Air Heads

Dan Hill is the Content Director of K-Rock in Geelong! He is new to the role but comes with a mountain experience having done at least 1 lap around the Country so far in his radio career. A self confessed Radio nerd Dan drops some gold nuggets along the way for you to gather and walks us through the moment that he got to shake the hand of David Hasselhoff!

It's rare that announcers hang around in one radio station for any longer 4 years in the radio Industry... Craig Huggins is an exception to the Rule! Craig has been with Gold 104.3 for 28 years as a Music announcer and has stood the test of time in the Melbourne Market. Craig reveals his secrets on what it takes to stay reverent in this industry and shares about the gig of a life time opening for for Phil Collins on his Not Dead Yet tour earlier this year!

One of the industry’s most respected and versatile radio announcers, Troy can be heard with his old mate Matt TIlley weekdays from 9am on NOVA 100 Melbourne.Troy spent over 12 years as part of one of Melbourne’s longest running and successful breakfast shows, Fox FM’s Matt & Jo. Troy breaks down what a Breakfast anchor role looks like in the big smoke and has some great advice your newcomers to the industry.

I remember receiving an email from Euan Burns about 18 Months ago indicating he wanted to get into Radio! He was keen and eager to gain as much knowledge about the industry as he could. I didn't realize just how keen he was until he volunteered to VT Mid Dawns on Light FM every day of the week! He is now about to launch his radio career with regular paid weekend shifts on the station. Euan is proof that hard work and flying hours pays off!

Dave Matthews is currently doing the breakfast show at Hot 91 on the Sunshine Coast (Dave, Sam and Ash). He's been told that he'll never make it in radio and he's not cut out for this game - but he's proved his critics wrong time and time again! His message is be resilient and real and you'll nail it!

Aaron Chilcott is the Program Manager at SCA in Gippsland. Aaron's experience in the radio industry is quite rich from Programming, announcing, promotions and Production. His Philosophy as you'll hear in this podcast is - Learn it all then you'll know what you want to specialize in.

Weekeday mornings Al Dobie can be heard across the Gold Coast on Gold 92.5 FM. Al has spent many years in the Radio industry and has enjoyed a fair few industry perks along the way - We chat about Al meeting some of his musical heros while working for The Triple M Network and Al has got some great advice on how to be LOCAL!

This week on the Pod we catch up with a Jack of All trades - Head of Music, Jason Staveley from Gold 104.3 and WSFM. Jason has not only done the rounds around this Country but also Germany and The UK too. He is an experienced campaigner with experience programming nearly every format of music that exists except Country. We catch up with Jason this week and talk about The Rules of Music Directing and how to get creative On-Air.

Gordie is one of the best Music/Solo jocks in the country! Starting his career at Hot 100 Darwin filling in on the Hot 30 he has made his way around the Country with stays at K-Rock Geelong, Triple M - Melbourne and now looks after mornings on KISS 1065 in Sydney.Gordie talks about how he got his break in radio and getting creative when it comes to promoting Kyle and Jackie O and the music on KISS.

Barry Keohane is a radio professional with over 20 years experience in many different radio formats both in Australia but overseas too. A specialist when it comes to radio content, music and talk programming, talent coaching and development, creating and coaching, strategies and tactic planning, training, ideas generation and client integration, ratings and revenue success strategies. Barry has a long list of Radio Stations under is belt and currently holds the position of Content Director for ABC Radio Adelaide.

Laurie Atlas is talk host and Program Director for Grant Broadcasters at 4RO. His daily talk show called 'The Daily Agenda' goes out every afternoon on stations right across Queensland. Laurie is a seasoned professional and real gentleman of the industry.

James Speed has done his time on the air over the years but has since looked at a change in direction. James is the ACD at 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne and believes that Coaching and Mentoring talent is one of the biggest thrills you can get from our industry. He gives some great advice on how to receive an air check and recalls some fun memories of his time in the game including a permanent reminder of a bet he lost while working in QLD. Also on today's show a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT regarding this Pod Cast and yet another resource now available for you!

Luke Bradnam is King of the Gold Coast! At least he should be by now as that is where he has spent most of his radio career. Luke and Margaux are responsible for driving the Gold Coast home every weekday afternoon on Gold 92.5 FM. In this Episode Luke shares the lengths Luke had to go to to secure his first Radio Job! It's by far one of the best stories you will hear for a long time!

Lucy and Kel are Light FM's breakfast team in Melbourne. Lucy has (in her words) broken 2 Co-hosts prior to Kel and has held her position on the breakfast show for close to 11 years. You'll hear in this Pod Cast it's been quite your journey! Collectively 51 years of radio experience sits together in one one studio for a chat about our incredible industry - It's bound to be a conversation full of Golden Nuggets! Enjoy!

Jon calls the ACE radio network his family! He has been with them for most of his broadcasting career and has held many positions from Announcer, Music Director and has even captained the ship as Content Director. John has got some great insight to share about the industry that really runs through his blood! His dad this this job too.

Andrew Andrews is a "Triple Treat" when it comes to radio. He can pull off a quality On-Air Shift, his work in production is second to none and he's DJ'd live on air with all types of mash up shows over the journey. We'll walk through his journey on this episode and find out about the time he literally grabbed a bull by the horns!

Mel Dzelde has been Content Director of 5MU and Power FM in Murray Bridge for around 11 years so she has seen a lot of talent come and go. Mel breaks down what she is looking for in an announcer and what it's going to take to make it in this industry. The very reason Mel got into broadcasting is because of her encounter with Oprah in the USA, who else do you know that get's flowers from Oprah when they are sick?

Andy Wells is a Production Wiz with Light FM Melbourne and a VO Artist with EM Voices in Melbourne. Andy's career started like all of ours did... Wanting to be that voice between the speakers! Turned out Andy found another passion we he broke into the industry... Producers will love this Episode of Air Heads!

Adam Connelly really is a Jack of all trades in the Radio industry and in this Pod cast you will find out why... He has done Production, Content Directing, Announcing, Copy Writing and even Technical Support. Adam has some great advice for new recruits to the industry!

Mark Hyland is the regional Content Director for Grant Broadcasters, Victoria and South Australia. In this Episode of Air Heads he talks about what you should look at putting in your Air Check when you are applying for a job in the industry.