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Well it's fair to say that last week created quite a bit of controversy with how the votes fell in the Top 50. Some people happy with how things went, others not so much! That's why these countdowns are so much fun. Who will be no#1 on the list that everyone is talking about at the moment? Listen and find out!

This week on the Pod Cast Air Heads celebrates Episode number 100 and we thought we would do something different this week and pull out a good old fashioned Radio Countdown. As voted by you on various Air Heads platforms this is the top 50 Solo announcers past and present!Don't blame me for the results - This is your list :P

Today on Episode No#99 of the Air Heads Podcast its Chief Content Officer at ARN Duncan Campbell. We discuss some of his impressive moves over the journey, the state of radio today and who is he voting for in the top 50 Solo jocks of all time? (past and present)

This week on the Podcast I catch up with the 2IC of the Hit Network and Head of Talent Development at SCA Adrian Brine. We talk about the future of radio for up and coming talent and reflect on where it all started for Adrian in a small Community Radio Station in Whyalla in South Australia.

Elliott Love Joy is a master when it comes to solo breakfast shows. He knows how to create content around him and use all possible resources to paint a blank canvas.Elliott his well traveled and has experienced radio abroad as well as here in OZ. This week's podcast is a ripper for anyone who is putting together a solo breakfast show.

There has been a lot of talk of late of radio dying a very slow death. Well this week on the pod cast Fyona Smith from AFTRS joins me for a chat surrounding the recent radio job losses. You will soon realise that on the back of listening to this Pod Cast that radio is in a very strong position going forward and the death of this industry is a long way off. Radio has changed it's face so many times over the years and this is just another one of those moments that we need to lean into and help the industry evolve.

I have had the pleasure of working with Cam twice during my radio career both times at the same station 89.9 The Light in Melbourne. It's a real family affair with that radio station as his dad Wes Jay was one of the founding members of the programming team and his brother Michael Want currently holds the position of Content Director. One listen to this weeks episode and you'll soon realise why the mission of The Light is so needed in the City of Melbourne and why Cam has never moved from his posting there.

This week on the Pod Cast it's the bloke who has potentially got the biggest radio resume known to man. Rod Maldon has made his mark both here in Australia but also abroad in the UAE and New Zealand. Rod currently holds position of Content Director for Hit and Triple M in Cairns but can often be heard between the speakers showcasing how it should be done!

Amy replied to a job add in the local paper for a panel operator not knowing what it was all about. She got offered the job only to find it was in a radio station paneling for the John Laws Morning show. Now Amy runs 13 radio stations across WA as the Group Content Director of the Hit Network. If you're new to the industry - You will learn a lot from this episode of Air Heads.

Cliffo is one half of the Hit Breakfast show in Townsville. 11 years in one market it's fair to say that's Cliffo has made his mark and has set himself up well to launch his career to the next level. Cliffo and Gabby has some fantastic Chemistry on the breakfast show so we drill down as try find the magic bullet.

The Christian O'Connel Breakfast show is the number 1 breakfast show (FM) in the Melbourne market and this week on Air Heads it's my pleasure to bring you some insight as to how the juggernaut works! Patrina Jones is a very big part of why this show works and this week she pulls back the curtain on the reason Melbourne is falling with the Christian O'Connel Breakfast show.

Guy Mylecharane joins us for a chat this week on the Air Heads Podcast. Guy much like all our guests has had a rich career in the radio industry and sites his current role as Triple M Mornings across Vic and NSW as one of his highlights so far. In this Episode of The Air Heads Podcast Guy talks openly about being let go and how he responded to set him up for success later.

Josiah Shala is a natural noise maker! Heading up the Breakfast team on Hit FM in Shepparton with Herbie he knows how breakfast radio works and this week on the show is kind enough to pull back the curtain on how to produce a quality regional breakfast show.Starting his career as a panel operator for the Fitzy and Whippa show you could argue that he spent a number of years learning from The Best!

This week on the show another bloke who was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. Duncan Potts was ON AIR at 5CC, Port Pirie and 5AU, Port Augusta when I was growing up and definitely played a role in influencing my career. Now the Network CD for NSW for SCA Duncan offers a lot of great advice on the Pod Cast this week.

ACRA award winning Content Director Ryan Khay joins us for a chat this week on the Podcast. Ryan has just wrapped up 2 years with Ace Radio and now doing freelance/consulting work. He has also just finished a month with AFTRS mentoring and air checking the Graduate Diploma students from this year’s course for their 2NRS broadcast.

Our guest on the Pod Cast this week has been in and out of radio over the journey but he’s evidence that once you have bitten by the radio bug

Starting her career in the newsroom as a journalist Annabelle Brett discovered her love for radio early in life listening to Jamie Dunn for breakfast on the B105. AB thought she would try her hand at breakfast radio and got her first chance in Bega! She now heads up the breakfast show on the Hit 105.5 with Ben.

Another Prodigy of the Australian Radio School out of Adelaide "Bodge" shares his journey from serving drinks behind the bar in South Australia to now doing breakfast radio at Hit in Port Macquarie. His journey has had it's up and downs already but resilience is key trait in being successful in radio.

This week on the show it's one of Australia's rising stars in the Content Director space, Benny Erbsland. After spending a number of years on the air at some of the biggest stations around Australia Benny decided Leadership was something he was keen to investigate.

Bill Bradley is walking talking evidence that Community Radio is the perfect breeding ground for good radio talent of the future. Starting with his own show at 11pm on Tuesday nights Billy realized that he was the only one that was going to open that first commercial radio door so he reached out and made some noise.