Game Changers Radio
Episodes
Episode 65 - The Mentoring Tapes: Part Five
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series of podcasts we’ve called the mentoring tapes. They feature Craig Bruce and Kate Meade, who works at Ace radio. Kate co-hosts th...
Episode 64 - The Mentoring Tapes: Part Four
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series of podcasts we’ve called the mentoring tapes. They feature Craig Bruce and Kate Meade, who works at Ace radio. Kate co-hosts th...
Episode 63 - The Mentoring Tapes: Part Three
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series of podcasts we’ve called the mentoring tapes. They feature Craig Bruce and Kate Meade, who works at Ace radio. Kate co-hosts th...
Episode 62 - The Mentoring Tapes: Part Two
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series of podcasts we’ve called the mentoring tapes. They feature Craig Bruce and Kate Meade, who works at Ace radio. Kate co-hosts th...
Episode 61 - The Mentoring Tapes: Part One
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series of podcasts we’ve called the mentoring tapes. They feature Craig Bruce and Kate Meade, who works at Ace radio. Kate co-hosts th...
Episode 60 - Abby Coleman
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Abby Coleman is a Game Changer. From the street team to top rating breakfast presenter. Abby Coleman shares her story of resilience with Craig Bruce.&...
Episode 59 - Tim Lee
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tim started his career in Perth at 929, before moving to Melbourne and Sydney where he hosted the National Hot30 countdown along with music shifts on ...
Episode 58 - Todd Campbell
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Campbell has been one of the lead programmers in Australian radio for more than a decade. He ran NOVA Melbourne for 10 years and programmed stati...
Episode 57 - Ben Fordham
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Fordham is a Game Changer. A Walkley Award-winning journalist, he’s been the host of 2GB Drive in Sydney since 2011. Ben is o...
Episode 56 - Merrick and Rosso
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Game Changers: Radio is the study of success in broadcasting. One of the most potent comedic forces in Australian radio is Merrick and Rosso. From sta...
Episode 55 - Brad Blanks
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Blanks is an Australian entertainment/street reporter who's been working in NYC for 17 years, originally with the Scott and Todd show on WPLJ and...
Episode 54 - Dave Williams
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dangerous Dave Williams is an icon of radio broadcasting. From music jock to anchor, his story meanders from regional radio to major shifts in capital...
Episode 53 - Adrian Brine
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Brine is a Game Changer. Voted Australia's #1 Content Director in a recent survey by Radio Today, Adrian is a thoughtful, smart, empathetic lea...
Episode 52 - Patty Steele and Wayne Cabot
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Game Changers is the study of success in broadcast. This episode features New York's Patty Steele and Wayne Cabot. In addition to their work on-air, P...
Episode 51 - Scott Shannon - Part Two
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two of Craig Bruce's conversation with legendary New York City broadcaster Scott Shannon. Scott talks about the philosophies and strategies...
Episode 50 - Scott Shannon
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Shannon is a Game Changer. He's dominated New York breakfast radio for decades, and is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a disc jockey and ...
BONUS 5 - More lessons from our first 49 episodes
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Game Changes: Radio on Facebook and join Craig Bruce on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11AM AEST for our first Game Changers: Radio Facebook Live.&n...
BONUS 4 - Ten lessons on creativity and ideas
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Game Changes: Radio on Facebook and join Craig Bruce on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11AM AEST for our first Game Changers: Radio Facebook Live.&n...
BONUS 2 - Ten more of the best moments from the first 49 episodes
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our 50th episode is available 5 May 2018. Check out Game Changes: Radio on Facebook and join Craig Bruce on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11AM AEST for...
BONUS 1 - Ten of the best moments from the first 49 episodes
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for listening to Game Changers over our first 49 episodes. Our 50th episode is available May 5, 2018. Check out Game Changes: Radio on...
Episode 49 - Ryan Fitzgerald
14 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald started his radio career at MMM Adelaide as a boundary rider for MMM Football. He moved to Nova Adelaide in 2003 w...
Episode 48 - Vaughan Smith
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vaughan Smith is the host of the Fletch, Vaughan & Megan breakfast show on ZM in New Zealand. Vaughan began his career in the early 2000s at the G...
Episode 47 - Jo Stanley
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Stanley is a game changer. She is the only female presenter in Melbourne to host number 1 breakfast shows on separate FM stations. Jo began her rad...
Episode 46 - Andrew Denton
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Denton is a Game Changer. Andrew’s career started in the 1980s as a writer on the Doug Mulray show on 2MMM, where he quickly became an ke...
Episode 45 - Kyle Sandilands
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Sandilands is a game changer. You know the story, but here are the headlines. Kyle and Jackie O started on 2DayFM breakfast in 2004 when the...
Episode 44 - Dean Buchanan
03 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Buchanan is a game changer. Born in New Zealand, Dean spent the early part of his career both on and off the air in New Zealand. He then joining ...
Episode 42 - Jamie Angel
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Angel is the Content Director at Triple M Sydney, and has worked at Southern Cross Austereo for almost thirty years. Jamie’s career ...
Episode 41 - The Story of Hamish & Andy
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode shares the story of one of the most talked about radio shows in Australian radio history: Hamish & Andy. This is the st...
Episode 40 - Dave Gibson
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Over his long radio career, Dave Gibson worked with Doug Mulray, Andrew Denton, Amanda Keller and Rob Duckworth on some of MMM’s biggest br...
Episode 38 - Jules Lund
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From the '15 Days of Fame' radio competition to Fifi & Jules to the forefront of influencer marketing, Jules Lund is a game changer. His tel...
Episode 37 - Creativity with Christian O'Connell & Sam Cavanagh
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of Game Changers: Radio. Christian O'Connell and Sam Cavanagh return to talk about creativity. Where do ideas com...
Episode 36 - Maz Compton
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maz Compton began her radio career in 2001 producing Merrick & Rosso (Merrick Watts and Tim Ross). Three years later she landed her drea...
Episode 35 - Broadway Bill Lee
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Broadway Bill Lee started in radio in 1972. He programmed WTIC-FM in Hartford (Connecticut), and then went on to jock at KFRC in San Francisco (Califo...
Episode 34 - Tom Gleisner
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Founding member of the iconic D-Generation, Tom Gleisner, speaks to Craig Bruce in the return of Game Changers: Radio. Tom is a writer, producer...
Episode 33 - Rising Stars - Ryan Jon
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Jon co-hosts Ryan & Tanya on HIT 104.7 in Canberra (6am-9am weekdays) and Weekend Breakfast on Sydney’s 2DayFM. Prior to...
Episode 32 - Rising Stars - Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Harvey started his radio career as a volunteer at Fresh 92.7 in 2012, and Liam Stapleton soon joined him. They became co-hosts, and now co-host&nb...
Episode 31 - Rising Stars - Zoe Marshall
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Marshall is the self confessed over sharer and current Nova radio host on Meet the Marshalls, a show she co-hosts with husband Benji Marshall ...
Episode 30 - Rising Stars - Dave Matthews
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Matthews is an energetic Australian radio presenter with a passion in entertainment. He is currently working as the content anchor and executive ...
Episode 29 - Rising Stars - Ash London
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From a young age it was clear that Ash London had but one ability in life – the gift of the gab. Lucky for her, that gift has landed her on tele...
Episode 28 - Learnings Season 4
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Craig Bruce share what he learned from interviewing the best of the best - Tim Blackwell, Wendy Harmer, Jamie Dunn, Robin Bailey, Ash B...
Episode 27 - Andy Lee
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Lee, alongside Hamish Blake (and producer Sam Cavanagh), is half of the most successful show on FM in Australian radio history, Hamish &...
Episode 26 - Ash Bradnam
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ash Bradnam started with Nova Brisbane in early 2005, and by the end of that year was a part of their first #1 breakfast result with Mishel ...
Episode 25 - Robin Bailey
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Bailey spent nine years with Jamie Dunn and Ian Skippen on the B105 Morning Crew, dominating the Brisbane market during the 1990s and early...
Episode 24 - Jamie Dunn
12 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Dunn was the undisputed king of Brisbane radio, when the B105 Morning Crew was at the heart of the station's incredible ratings succes...
Episode 23 - Wendy Harmer
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Harmer is one of the pioneers of FM radio for female presenters in Australia. She was the first female host to take a lead role in a key me...
Episode 22 - Tim Blackwell
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Blackwell has been a constant presence on Nova since 2001. He played a key role in the launch of Nova Melbourne and Nova Perth, anchorin...
Episode 21 - 2016's Top Ten
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this wrap of 2016, Craig shares his top ten moments from the game changers interviewed in 2016 (from Seasons 1, 2 and Season 3: UK). Tony Martin ta...
Episode 20 - Nick Ferrari
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Ferrari is breakfast host of LBC London’s number 1 commercial talk format. Nick is a formidable broadcaster. No issue is off limits. No lis...
Episode 19 - Mike Toolan
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Toolan started in radio way back in 1991, and is now the host of Key 103 Manchester's breakfast show. He has dominated the market for 15 yea...
Episode 18 - Jamie Theakston
23 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Theakston is one of the most versatile and durable media performers in the UK, with a career spanning TV, radio, theatre and sports me...
Episode 17 - Ken Bruce
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Bruce has hosted mornings on BBC Radio 2 for more than thirty years, and is a bona fide radio legend. He has the second largest radio audience in ...
Episode 16 - Christian O'Connell
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Christian O’Connell has been the host of The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio for a decade, and is one of the...
Episode 15 - Season 3 : UK
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 3, we venture beyond our Australian shores to the United Kingdom, where we speak to the best of the best in UK radio. In this prev...
Episode 14 - Learnings Season 2
07 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Craig Bruce share what he learned from interviewing the best of the best - Hamish Blake, Matt Tilley, Amanda Keller, Fifi Box, Richard Stubb...
Episode 13 - Tony Martin
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Martin joined the D-Gen - a truly revolutionary FM breakfast show - in 1987, and continued with them until 1992. ...
Episode 12 - Richard Stubbs
23 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Stubbs literally changed the game for breakfast radio in the mid 80s as the first stand-up comedian to cross-over to breakfast radio.&nbs...
Episode 11 - Fifi Box
15 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Fifi Box got her first break on the national stage as co-host of MMM's Shebang with Marty Sheargold and Byron Cooke. The show reached #1 aro...
Episode 10 - Amanda Keller
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Keller's contribution to radio and the community in Sydney has been so good over such a long period that she was awarded an Order of ...
Episode 9 - Matt Tilley
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After getting his start as a writer on the Grubby and Dee Dee breakfast show at Fox in the early 90s, Matt Tilley went on to have one of the...
Episode 8 - Hamish Blake
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish Blake is one half of arguably the most successful show on FM in Australian radio history, Hamish & Andy, and Hamish and his best mate ...
Episode 7 - Learnings
22 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Craig Bruce share what he learned from interviewing the best of the best - Marty Sheargold, Chrissie Swan, Eddie McGuire, James Brayshaw, Sa...
Episode 6 - Mick Molloy
14 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Molloy led The D-Gen, Martin & Molloy and Tough Love, and became one-third of The Hot breakfast with Eddie McGuire, Mick Molloy and Luke...
Episode 5 - Sam Cavanagh
07 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Cavanagh is one of Australia’s foremost experts in radio content and creative team management. He ws the Executive Producer of the Hami...
Episode 4 - James Brayshaw
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
James Brayshaw has been involved in four #1 shows in Melbourne and Sydney with MMM's The Cage. He has also been at centre of The Rub on MMM ...
Episode 3 - Eddie McGuire
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Triple M Grill Team reimagined sports entertainment on FM radio in the early 90s. Eddie McGuire was also the first host and original face of ...
Episode 2 - Chrissie Swan
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Along with Jane Hall, Chrissie Swan led Melbourne’s first all-female breakfast show on Mix that went to #1 in 2014. In 2016, she co-ho...
Episode 1 - Marty Sheargold
07 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Marty Sheargold is the only FM broadcaster to have been #1 in drive on two different networks. He co-hosted the Shebang on MMM with Fifi Box, and...