People Powered 50 Years
People Powered 50 Years
To mark 2XX’s 50th anniversary year, we’ve invited the people who have powered 2XX’s journey across 5 decades to join us on-air. Their stories trace the highs, lows, dramas and great times. Plus, newly digitised archival recordings help chart the musical, political, social and cultural changes in Canberra and Australia since 1976. If you were there, don’t be square. If you weren’t, you’d wish yo…Social links:
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People Powered 50 Years - 2-10-2026
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People Powered 50 Years - 25-9-2026
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People Powered 50 Years - 18-9-2026
Grasshoppers and Yesterday’s Hits: Poet, author, publisher, editor, broadcaster and social agitator Bill Tully interviewing Dave Rentz (pictured), presenter of one of 2XX’s longest running and most popular shows, The Hit Parade of Yesterday. The interview covers Dave’s work as an entomologist class…
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People Powered 50 Years - 11-9-2026
In March 1979, Bill Brassell and Colin Enright took 2XX to the streets, literally, broadcasting the Breakfast show from the Barry Drive median strip, a line of cable stretching to the Drill Hall studios secured by duct tape. Colin and Bill had a blast, although the AFP weren't so happy. And all goo…
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People Powered 50 Years - 28-8-2026
A rollicking conversation with Robbie Swan who was on-air at 2XX from 1977 to the early 1980's. Back in the day, Robbie could be heard on 2XX's flagship current affairs program, Interchange, as well as sharing the joy of dance with listeners on Dancing Delights. Robbie Swan went on to have a divers…
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People Powered 50 Years - 21-8-2026
In conversation with Simon Kravis, who’s been a presenter on the long running 2XX folk show, Lark in the Morning, since 1981. Over the years, Simon has been a station manager at 2XX and a National Folk Festival program manager. He has produced CDs by Canberra artists and was a member of popular Can…
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People Powered 50 Years - 14-8-2026
Stephen Saunders, arriving in Canberra in the early 80's, fresh from Melbourne where he was playing the music of underground bands and pop bands on his own show on 3RRR, headed straight to 2XX. He was soon pumping out two hours of postpunk or rock or whatever on Saturday afternoons and getting a re…
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People Powered 50 Years - 7-8-2026
Indra Esguerra hit the 2XX airwaves in 1998 with a current affairs show, going on to become station manager for several years in 2000. Passionate about politics, Indra shares how her activism in both the environmental and refugee spaces informed her work as 2XX station manager (2000-2004) and beyo…
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People Powered 50 Years - 31-7-2026
Liz O'Brien, Station Coordinator (as was then known) from ‘78 till 2000, shares insights into the political activism at 2XX, the culture, music and change across two decades and four federal governments: Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard.
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People Powered 50 Years - 24-7-2026
This week, we're going global with Radio Ghana presenter, Ebenezer Banful, who has been on the air at 2XX for 19 years, and Vesna Cvjeticanin, who, for 8 years, presented Serbia in My Heart.
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