Forty Years of 2SER

Forty Years of 2SER

To follow are snippets that accompany the Forty Years of 2SER exhibition. This is only a small taste of what the station has achieved over its time - but it should wet your whistle to begin. Radio with a Point. Real Radio. Yum Cha for your ears. 40 years of Stories, Ideas and Music. The interviews and series were produced and edited by Liz Giuffre and Jess Klajman. We recorded on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, and pay respect and acknowledge them as the traditional custodians of this land.

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May 6, 2025 19 mins

In the leadup to 2SER's 40th anniversary Paris generously spoke to Jess Klajson and Liz Giuffre sharing his history at the station, his advice for young up and comers, and some tricks for being an amazing interviewer and DJ. We were so very lucky

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2SER’s 40th Anniversary Pop Up Archiving Day

On 28th of September, 2019, we held a "Pop Up Archiving Day" as part of 2SER's 40th birthday celebrations. The idea was to invite anyone with 2ser related memorabilia to join us at Studios 301 for an afternoon of nostalgia as we worked to fill gaps in the stations historical archive. Teaching us about his awesome craft was Stephen Crane, Studio 301's chief conservator and international a...

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October 6, 2022 57 secs

Ralph Righteous - we were corrupting you then, and still now.

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More great prizes - we have always been a station of cyclists (not a joke - we're still giving away bikes in 2022). Thanks for all your support!

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October 6, 2022 37 secs

Speak up - it's our 12th birthday special! C'mon and join the fun - it's wholesome sugary goodness. Like fairy bread for your ears. 

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Think Tank Radiothon special on public broadcasting - and they said we wouldn't last. 

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October 6, 2022 19 secs

Lovely young listener endorsement (we are still interesting, but now we do have a couple of ads). Where are you now?

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Listen to the Virgin Megastore and some other wonders of the past give us their best. Sadly, that $250 gift voucher is now worth more in the feels than it is in your pocket, though.

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October 6, 2022 24 secs

Legendary writer, broadcaster, producer and theatre-maker Annette Shun Wah telling you what to do

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October 6, 2022 48 secs

1991 was a time of optimism, change and still no social media record to haunt us. Listen to our new voice and new sound as it was then

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October 6, 2022 38 secs

Come for the nostalgia, stay for the dodgy but well meaning impersonations. Written and spoken by 2SER (and spoken very very fast).

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February 17, 2020 1 min
By the time the station finally launched on October 1, 1979, it was a (dream) team effort. Featured here are some of those legends, and reflecting on that time is founding station manager Keith Jackson.

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Community radio is an essential way that community musics travel. This image shows 2SER’s country music community literally on the move as part of a short lived but well loved ‘traveling fan’ experience in the early 1980s. Although they don’t happen anymore (or at least, at the moment!), the importance of reaching out across the community for country and other musics remains. Here 2SER and industry legend Barbara Morison expla...

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October 9, 2019 53 secs

Cheeky fake ad - 1991

We’ve had fun trying to get your attention over the years. Here one of our presenters got well into the swing with a fake ad trying to get you to subscribe. Trying not to be offended, but if the spirit moves you, please do go ahead and subscribe!

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Acclaimed journalist Cath Dwyer started at 2SER as a student volunteer and eventually went on to run our newsroom, as well as working on a whole host of other programs. Here Cath talks about her time nurturing new talent and the importance of community newsrooms, as well as sharing some insight into how proper community news can really make a difference. Her love of radio, and how it began, shines through here too.

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Podcasting has revolutionised radio in many ways. 2SER is now a world leader in this field, led by the vision of 2SER’s Managing Director from 2011-18. Taking the station’s remit for educational radio into the twenty first century, and with a particular passion for mobilising academic research and content, here Melanie talks about the process of establishing podcasting at the station and the impact the station’s success has ha...

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During its 40 years 2SER has featured a wonderful selection of non-English language programming. Put together by community groups to provide specialist news, events and cultural connection, we have proudly featured these diverse voices and sounds over our history. From an archive point of view, however, this type of programming seems to have never been centrally preserved. While we keep searching, in the meantime we’ve put tog...

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In the early 1980s Nicola Joseph helped build some incredibly important parts of 2SER. Drawing on her experience at 4ZZZ in Queensland, Nicola established 2SER’s newsroom - only the second of its type in the country at the time. In this clip Nicola talks about that time, but she’s contributed much more including the important eventual break away of Radio Redfern and Radio Skid Row. For more of the story look for our extended i...

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October 7, 2019 19 mins
Long time volunteer and presenter for 2SER Greg Poppleton has given us so much over the years, presenting every week since May 1985. This piece is “Wordsports”, a quiz show Greg produced and hosted that allowed comedians, great talkers and thinkers to play. Here is a clip from the Wordsports OB at Central May 1991 for Open Mind - there is also an accompanying piece from Greg explaining the show more broadly.

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Long time volunteer and presenter for 2SER Greg Poppleton has given us so much over the years, presenting every week since May 1985. This piece is “Wordsports”, a quiz show Greg produced and hosted that allowed comedians, great talkers and thinkers to play. This is Greg’s introduction to the show - there is also an accompanying clip of the 1991 OB as a seperate episode.

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