2UE

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2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia. It broadcasts on 954 kHz, AM. It began broadcasting on 26 January 1925 as 2EU.

Predominantly a talkback radio station, it offers current affairs oriented programs in the morning, with more relaxed programing at nights and on weekends. Its announcers generally have a centre-left viewpoint.

It has been a constant rival of another Sydney station 2GB, which offers a similar format. 2UE suffered a blow when long time breakfast program host Alan Jones left to take on the same shift at 2GB.

Presenters

Presenters on 2UE include Mike Carlton and Sandy Aloisi (breakfast), Steve Price (mornings), Tim Webster (afternoons), John Stanley (drive) and John Gibbs & Greg Alexander (early evening sport). Stuart Bocking now fills the night slot, Jim Ball starts on the Midnight to dawn slot on March 17, replacing Clive Robertson who resigned from 2ue for health reasons.

Weekend presenters are:

• 6:00am to 12:00noon - George Moore and Paul B Kidd.
  
• 12:00noon to 6:00pm - Afternoons with Glenn Wheeler.
  
• 6:00pm to 12:00mn - Saturday Night Live with Ian Macrae (Saturday).
  
• 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Sunday Night at the Movies with Dale Sinden and Simon Foster (Sunday).
  
• 8:00pm to 12:00am - Sharinas Psychic Encounters (Sunday).
  
• 12:00mn to 6:00am - New Day Australia with John Kerr.
  

Weekday presenters are:

• Midnight to 5:30am - Jim Ball (from March 17), an alternating roster of fill-in presenters until then.
• 5:30am to 9:00am - Mike Carlton and Sandy Aloisi
• 9:00am to 12:00pm - Steve Price
• 12:00pm to 3:00pm - Tim Webster
• 3:00pm t0 6:00pm - John Stanley
• 6:00pm to 8:00pm - John Gibbs and Greg Alexander
• 8:00pm to midnight - Stuart Bocking

Previous Presenters

Some previous presenters on 2UE have been: Gary O'Callaghan (top rating breakfast announcer 1956-1983 and Saturday/Sunday early morning host 1986-2003, now lives at Wauchope, NSW), Ward "Pally" Austin in the early 1960s (died in 1998), Mike Jeffreys (now doing breakfast on 2CC Canberra), Alan Jones (now doing breakfast on 2GB Sydney), Ray Hadley (now doing mornings on 2GB Sydney), Ian Parry-Okeden (involved with Media Monitors Australia for the past 25 years), Andrew Moore (now does sport on 2GB Sydney), Brian Bury (now host of the 'Prestige Living' television program on Southern Cross Ten Gold Coast), Malcolm T. Elliott drive time 1983 and weekend presenter 1996-2004 (now freelance presenter, author and consultant living in the Northern Rivers of NSW), Prue McSween (a PR Consultant), Arch Tambackus (1987-1989 died heart attack 1997), Stan Zemanek (formerly number one at nights from 1989-2004, announced he would be retiring from the night shift, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. He died on 12 July 2007. , Deb Elsworth (now known as stage performer Ella James), Dr James Wright (runs a medical foundation), Bob Rogers (now doing mornings on 2CH Sydney), Owen Delaney (died January 19 2003), Peter Bosly (retired in 2005), Brian Carlton (now The Spoonman on Triple M Sydney), John Laws (retired 2007), Peter Fitzsimmons (resigned at the end of 2007), Mike Williams (overnight and Saturday evening announcer better known for being the Floor Manager on Channel 9's The Mike Walsh Show), Clive Robertson (left the overnight program in early 2008), Andrew Harwood (worked at 2UE in the 1980s and 1990s, died early 2008 from complications cause by chronc asthma).

See also

• List of Australian radio stations

External links

• 2UE website
• Listen to 2UE online

References

• Article about Jim Ball moving to 2UE

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