Volume 29. No 3 Jocks’ Journal February 1-14,2017 “Australia’s longest running radio industry publication” Perth LIVE with Oliver Peterson NEWMEDIA 882 6PR has announced Channel Nine journalist Oliver Peterson as host of the Drive program, 3pm- Postal Address: 6pm Monday to Friday. Oliver takes over from Brisbane Adam Shand who was on for 2 years. He joins the PO Box 2363 regular lineup that includes Steve Mills and Basil Mansfield BC Qld 4122 Zempilas on Breakfast, Gareth Parker for Mornings, Web Address: Simon Beaumont for Afternoons, Sportsday withKarl www.newmedia.com.au Langdon and Paul Hasleby and Chris Ilsley’s Perth Email: Tonight program. [email protected] Phone Contacts: Radio News The Hit Network has Julian ‘Jules’ Schiller, Triple Office: (07) 3422 1374 announced new local weekend M announcer, has been Mobile: 0407 750 694 breakfast shows to each appointed as ABC Radio’s metro city, from 7 - 9am on new Drive presenter in Saturdays. Ryan Jon and Tanya Adelaide. Hennessy will host Sydney’s Saturday breakfast in addition to co-hosting their weekday Comedians Em Rusciano and breakfast show on Canberra’s Harley Breen are the new hit104.7. Will McMahon and team on the 2DAY FM Sydney Woody Whitelaw will cook Editor & Assistant to breakfast show in 2017. Rove up Saturday breakfast down Publisher Editor McManus and Sam Frost will south. They will continue with Greg Anne-Marie move into a new national their Perth based weekday Newman James evening show from January 30. breakfast show - Heidi, Will Dwayne Jeffries is the new Also Jase Allen has been & Woody. Lise Carlaw and CEO for Brisbane’s 96five. promoted from ACD to the role Sarah Wills, better known as Most recently Dwayne’s of Content Director at 2DAY ‘Those Two Girls’, will bring roles have included Breakfast FM. Prior to joining 2DAY he a breakfast show to Brisbane Anchor for 2GO Gosford and was CD at SAFM. each Saturday morning. Content Director for WSFM, and over the last four years, Assistant Research Rex Morris is rejoining SCA The Border’s Hit104.9 has he has been Content Director to Editor Assistant as the new Head of Music revealed an all new breakfast for Sydney’s Hope Media. Christie Rod Operation with Triple M. He line up for 2017. Riley-Rose J Hanckel replaces Vaughan Hobbs who Harper will be joined by Georgia Holland, formerly departed in December 2016. Seamus Evans for The Border – of CSU Bathurst, has joined Rex will also continue his ‘Riley-Rose & Seamus’. Radio Snowy Mountains as We welcome new role as owner and director of a journalist. subscriber: Resonate Broadcasting which owns stations in Australia and Steve White has left 5RM/ Hawaii. Magic Berri. Steve was the station manager. His Mat Jade Robran is returning home replacement will be Cummins and joining FIVEaa Adelaide announced soon. ACE Radio to host afternoons. Jade has Group Content Director worked in TV for 15 years Madelaine Burke has left97.3 and was a sports presenter Kate Meade has joined Jon Coast FM Mandurah. She’s with the Seven Network in Vertigan in Warrnambool and accepted a role back in Perth All material in Jocks’ Journal is Melbourne and has also been is heard on 3YB, 3SH, 3WM, on 96FM as an afternoon subject to copyright. It may only a correspondent with Sunrise. 3CS and 3HA on the networked news presenter. be used by the subscribing radio AM breakfast program ‘The station or individual subscriber in Lui Zacher is joining Mixx FM Morning Rush’. Kate is a Radio After 686 shows, and 16 1/2 an on air format. Reproduction in Horsham. He will team with Training Institute graduate years on air, Peter Janetzki involving internet, photocopying, Kaycee Bould to host the Daily and has studied Media & has concluded his ‘Talking emailing, scanning or faxing to Grind breakfast program which Communications at Swinburne Life’ Sunday night program non-subscribers is prohibited by law without permission from the is networked to several ACE University. She replaces Maria on Brisbane’s 96five. stations. Foundas, who has joined 7HO. publisher. It’s also very naughty. More news on back page 1 Jocks’ Journal published by Newmedia. www.newmedia.com.au Scott Put Mayman On The Breakfast Spot Announcer Radio 97 Gold Coast -Tweed Heads Ambition as a child? - It was to get into radio, even as a boy. I think I was about 5 or 6 and I used to play on my Dad’s reel to reel tape recorder and the record player and I used to play songs for my family. Radio training? Where did you go to radio school? - Oh, John Knox of course, one of the best in the biz, and Knoxie What’s a pet peeve? Something that really irritates you? and I still keep in touch today. - Hearing young journos mispronounce their words and their grammar, things like ‘haitch’ instead of ‘aitch’, that would be Commercial radio debut one of many grammatical things I dislike on radio. - Commercial radio would be 4KQ in 1987, I think in memory. Great memories there. Are you a collector of anything in particular? - I collect AFL scarves, I’m an AFL boy. I have so many I can’t think What about the country radio circuit that everyone usually does of how many. My whole family comes from South Australia. - Yeah, I ended up doing that. I got great grounding and a great We’re AFL crazy especially come AFL grand final time we have news room at 4KQ. I then went off on my own. I went to 4CC a huge family get together. Gladstone as my first regional radio gig. I also went to Gosford and Mount Isa. I’ve been to various stations regionally. I just can’t A radio lowlight? think of them all but those are a few of the ones I’ve been to. - People who know me, are aware I’m the first to jump in and take a chance. About a year and a half ago, I was involved with Who’s your best radio mate? an internet start up, based in Chicago, called “Rivet News.” - Tough question. I’m going to answer it this way; when you The producers, journalists and middle management including get into radio you meet so many people and they make the the News Director were great. But the upper management difference in what you do. It’s not so much one person, it’s a kept changing the goal posts and payment was never properly group of people, you all work together, there’s more than one explained. (Cue the alarm bells). I eventually got my money back person. that was owed to me, but it was like pulling teeth. Even at the end, the Director of the start-up kept changing the story about Most memorable celebrity payments. In my opinion, they put on that face of “all is good” interview? when all is not good. It was months of grief and I regret having - Maybe Tina Arena. She been involved with this internet start up. I have no idea how was shall we say, little they’re doing today - I made some good friends with the news bit feisty. There was a lot and producing staff there and I’m sure we’ll catch up again in of editing involved but the near future. I’ve now moved on to better things since but still I’m quite passionate I now stay away from internet start ups! about her. She’s still a darlin’. What’s a real highlight for you in your radio career? - The fact that I’ve been doing it for over 31 years now. But I What’s your all time favourite concert? get back to what I said before. It’s the people you meet, that’s - My very first concert. That was Bruce Springsteen. I’m trying what I really enjoy. There are some really good people, really to think now, it was 1980 something when he appeared at genuine people who you can work with, and you can give them QE2 stadium in Brisbane. My very first concert and it was a a call after work, even when you’re not working in the same memorable concert as well. Fantastic. building as them, you can still say g’day. Favourite movie? New years resolution for 2017? - Back To The Future of course. No actually, I will supersede - New years resolution is to no longer have new years resolutions that; The Great Escape. One of the classics. A great number of because, lets be honest, they’re broken within 20 minutes. famous cast members in that. Just a fantastic movie Who makes up the Mayman household? What about a favourite book? - There’s my wonderful wife of 20 years, Kim, she is American, - Have to admit, I’m not much of a reader of books. I’ll read a so we have a lot of ties with America. Every time we go back we newspaper, I’ll read what’s online but when it comes to books, always call into some radio station buddies of mine in America. I’m more of a short story person rather than a novel reader. And of course, our 7 year old boy Mitchell and 3 year old yellow Lab called Lucky. 2 Jocks’ Journal published by Newmedia. www.newmedia.com.au $40 per ad (minimum 4 ads - 9 cm x 6 cm) or $20 per ad (1 year Jocks’ Journal Radio Classifieds contract includes free sub) Ring 07 34221374 for more details.