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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.