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| Broadcast area | Sydney, Australia |
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| Slogan | News Talk |
| Frequency | 1025 kHz AM (1925-1935) 950 kHz AM (1935-1978) 954 kHz AM (1978-) |
| First air date | 26 January 1925 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | Fairfax Radio Network |
| Owner | Fairfax Media |
| Website | 2UE website |
2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new frequencies. In 1978, 2UE moved to 954 kHz. It is located at the studios in Greenwich, New South Wales in Sydney's North Shore. In 1999, the radio station was at the centre of the cash for comment affair.
2UE has a news/talk format, involving current affairs oriented programs with talkback across the day and more relaxed programming at nights and on weekends. News updates are broadcast at the top of every hour, with news coming from its own Sydney newsroom.
It has been a constant rival of another Sydney station 2GB, which offers a similar format. 2UE suffered major blows when long time breakfast program host Alan Jones moved across to the 2GB breakfast program and when broadcaster John Laws retired from radio, leaving his 2UE morning program at the end of 2007.
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Presenters [link]
Current presenters are listed below as of 2012:[1]
- Breakfast with Jason Morrison
- Mornings with Stuart Bocking
- Afternoons with The Two Murrays - Murray Olds & Murray Wilton
- Drive with Paul Murray
- Sports Today with John Gibbs, Greg Alexander aka Brandy, Tim Webster & Rebecca Wilson
- Nights with David Oldfield
- New Day Australia with Tim Shaw and John Kerr
Cash for comment [link]
2UE was the centre of the cash for comment affair, an Australian scandal that broke in 1999. It concerned paid advertising on talk back radio that was presented to the audience in such a way as to sound like editorial commentary. The affair was first reported on the ABC program Media Watch by reporters Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards and Ann Connelly. They revealed that 2UE hosts John Laws and Alan Jones had been paid to give favourable comment to companies including Qantas, Optus, Foxtel, Mirvac and major Australian banks, without disclosing this arrangement to listeners. The Australian Broadcasting Authority found that John Laws, Alan Jones, and 2UE had committed 90 breaches of the industry code and five breaches of 2UE's license conditions. 2UE was fined $360,000 for John Laws's improper conduct.[2]
Controversy [link]
A number of parties have attempted to sue 2UE for defamation. In February 2012 Mamdouh Habib won his claim and was awarded almost $150,000.[3] 2UE was found to have defamed journalist Ray Chesterton in an August 2005 broadcast made by John Laws.[4]
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ https://www.2ue.com.au/shows
- ^ Katelyn Catanzariti (17 July 2009). "John Laws' ads cost 2UE radio $360,000". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). https://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/john-laws-ads-cost-2ue-radio-360000-20090717-dnlb.html. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ Townsend, Lucas (26 February 2012). "Mamdouh Habib wins legal battle against Sydney radio stations 2UE and 2GB". The Sunday Telegraph. https://www.news.com.au/national/habibs-win-over-radios-big-guns/story-e6frfkwi-1226281655746. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Meyrick, Tessa. "The "beer-bellied buffoon" and the Golden Microphone". Australian Policy Online. https://apo.org.au/commentary/beer-bellied-buffoon-and-golden-microphone. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
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