Early career

Catterns began her radio career at Lismore

Lismore, New South Wales

Lismore is a subtropical town in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Lismore is the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area. Lismore is a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State.-History:...

's local station 2LM

2LM

2LM is an Australian radio station serving the Lismore region. It was opened in September 1936....

, followed by several years in Orange working at CBN8 TV.

She then returned to her native 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...

 after working as a sound recordist on a documentary shot in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

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In 1979 she joined the team that started up the highly popular kids' TV show, Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was a multi-award–winning Australian children's television show that aired on the Ten Network from 1979 until 1986...

, as a reporter.

In the mid-80s Catterns joined the ABC youth network, Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

, as producer and then presenter of its morning show, before moving to commercial radio to present mornings on 2SM

2SM

2SM is an Australian radio station, licensed to and serving Sydney, New South Wales, broadcasting on 1269 kilohertz on the AM band. It is owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group...

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After that came a position at SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

 as a researcher and producer, then a stint overseas, fulfilling a long-held ambition to work in American radio, where she landed an on-air shift at WKYS

WKYS

WKYS, the "Station for Interactive Hip Hop and R&B", is an American radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary radio format, that serves the greater Washington metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located on the same tower as WRC-TV. The station broadcasts from a class B signal with an...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

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Post 1990

Returning to Sydney in 1990, Catterns rejoined the ABC as presenter of Triple J's morning show when it began broadcasting nationally. She later hosted the network's drive program before making the move to ABC Local Radio

ABC Local Radio

ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites...

, presenting the evening program across Australia (from the Lismore ABC Studios).

During the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney, she was the 'voice of the Olympics' ... responsible for all the public domain announcements. She was also venue announcer for the Olympic Gymnastics competition. Angela also is the voice heard on domestic and international Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

 flights providing the safety announcements in the pre-flight procedures.

After a brief period working at online radio station Big Fat Radio, she returned to the ABC as 702 ABC Sydney

702 ABC Sydney

702 ABC Sydney is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial....

's breakfast presenter, and in the December 2004 survey became the #1 Sydney breakfast presenter, overtaking Alan Jones

Alan Jones (radio broadcaster)

Alan Belford Jones AO is an Australian radio broadcaster, former rugby union and rugby league coach and administrator.Jones hosts Sydney's most popular breakfast radio program, on radio station 2GB...

. Catterns resigned from ABC 702 in June 2005 after more than four years presenting breakfast radio. Two months later she joined Sydney's FM station Vega 95.3

Vega 95.3

95.3 FM is an Australian commercial radio station operated by DMG Radio Australia in Sydney.-History:In contrast to DMG's other Australian radio brand, the pop/rock Nova network, Classic Rock was originally positioned to target the baby boomer market of listeners in the 40 to 60 age bracket, with...

 as the breakfast presenter.

In October 2007, Catterns announced that she was leaving Vega 95.3; she stayed with Vega until the end of the ratings period November 24.

Angela has since returned to 702 ABC Sydney

702 ABC Sydney

702 ABC Sydney is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial....

 as a fill in presenter.

Personal

Angela Catterns is the daughter of the late Basil Catterns

Basil Catterns

Basil Catterns, MC was an Australian businessman, citizen soldier and amateur yachtsman. Born as Basil Wilfred Thomas Catterns in Balmain, Sydney, the son of an English merchant seaman, Wilfred Catterns, and Emily . An uncle, Basil G...

. She also has a child of her own , known as Mimi Catterns.