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The titans of Sydney radio are retiring.

‘The end of the dinosaur era’: What next for Sydney’s talkback stations as titans bow out

The departure of some big names this year adds to the challenges facing AM radio.

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John Laws in the 2SM studio. “I never thought of myself, and I still don’t, as a journalist.”

John Laws, the ‘Golden Tonsils’ of radio, calls it quits – again

Laws has announced his retirement for the second time after 13 years at radio network 2SM.

  • Calum Jaspan

‘A bit of a slow-motion train wreck’: 3AW’s Tom Elliott on his infamous father’s fall

The son of controversial 1980s businessman John Elliott and former state MP Lorraine Elliott never wanted a career in the public eye. What happened?

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John Laws in the 2SM studio.

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There’s no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. Now almost 90 and still on the air, he has lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Media Watch Presenter Paul Barry speaks to media as the Australian Federal Police raid the ABC.

Rule of Laws: ABC invokes spirit of Golden Tonsils in clash with Nine

The ABC Ombudsman rejected Nine’s complaints about Media Watch’s criticism in a ruling that seemed strangely familiar.

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Bob Rogers, the 93-year-old broadcaster, has announced his final show in a remarkable radio career.

First DJ had exclusive interview rights touring alongside the Beatles

Radio stalwart Bob Rogers was a star of the early rock’n’roll era and even played a part in discovering one of the country’s true superstars.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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The Kid Laroi arrived in Sydney last week to kick off his global tour.

The Kid’s a winner but mum’s the boss

The Kid Laroi’s mum still calls the shots. PS can reveal Sloane Howard met heavy-hitting US music executive Scooter Braun in Sydney this week.

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John Laws in 2007.

Broadcaster John Laws in hospital with infection

The 85-year-old was admitted to hospital last week and will have a procedure, fellow broadcaster Ben Fordham said on Sydney radio station 2GB.

  • Josh Dye
John Laws, pictured in 2011. The veteran broadcaster has been found to have breached the radio code with remarks made on-air last year.

John Laws found to breach radio code with ‘dangerous’ suicide insult

ACMA found the veteran broadcaster breached multiple provisions with “highly offensive” remarks made during a March 2020 segment of his morning talkback show.

  • Robert Moran

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