Radio kingmaker with an ear for talent
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Broadcaster John Brennan wasnât just opening the door to a visitor knocking on the door of radio station 2GZ in Orange on a fateful night in the 1950s.
He was opening Australian radio to a revolution in sound, excitement and entertainment that continues to this day, more than half a century later.
John Brennan of 2UE in 1999.
Credit:Brendan Esposito
The man at the door was a then largely unknown quantity in the radio world, John Laws, who was looking for a job after quitting a Parkes station.
Radio kingmaker with an ear for talent
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The cream of Australia s broadcasting industry has gathered for the funeral of radio legend John Brennan.
Mourners including Alan Jones and Ray Hadley, hand-in-hand with new wife Sophie, packed St Mary s Cathedral in Sydney to pay tribute to the man known as radio s kingmaker .
Channel 9 newsreader Peter Overton was accompanied by his wife Jessica Rowe, and followed into the church by 2GB s Ben Fordham.
Also present were TV and radio presenters Tim Webster and Susie Elelman, Sony Music boss Denis Handlin, Sky News commentator Paul Murray and broadcasters John Stanley and Chris Smith.
Denis Handlin, CEO Sony Music Australia: He was just a true legend and pioneer. He paved the way for so many people.