; this frequency is now used by print-handicapped radio station 2RPH
2RPH
2RPH is an Australian radio reading service that reads newspapers and magazines for the benefit of those who have difficulties reading for themselves. It is the Sydney station of the RPH Network...
.
Music
WSFM's former catchline was "Sydney's Classic Hits". WSFM generally plays pop music from the last four decades as well as current classic hits.History
Liverpool Broadcasting and Transmitting Co Pty Ltd was granted an AMAmplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
radio license in the late 1970s, specifically to serve the Western Suburbs of Sydney. 2WS began broadcasting on 23 November 1978 from temporary studios in a relocated cottage at 2 Leabons Lane, Seven Hills
Seven hills
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with a 5 kW
Kw
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transmitter located at nearby Prospect.
The studios subsequently moved, in October 1979, into a purpose built complex behind the old cottage in Leabons Lane. The original building was demolished, with the material donated to charity.
In the early 90's the station was granted an FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
licence covering the full Sydney metropolitan area. Its new transmitter site was located at Artarmon, in northern Sydney. The official callsign was changed to 2UUS (using a literal 'double-U' to compensate for the extra letter required), although the station still identified as 2WS until 2001, when they changed their on-air name to WSFM.
2WS, 1224 on the A.M. band converted to the FM band and began broadcasting as 2WS-FM on 101.7 MHz in 1993.
WSFM now broadcasts from studios at North Ryde. The building also houses facilities for Mix 106.5 and The Edge 96.1, both also owned by the Australian Radio Network
Australian Radio Network
The Australian Radio Network is a group of commercial radio stations around Australia and New Zealand. A joint venture of Australian media conglomerate APN News & Media and United States radio company Clear Channel Communications, the group is the largest radio company in Australasia...
.
The previous studios in Seven Hills are now serviced by Christian/Adult Contemporary radio station, Sydney's 103.2
2CBA
2CBA is a Christian radio station in Sydney, Australia, transmitting on the FM dial at 103.2 MHz. Founded by the Rev. Vernon Turner, it commenced broadcasting on 5 March 1979 and cemented itself as Australia's first Christian FM radio station.The station provides a mix of contemporary...
.
Current presenters
- Amanda KellerAmanda KellerAmanda Rose Keller is an Australian journalist, radio presenter, and media personality.-Education:Keller went to Carlingford High School, and then went on to study media and communications at Charles Sturt University as a contemporary of Andrew Denton...
- Breakfast - Brendan JonesBrendan Jones (radio personality)Brendan Jones is an Australian radio presenter, and media personality.-Career:Brendan Jones began working in radio on the community radio station 2BCR Bankstown for six months...
- Breakfast - Ron E SparksRon E SparksRon E Sparks is a well-known Australian radio personality and voice talent. Born and raised in Brisbane, Sparks now lives in the north Sydney suburb of Cammeray with his wife and 2 sons....
- Mornings - Bill Weaver - Afternoons
- Jonathan Coleman - Drive
- Ian Rogerson - Drive
- Andy GraceAndy GraceAndy 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...
- Nights - Patrina Smith- Nights
- Rob Duckworth- Weekends
Jonesy & Amanda in the Morning
Jonesy & Amanda in the Morning is WSFM's flagship, and best known programme. Hosted by Amanda KellerAmanda Keller
Amanda Rose Keller is an Australian journalist, radio presenter, and media personality.-Education:Keller went to Carlingford High School, and then went on to study media and communications at Charles Sturt University as a contemporary of Andrew Denton...
& Brendan Jones
Brendan Jones (radio personality)
Brendan Jones is an Australian radio presenter, and media personality.-Career:Brendan Jones began working in radio on the community radio station 2BCR Bankstown for six months...
the show is an informative and entertaining breakfast show. The show rates strongly in the baby boomer target market.
News and weather is presented by Glenn Daniel, sport with Jim Dolan, Traffic with Vic Lorrusso.
The show runs weekdays from 5:30-9am.
A Best of programme "Jonesy & Amanda's Weekend Jam" airs on Saturday mornings.
The No Repeat Workday
The No Repeat Workday is presented by Ron E Sparks (9am-1pm), and Bill Weaver (1-4pm). News updates are on the hour and presented by Andrew Laird (9am-1pm), or Cassandra Wood, Fiona Young or Renee Smith (1-4pm).The Jono & Dano Show
The Jono & Dano Show is hosted by Jonothan Coleman & Ian Rogerson. The comedy duo are a popular choice for drivng home. This show can be heard across the country.News is with Cassandra Wood, Fiona Young or Renee Smith. The show runs from 4-7pm weekdays.
The Big Chill
The Big Chill airs on Sunday Mornings and plays hits from the 60's & 70s.It is hosted by Ron E Sparks
Newsreaders
WS FM News is Sydney's most comprehensive FM News network. The bulletins are broadcast through the resources of ARN Group News, and uses ARN News anchors, but they present for WSFM solely.WSFM News has its own theme song. When a bulletin starts they cross straight to traffic.
- Glenn Daniel (News director) 5-9am
- Andrew Laird 9am-1pm
- Chris Reagan
- Renee Smith 1-7pm/Weekends
- Fiona Young 1-7pm/Weekends
- Cassandra Wood 1-7pm/Weekends
- Beth Link Weekends
- Patrina Smith 7pm-12am (also co-host of "The Nightshow"
Reporters include;
- Cassandra Wood (politics)
- Erin Rohne
- Mark McKeown
Sports Anchors include;
- Jim Dolan (5am-9am).
At other times sport is presented by the news anchor after the news.
Weather is presented by both the news anchor and the traffic anchor.
Traffic
Traffic is presented throughout the day by Vic Lorrusso.- Ian Wallace can occasionally be heard presenting traffic too.
Former 2WS/ WSFM announcers
- Bob Hughes
- Cameron Syrett
- John Bond
- Doug MulrayDoug MulrayDouglas John Mulray is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter.-Radio career:...
- Pete Graham
- Hans Torv
- Ian Holland
- Dave D. Whitcomb
- Gregg Easton
- Chris Smith
- Mark Smith
- Dean Matters
- Simon Carey
- Brad Donaldson
- Alex Dean
- Peter SterlingPeter SterlingPeter Maxwell John "Sterlo" Sterling OAM is an Australian rugby league commentator and former player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta Eels' dominance of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in the 1980s. Sterling played nineteen Tests for...
- Greg Pace
- Barry Sandry
- Muzza (Murray) Inglis
- George DonikianGeorge Donikian-Radio career:George commenced his media career as an announcer with Radio station 4AM in far North Queensland in the mid 1970s, and was soon lured in a southerly direction and arrived at 2WL in Wollongong, New South Wales....
- Bruce Barnett
- Richard King
- Leon BynerLeon BynerLeon Byner in an Australian broadcaster who started his radio career in 1966 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Byner currently hosts a morning talk show on radio station 5AA FIVEaa in Adelaide. During his career Byner has worked on radio in every Australian state capital since...
- Kevin O'Neill
- Dave Norman
- Karyn Raisin
- Chris Costello
- Kayley Harris
- Doug Mulley
- Bob Peters
- Tim WebsterTim WebsterTim Webster is a Australian television and radio personality. He currently is a fill-in presenter for Ten News....
- Grant GoldmanGrant GoldmanGrant 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,...