Great to hear Sam Newman in with Tony Tardio (and fill-in host Glenn Manton) for his weekly segment talking about the current news stories on AW Nights. Must listen to radio!
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Why would anyone want to listen to Sam Newman? The manâs an idiot.
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2GBâs Facebook Page have just announced that Clinton Maynard will be hosting drive permanently - from Jan 27
Clinton Maynard to host 2GB Drive
Award-winning talk radio journalist and broadcaster Clinton Maynard has been announced as the new host of the 2GB Drive program in 2025.
Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard will launch on Monday 27 January 2025, airing from 3.00pm â 6.00pm.
Maynard has won four Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) including the Brian White Award for Excellence in Journalism for the last three years (2022, 2023, 2024).
He has also won a Kennedy Award and been a Walkley Award finalist. He has covered some of the biggest stories of recent years, including the COVID pandemic (attending more than 180 press conferences), Queen Elizabethâs funeral, the Boxing Day Tsunami, Shapelle Corbyâs sentence, the arrest of the Bali 9, the rescue of the Beaconsfield Miners, the Olympics, as well as countless floods, fires and protests.
Clinton Maynard said: âWhen I was 15, I walked into 2GBâs studio as a work experience kid in love with talk radio and spent a week with the Drive Show.
To be appointed to present that same show, three decades later, is a dream come true. I canât wait to talk about what matters to our Sydney listeners every day and have a few laughs along the way.â
2GB Content Manager, Luke Davis, said: âClinton Maynard is a Talk Radio specialist â he has dedicated his life and career to the medium and knows how to tell a story, entertain and connect with audiences. As we enter this new era of 2GB Drive, and a Federal Election year, there is no-one better placed to dissect the issues that matter to Sydneysiders on their drive home than Clinton Maynard. Heâs ready and raring to go.â
Maynard joined the 2UE Newsroom as a cadet journalist in 1997 and went on to become a Crime Reporter, Political Reporter and eventually the News Director and Content Director at the station.
As a Presenter, he has hosted News Talk programs on 2UE, Macquarie Sports Radio and 2GB, where most recently he has been the Weekday Overnights host and the regular fill-in presenter on 2GB Drive.
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Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft will host 3AW breakfast live from The Ghan Experience exhibition at Melbourneâs Queensbridge Square next Wednesday (January 22).
Radio ads promoting the luxury train journey exhibition have been broadcast on the station on air and in podcasts frequently.
No surprise regarding Clinton.
I guess that means Tony McManusâ Overnights program will be broadcast into 2GB and 4BC now.
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Great news, give them a break from having 2am heart attacks
2GB: Your Local Sausage Factory.
Mark Levy, now Clinton⌠2GBâs finally giving their B-team a promotion.
Personally, I wouldâve chucked a Channel Nine and seen who else they couldâve found in the curtains no longer regularly on TV.
Maybe give Deb Knight her old role back and put Michael McLaren on Drive instead?
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PffftâŚallow someone of the opppsite sex a chance on air whe we can keep the joont a haven for angey right wing males? Perish the thoughts! 
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and if Tony McManus is Away. 3aw Jack of all trades Simon Owens is broadcasted.
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âCâmon get happyâ (Owenâs theme song) wonât be your emotion hearing that mushy show.
Could be a lot worseâŚcould be Closer by Nine Inch Nails. IYKYK.
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I donât mind Clinton. As a talkback listener 2GB drive and evenings would be the only programs Iâd listen to. I think that Clinton and John Stanley have a similar calm style as opposed to being yelled at by someone like Levy or his predecessor.
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Surely Nine couldâve found a female with similar views to have a go. Being a RWNJ is not exclusively a male thing.
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Lucy Zelic certainly wasnât the answer. Glad her holiday shift is over.
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Yep. After all the shit about being a toxic misogynistic workplaceâs, seems they havenât learned their lesson.
Mike Jeffreys didnât want to do full time overnights before? Let us see. I would like to see him on 2sm doing the evening show.
She only wanted to fill in due to having a young family from what I heard.
Fortunately it looks like us Northerners have been spared such a fate. Apparently Mike Jeffreys is going back to 5 overnights according to 2GB web : âfrom midnight each weekdayâ. Good news indeed
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