Program Guide

2RRR Jukebox

12am – 5am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

Rock & Roll Rising

5am – 7am

Rock and Roll Rising 2RRR 88.5 FM, Thursday evenings at 8pm ‘tll 10pm with Harry L and Harry P. We cover Rock Music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s 80′ and 90’s, in fact from all time! You’ll hear cuts ranging from hot melting guitar blues to grungy garage rock. Real rockin’ rhythm and blues, heavy hard rock and proto molten metal with a dose of Australian British and American tracks.

The Morning Mix

7am – 9am

Breakfast is back on the menu at 2RRR! … with Natalie de Silver spinning The Morning Mix Live on Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday & Virtual on Thursday – Friday. You’ll dig the music – Rhythm n’ Blues, Soul, Psychedelia & Garage Rock n Roll … with up-to-the-minute news, weather forecast, regular traffic reports & topical interviews.

The Meaningful Monday Show

9am – 10am

The Meaningful Monday Show with Jeanine Sciacca and Clare Williamson is about self-empowerment and raising your awareness to live your best life. It is an entertaining programme with talk and fun songs, all designed to make you feel good. We all have issues, but don’t talk about them. The Meaningful Monday Show motivates you to take charge of your life.

Down Memory Lane

10am – 12pm

For the music of the 1920s, 30s and 40s – tune from 10am to Midday on Mondays and turn back the clock to the first half of the 20th century. Hear those great tracks..crooners, big bands, vintage comedy and sing-along favourites.

Midday Jazz Monday

12pm – 2pm

Midday Jazz each Monday from noon until 2pm featuring Hartley Anderson one of 2RRR’s favorite Jazz presenters. Tune in for a surprise selection of the coolest jazz in town!

Wild in the Country

2pm – 4pm

Tune in with Michael to hear a melting pot of classic country sounds, interviews with Australian artists, and some good ol’ Rock n Roll!!!

Youth Jukebox

4pm – 5pm

Sydney’s youngest radio drive program. Join high school students from the local area of Ryde each weekday from 4pm.

Pop Rock!

5pm – 7pm

Tune in with Robbie for the best sounds of the 50’s 60’s & 70’s PLUS dedication songs, one hit wonders, artist interviews and MUCH MORE. It’s FAB it’s GEAR it’s POP ROCK!

Sonic Stew

7pm – 8pm

Rock on down to 88.5FM on Monday night’s to hear the frantic energy of some of the wildest rock minds of the later half of the twentith century. Hosted by Rocco G, Sonic Stew is an adventure into his deep and expansive collection of rock gems. Ranging from deep underground cuts all the way to highly popular rock icons, Sonic Stew has it all.

Chimes

8pm – 9pm

From the studios of community radio 2SER, Chimes, explores jangly ringing guitars. Trace the arc from the Byrds to the Bats, with plenty of new releases and some forgotten treasures too. Host Paul Gough has been collecting these sounds since the late ’70s and joins the dots along the musical timeline. From 2SER via the Community Radio network. Let those Rickenbackers ring!

Ragsta Riches

9pm – 10pm

From sunny 60s pop folk to Californian death metal Ragsta Riches delivers 60 minutes of tunes that will keep you on your musical toes. Ragsta Riches Radio – here for a good time, not a long time…

Smokestack Lightnin'

10pm – 12am

Smokestack Lightnin’ features the very best New Blues and newly reissued Classic Blues, Adult R&B, Adult Soul, Blues Rock, Zydeco Blues, and Gospel.

2RRR Jukebox

12am – 5am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

Virtual Unreality

5am – 7am

Eclectic local and international contemporary music with interviews and guests, what else could you ask for? Chris Virtue is the voice for music that demands your attention. As an interviewer, Chris chats with some fascinating artists each week on Virtual Unreality.

The Morning Mix

7am – 9am

Breakfast is back on the menu at 2RRR! … with Natalie de Silver spinning The Morning Mix Live on Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday & Virtual on Thursday – Friday. You’ll dig the music – Rhythm n’ Blues, Soul, Psychedelia & Garage Rock n Roll … with up-to-the-minute news, weather forecast, regular traffic reports & topical interviews.

Meet Me At The Movies

9am – 10am

Movies and music have been a natural combination since sound was first added to moving images in 1927. Whether a film is a tear-jerking drama, an action-packed thriller, a side-splitting comedy or a roaring romance, the right soundtrack at the right moment impacts a scene.

Arts & Tarts

10am – 12pm

Arts and Tarts includes news reviews and interviews with well known people in the arts in this two-hour program… actors, singers, dancers, choreographers, writers and artists…

Midday Jazz Tuesday

12pm – 2pm

Tune in every Tuesday with long-term 24 year presenter of jazz Mr Bruce Flarrety! Bruce presentes an eclectic mix of modern, big band, latin and traditional jazz along with male & female vocalists and comments about the style & origin of the artists featured.

The Electric Barnyard

2pm – 4pm

Tune in Tuesday arvos and Saturday mornings to John Lee and listen to the sounds of country coming all the way from the Electric Barnyard, on your station 2RRR 88.5FM. We’re rockin’ the airwaves, cause there’s a little bit of country in us all!

Youth Jukebox

4pm – 5pm

Sydney’s youngest radio drive program. Join high school students from the local area of Ryde each weekday from 4pm.

The Method Mixtapes

5pm – 7pm

Welcome to the Method Mixtapes. Like all great mixtapes, each Method Mixtape is a handcrafted journey of musical discovery. Join us as we meander down the highways and pyways of the last 100 years of popular music – it’s an eclectic mix of rock n roll, blues and soul, reggae and punk, folk and funk, country and pop, roots n’ hip hop, and pretty much anything and everything in between.

The Shamrock Program

7pm – 9pm

As one of the original shows on the 2RRR roster, The Shamrock Program has been broadcasting on Tuesday night at 7:30pm for over 30 years. Tune in for some good music, community information and good old fashioned craic. With one of the originals – Noel McCormick – and new kid on the block – Paul Dixon. So grab yourself a drink, a couple of biscuits, sit back and relax…

Tales From The High Stool

9pm – 11pm

“Tales from the high stool” is a weekly programme broadcasting on Tuesday nights from 9pm. Hosted by Pádraig Ó Cuinn. The show involves interviews various people involved in local and global music, from festival organisers, musicians, music historians and music journalists.

Beale Street Caravan

11pm – 12am

Beale Street Caravan is a one hour non-commercial radio series broadcasting live recordings of Memphis music and its derivative forms to an international audience of 2.4 million worldwide weekly listeners on over 400 stations around the globe.

2RRR Jukebox

12am – 5am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

Pop Rock!

5am – 7am

Tune in with Robbie for the best sounds of the 50’s 60’s & 70’s PLUS dedication songs, one hit wonders, artist interviews and MUCH MORE. It’s FAB it’s GEAR it’s POP ROCK!

The Morning Mix

7am – 9am

Breakfast is back on the menu at 2RRR! … with Natalie de Silver spinning The Morning Mix Live on Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday & Virtual on Thursday – Friday. You’ll dig the music – Rhythm n’ Blues, Soul, Psychedelia & Garage Rock n Roll … with up-to-the-minute news, weather forecast, regular traffic reports & topical interviews.

Real World Gardener

9am – 10am

Learn the ABC’s of gardening, garden design, growing plants and veggies, herbs and spices you need, plus much more. Real World Gardener is produced at 2RRR and heard right across Australia on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

There Goes That Song Again

10am – 11am

We listen to and talk about the popular music and the artists of the 1940s, 50s and 60s & also re-discover forgotten artists and songs. The emphasis is mostly on the easy-listening music of the era before the arrival of rock and roll and which also continued beyond. Regular features may include tributes to particular artists, interview excerpts, songs from the 20s or 30s revived in the 40s, 50s or 60s, songs that topped the charts 60, 70 or 80 years ago – and more!

There Goes That Song Again Special

11am – 12pm

We take an in-depth look each week at a particular aspect of the music of the 1940s, 50s or 60s. Each “Special” may feature a specific artist, event, anniversary, Broadway show, Hollywood musical or other theme. It’s also an opportunity to take a detailed look at the history of a particular aspect of the era and re-discover forgotten artists and songs.

Midday Jazz Wednesday

12pm – 2pm

If it swings, there’s melody, a beat then I’ll play it. The program will be mainly jazz taken from the years 1940 – 70 but we must remember our roots and future! I hope you enjoy some uplifting music in the middle of the day to carry you through the afternoon and beyond.

Cosmic Cowboy Cafe

2pm – 4pm

Drinking songs and trucking songs. Songs about highways and honky tonks. Songs about loving and leaving, lying and cheating. More Austin TX than Nashville TN

Youth Jukebox

4pm – 5pm

Sydney’s youngest radio drive program. Join high school students from the local area of Ryde each weekday from 4pm.

It's Time (CRN)

5pm – 6pm

Looking at the best of the charts from this week… in a year between 1960 and 1999! Hosts William Brougham and Barry McKay also bring the year alive with trivia about the songs in the charts at the time. Don’t miss It’s Time – or your memory won’t forgive you!

45RPM (CRN)

6pm – 7pm

45RPM honours the music of the 45 era: the 60s, 70s and 80s. This weekly twohour program contains music (original radio mixes), witty banter, and entertaining reports. More than a trip down memory lane, 45RPM sheds new light on old windows, re-contextualising the music boomers grew up listening to.

London Calling

7pm – 9pm

London Calling features new releases, old hits, long lost b-sides and and modern classics. London Calling has been called ‘the most eclectic post-drivetime radio show in the Southern Hemisphere’, amongst other things.

Lawless Street

9pm – 11pm

From mento, boogie woogie, blues, ska and rocksteady, to reggae, roots, dub, deejays, rockers and dancehall, Chris Moore will open your mind to the many wonders of Jamaican music. As always, there is a wild and ferocious energy to be found in many of Chris’ carefully selected tunes.

Blues Beat (CRN)

11pm – 12am

The latest & best in blues music with Geoff Pegler. The latest music played on Bluesbeat is received from labels and artists in Australia and around the world. Brought to you via the Community Radio Network.

2RRR Jukebox

12am – 5am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

The Shamrock Program

5am – 7am

As one of the original shows on the 2RRR roster, The Shamrock Program has been broadcasting on Tuesday night at 7:30pm for over 30 years. Tune in for some good music, community information and good old fashioned craic. With one of the originals – Noel McCormick – and new kid on the block – Paul Dixon. So grab yourself a drink, a couple of biscuits, sit back and relax…

The Morning Mix

7am – 9am

Breakfast is back on the menu at 2RRR! … with Natalie de Silver spinning The Morning Mix Live on Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday & Virtual on Thursday – Friday. You’ll dig the music – Rhythm n’ Blues, Soul, Psychedelia & Garage Rock n Roll … with up-to-the-minute news, weather forecast, regular traffic reports & topical interviews.

The Baby Boomers' Guide to Life in the 21st Century (CRN)

9am – 10am

The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Life in the 21st Century is a multi-media healthy ageing project produced and broadcast from the studios of Radio Skid Row (RSR) in Marrickville. The Guide looks at healthy ageing, especially for Australians aged 55 and over. Each episode looks at a theme related to ageing in Australia through ‘The Expert Speaks’ segments, followed by ‘The Punter’s Panel’ where two local older people share their thoughts.

Hit Parade of Yesterday (CRN)

10am – 11am

Step back in time with vintage music from the 20s & 30s, more precisely, 1926-1937, jazz, big bands, and some Australian bands, personalities and music from the movies are featured. Original recordings are used. A monthly special highlights a personality or a band or, perhaps, a type of music or dance. This program began in March 1978!

Service Voices

11am – 11:30am

News, views, perspectives and memories from the veterans, service, volunteer and defence communities. Embracing oral history and contemporary perspectives and giving a voice to a sector of our community that is not usually available elsewhere.

Abel Caine Investigates

11:30am – 12pm

Abel Cain Investigates – An ex-commando and one-time member of Interpol, this private detective sets up an agency in trendy London in the 1960s. He’s well dressed, known in ‘all the right places’, and a very capable investigator who can solve problems whilst working ‘under the radar’. Brought to you by our sponsor Paul Gilbert and supplied by the Grace Gibson archive.

Midday Jazz Thursday

12pm – 2pm

Thursday’s Midday Jazz consists of mainly contemporary versions of The Great American Songbook. Plus, for a bit of fun, we have the Stage and Screen with a Twist of Jazz Quiz at around 12-45 to test your trivia – or your success at guessing accurately – from the three alternate answers suggested.

Country Roads

2pm – 4pm

Country, Rockabilly, and early Rock n Roll music. Featuring live local gigs and interviews with the artists, when the “Country Roads” goes on the road, live. With Ronnieboy.

Youth Jukebox

4pm – 5pm

Sydney’s youngest radio drive program. Join high school students from the local area of Ryde each weekday from 4pm.

Hippa To Da Hoppa

5pm – 6pm

Hip-hop heads, here’s the perfect place to power up your mind with some head throbbing hip-hop tracks! All music is selected by the mastermind behind the mic; Lachlan Hilder!

Album of the Week

6pm – 7pm

Listen to our Album of the Week segment to discover the latest and greatest new Aussie music!

Aussie Music Weekly (CRN)

7pm – 8pm

A one-hour radio show (presented by Noddy), broadcast twice a week around Australia on over 45 radio stations via the Community Radio Network satellite service. Aussie Music Weekly focuses on new local and independent Australian music, giving much-needed exposure to artists who do not gain airplay through mainstream media.

Rock & Roll Rising

8pm – 10pm

Rock and Roll Rising 2RRR 88.5 FM, Thursday evenings at 8pm ‘tll 10pm with Harry L and Harry P. We cover Rock Music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s 80′ and 90’s, in fact from all time! You’ll hear cuts ranging from hot melting guitar blues to grungy garage rock. Real rockin’ rhythm and blues, heavy hard rock and proto molten metal with a dose of Australian British and American tracks.

Smokestack Lightnin'

10pm – 12am

Smokestack Lightnin’ features the very best New Blues and newly reissued Classic Blues, Adult R&B, Adult Soul, Blues Rock, Zydeco Blues, and Gospel.

2RRR Jukebox

12am – 5am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

London Calling

5am – 7am

London Calling features new releases, old hits, long lost b-sides and and modern classics. London Calling has been called ‘the most eclectic post-drivetime radio show in the Southern Hemisphere’, amongst other things.

The Morning Hit Up

7am – 9am

Arts Alive (CRN)

9am – 10am

Arts Alive has a national perspective, actively seeking stories from all parts of Australia, and occasionally from New Zealand and Singapore. The program is structured in three parts: news and current affairs, the guest of the week – authors, writers, actors, painters or administrators – and a review of some current film, book, or play.

45RPM (CRN)

10am – 11am

45RPM honours the music of the 45 era: the 60s, 70s and 80s. This weekly twohour program contains music (original radio mixes), witty banter, and entertaining reports. More than a trip down memory lane, 45RPM sheds new light on old windows, re-contextualising the music boomers grew up listening to.

The Phantom Dancer

11am – 12pm

Recorded at the studios of 2SER in Sydney. Greg Poppleton serves delicious platters of swing n jazz from live 1920s-60s radio!

New York Jazz (CRN)

12pm – 2pm

New York Jazz: it’s nostalgia with the accent on jazz, and storylines on the artists and musicians, from Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra, along with listener requests, contributions, and most of all, relaxation. As Tom says, that’s what this long-running “perfect finale” to that “care-worn day” is all about.

There Goes That Song Again

2pm – 3pm

We listen to and talk about the popular music and the artists of the 1940s, 50s and 60s & also re-discover forgotten artists and songs. The emphasis is mostly on the easy-listening music of the era before the arrival of rock and roll and which also continued beyond. Regular features may include tributes to particular artists, interview excerpts, songs from the 20s or 30s revived in the 40s, 50s or 60s, songs that topped the charts 60, 70 or 80 years ago – and more!

There Goes That Song Again Special

3pm – 4pm

We take an in-depth look each week at a particular aspect of the music of the 1940s, 50s or 60s. Each “Special” may feature a specific artist, event, anniversary, Broadway show, Hollywood musical or other theme. It’s also an opportunity to take a detailed look at the history of a particular aspect of the era and re-discover forgotten artists and songs.

Real World Gardener

4pm – 5pm

Learn the ABC’s of gardening, garden design, growing plants and veggies, herbs and spices you need, plus much more. Real World Gardener is produced at 2RRR and heard right across Australia on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

Cosmic Cowboy Cafe

5pm – 7pm

Drinking songs and trucking songs. Songs about highways and honky tonks. Songs about loving and leaving, lying and cheating. More Austin TX than Nashville TN

Virtual Unreality

7pm – 9pm

Eclectic local and international contemporary music with interviews and guests, what else could you ask for? Chris Virtue is the voice for music that demands your attention. As an interviewer, Chris chats with some fascinating artists each week on Virtual Unreality.

Accidentally Curley's Treat

9pm – 11pm

Accidently Curley’s Treat roars through the airwaves every Friday from 9pm to midnight with your host DJ Earley Curley. From post-punk, synth-wave, dream-pop, plunderphonics, and neo-psychedelia, the revolutionary minds of music are everywhere to be found on in DJ Earley Curley’s expertly curated musical mixtapes.

The Funk Soul Brother

11pm – 12am

Kicking off your Saturday evening spinning a freestyle selection of soulful beats, rhythms and grooves. From vintage funk, soul, hip hop, and boom bap, to new fresh electronic beats, old skool beats, and of course all things funky.

The Funk Soul Brother

12am – 1am

Kicking off your Saturday evening spinning a freestyle selection of soulful beats, rhythms and grooves. From vintage funk, soul, hip hop, and boom bap, to new fresh electronic beats, old skool beats, and of course all things funky.

Blues Beat (CRN)

1am – 2am

The latest & best in blues music with Geoff Pegler. The latest music played on Bluesbeat is received from labels and artists in Australia and around the world. Brought to you via the Community Radio Network.

Beale Street Caravan

2am – 3am

Beale Street Caravan is a one hour non-commercial radio series broadcasting live recordings of Memphis music and its derivative forms to an international audience of 2.4 million worldwide weekly listeners on over 400 stations around the globe.

2RRR Jukebox

3am – 4am

A mix of Vintage Sounds from the 50s & 60s at the Midnight Hour 7 days a week. New! ALL AUSTRALIAN music between 2:00am-4:00am Monday to Friday. Check out the playlists inside.

Tales From The High Stool

4am – 6am

“Tales from the high stool” is a weekly programme broadcasting on Tuesday nights from 9pm. Hosted by Pádraig Ó Cuinn. The show involves interviews various people involved in local and global music, from festival organisers, musicians, music historians and music journalists.

The Electric Barnyard

6am – 8am

Tune in Tuesday arvos and Saturday mornings to John Lee and listen to the sounds of country coming all the way from the Electric Barnyard, on your station 2RRR 88.5FM. We’re rockin’ the airwaves, cause there’s a little bit of country in us all!

Wild in the Country

8am – 10am

Tune in with Michael to hear a melting pot of classic country sounds, interviews with Australian artists, and some good ol’ Rock n Roll!!!

Kaffy Country

10am – 11am

Kicking off your weekend can not be achieved any better by listening to the boot-lickin country tunes selected for you by Terry Kaff. The sweet sounds of country both from the past and from the present are the passion and joy behind Kaffy Country.

Planet Football

11am – 1pm

For one hour, expand your football knowledge by hearing the wise words of one of Sydney’s most active football journalists, The Lone Ranger. Local games, results and player interviews are central to Planet Football, giving you an insight into the minds of some of the game’s most interesting social commentators.

Aussie Music Weekly (CRN)

1pm – 2pm

A one-hour radio show (presented by Noddy), broadcast twice a week around Australia on over 45 radio stations via the Community Radio Network satellite service. Aussie Music Weekly focuses on new local and independent Australian music, giving much-needed exposure to artists who do not gain airplay through mainstream media.

Sydney Sounds

2pm – 4pm

Recordings, interviews and live performances by local alternative bands from all around Sydney are curated and shared each week straight to you by the local mastermind of Big Daddy K. With a well-established name within the Sydney music community, Big Daddy K is your go to host for hearing the wild and vibrant alternative sounds of Sydney’s coolest local bands.

Timeslides

4pm – 7pm

Music and arts with interviews with local bands are the burning passion of Natalie Smith. As a proud champion for local music, Natalie has a key eye for exciting talent. Each week, keep your ears open for fresh new sounds that are brewing from Australia’s finest music masterminds.

Sonic Stew

7pm – 8pm

Rock on down to 88.5FM on Monday night’s to hear the frantic energy of some of the wildest rock minds of the later half of the twentith century. Hosted by Rocco G, Sonic Stew is an adventure into his deep and expansive collection of rock gems. Ranging from deep underground cuts all the way to highly popular rock icons, Sonic Stew has it all.

The Funk Soul Brother

8pm – 11pm

Kicking off your Saturday evening spinning a freestyle selection of soulful beats, rhythms and grooves. From vintage funk, soul, hip hop, and boom bap, to new fresh electronic beats, old skool beats, and of course all things funky.

1200 Twelves

11pm – 12am

A project of 1200 Degrees and DJ D, 1200 Twelves is a DJ mix spun by one of 100 DJs from around the globe, who were tasked with creating a mix from 12 of their 12″ vinyl records, all adding up to 1200 twelves. Each episode will feature 1-2 DJs mixing live with minimal talk breaks in between.