Game Changers: Radio

Vaughan Smith is the host of the Fletch, Vaughan & Megan breakfast show on ZM in New Zealand. Vaughan began his career in the early 2000s at the Generator in Hamilton as music director/afternoon announcer. He won a radio contest on The Edge where the prize was to co-host the show with Carl Fletcher. They have now worked together for fourteen years. Fletch and Vaughan won best network music team at the NZ radio awards in 2013. They then moved to breakfast on ZM in 2014. 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.com.

Jo Stanley is a game changer. She is the only female presenter in Melbourne to host number 1 breakfast shows on separate FM stations. Jo began her radio career on Fox in Melbourne with Jodie J Hill in 2001. In 2004 she moved into breakfast with Matt Tilley, beginning a 10 year partnership which saw the show consistently ranked in Melbourne. Jo then moved to Gold FM in 2015, joining comedian Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehman on breakfast. Jo and Lehmo enjoyed their first number 1 resultin survey 7 in 2017. 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.com.

Andrew Denton is a Game Changer. Andrew’s career started in the 1980s as a writer on the Doug Mulray show on 2MMM, where he quickly became an key part of the show’s on-air and off-air creative process. Andrew returned to 2MMM in 1997 to host his own #1 rating breakfast show with good friends Amanda Keller and Dave Gibson. The show became well known for many of it’s world-first radio concepts, including the ‘House from the Hell’. Andrew finished up at MMM in 2003 and has since gone on to either produce and or present countless TV projects, including the acclaimed Enough Rope and Gruen Transfer. He also created Better Off Dead, a podcast with The Wheeler Centre Andrew is considered one of the most important and respected figures in Australian media from the last thirty 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 a

Kyle Sandilands is a game changer. You know the story, but here are the headlines. Kyle and Jackie O started on 2DayFM breakfast in 2004 when the show was ranked 9th overall (and last FM)  at a 3.5 share. In 2005 they were the #1 FM breakfast show in Sydney and ended up winning 60 surveys in a row. Fast forward to 2014, when they took their audience to KIIS, where they are a 12 share. Kyle and Jackie have won several ACRAs for best metro show in Australia. Tracy Johnson, the legendary American programmer and consultant named Kyle and Jackie the best breakfast show in the world.  There is no other show like them, and there is no other performer on FM with Kyle’s track record. 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.com.

Dean Buchanan is a game changer. Born in New Zealand, Dean spent the early part of his career both on and off the air in New Zealand. He then joining international research and consultancy group BP&R in Sydney Australia in the late the 1990s. After two years in the consultancy business, he became Head of Programming at DMG, where he launched the Nova Network in 2000. Nova went to #1 in Melbourne in it’s first survey, and within two years dominated the 18-39 landscape in all metro markets. Dean hired on-air talent like Merrick and Rosso, Hughsey and Kate, Fitzy and Wippa, Tim Blackwell, as well as Ash Bradnam and Nathan and Nat. Many of these stars are still with the group today. Dean is now Group Director - Entertainment NZME, where he overseas the companies radio, digital and print entertainment content strategy. 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

Hello fellow radio nerds and welcome to our final Game Changers: Radio episode for the year. We’re going to wrap what’s been another great year with Craig Bruce's top 10 highlights from the podcast in 2017. That means you’re going to hear from Andy Lee, Wendy Harmer, Jules Lund, Tim Blackwell, Ash London, Jamie Dunn, Maz Compton, Tom Gleisner, Jeff Allis and the legendary Broadway Bill Lee. 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.com.

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 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.com.  

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 has been privileged to speak to Hamish Blake, Andy Lee and their producer Sam Cavanagh in separate episodes. Thanks Hamish, Andy and Sam for your generosity, your effort, and your laughter. 1:28 - Act 1 "best mates forever" 3:51 - Act 2 "early days of the show" 6:58 - Act 3 "The right time, the right place" 12:47 - Act 4 "building the perfect team" 16:30 - Act 5 "boys discover their sweet spot" 18:46 - Act 6 "the audience" 23:40 - Act 7 "the show's essence" 29:38 - Act 8 "what will they miss?" Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our 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 different creative roles on TV and stage. 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.com.

Jeff Allis spent close to 20 years at Austereo starting as a mid-dawn announcer at SA-FM and culminating in the national programming role during the late 90’s and early 2000’s He made a significant role in the creation of the MMM Rock, Sport and Comedy positioning and developed some of the biggest stars on radio, including Kyle Sandilands, Hamish and Andy, Eddie McGuire, James Brayshaw and many others. He is a man of many talents. In 2000 he co-founded Boost Juice with his wife Janine. He left the radio industry in 2007 to concentrate on expanding Boost Juice, turning a one-brand company into a multi-retail branded international company, Retail Zoo. 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.com.  

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 breakfast show on the Austereo Today Network. From 2011, he co-hosted Fifi & Jules during Drive with Fifi Box on the Today Network (leaving Friday's show open for Hamish Blake and Andy Lee to get their start in radio). In 2014 her co-hosted (with Merrick Watts and Sophie Monk) Jules, Merrick & and Sophie during breakfast on 2Day FM, until the show was replaced by The Dan & Maz Show (with Maz Compton). Jules then joined Emma Freedman to host The Scoopla Show, an entertainment news segment on the HIT Network between 2015 and 2016. Jules left rad

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 our producer Jay Mueller @bad_producer. Check out all of our episodes at www.radiogamechangers.com.

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-hosted Launchpad with James Kerley. She then hosted The Dan & Maz Show with Dan Debuf, which ran in breakfast (on Nova Adelaide in 2011-2012), drive (Fox Melbourne 2013-2014), breakfast (on 2Dayfm Sydney) and national drive (on SCA 2015). In 2016, Max launched Be, her own digital interview series on Yahoo 7. In 2017 she published her first book, UnEdited, and launched a world first breakfast show concept, Alt-breakfast, which streams live from Facebook. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on Twitter @cb_bruce&

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 the Billboard Radio Magazine award for Radio Personality of the Year, as well as Personality of the Year from Radio & Records Magazine and two New York Metro Air Awards for Best Afternoon Drive Show. 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.com.

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 writing and performing for The D-Generation on Triple M, as well as starring in the ABC's The Late Show. His TV credits include writing and producing Frontline, hosting and producing The Panel, judging Thank God You're Here, and writing and producing The Hollowmen and Utopia. Since 2013 Gleisner has hosted Have You Been Paying Attention. For the movie buffs, Gleisner co-wrote the Working Dog films The Castle, The Dish and Any Questions for Ben?  And if that is not enough, Tom has published numerous comedic books, including a

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 and Mamamia. Ryan produced two podcast series, From The Internet (2015) and Influencers (2016), which both topped the business section of iTunes at various times. Game Changer: Radio Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Game Changer: Rising Stars is a bonus season profiling the top emerging talent in the Australian radio industry. 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.co

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. He competed in the Raw Comedy State Final in 2015 and appeared in the Adelaide Comedy Next Generation Fringe Show. Game Changer: Radio Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Game Changer: Rising Stars is a bonus season profiling the top emerging talent in the Australian radio industry. 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.com.

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 radio game long term. She is the self proclaimed Beyonce of the radio show she co-hosts with husband Benji (making him Jay Z). Game Changer: Radio Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Game Changer: Rising Stars is a bonus season profiling the top emerging talent in the Australian radio industry. 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.com.

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), and after a brief stint at Hit107 Adelaide back to Hit105 as the Breakfast anchor for Stav, Abby & Osher.  Before entering the radio world, Dave worked as a children's entertainer (as a magician and ventriloquist). He had a few adventures along the way, including working as a wedding planner and being Bindi Irwin's 'Birthday Planner' at Australia Zoo. His passion in digital media has allowed him to have a strong positive influence on the social communities that he has been apart of including Hit105, 96five, Hot91, Brisbane Buy Swap & Sell, Funny Santa Photos & Don't Eat That Podcas

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 of live music. After revelling in Ray La Montagne at Royal Albert Hall to watching a then unknown Ellie Goulding at a Camden pub, she decided that she would actually die if she did not secure a career in the entertainment industry. A few short years later it all paid off when she beat 1200 other contestants and landed her first TV gig, hosting Saturday morning music show The Loop, a role she enjoyed for three successful years.  2014 saw her branch out into radio, co-hosting Australia’s longest running radio chart show Take 40 with Angus O’Loughlin, and then launching Shazam Top 20 around the co