Barry (radio station)

Barry

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth
Broadcast area	Australia and Online
Frequency	DAB+
Branding	Barry
Programming
Format	Comedy
Ownership
Owner	Austereo
History
First air date	16 July 2010

Barry was a comedy digital radio station broadcasting to the five mainland state capital cities in Australia.^[1] The station is owned by Austereo and was the second permanent digital-only station the company has launched, alongside Radar Radio. The station was launched on 16 July 2010.^[2] It ceased operation in June 2012.^[3]

The station aired a 5-minute loop on digital radio promoting the station was coming between 4 and 16 June.

Two weeks prior to the station launch on 16 July 2010, the station ran a campaign to save the name Barry from extinction. Ads aired on all Today Network and Triple M Network FM stations pointing people to savebarry.com.au.^[4]

Programming format consisted of a mix of pre-recorded and live comedy segments:

• The Peanut Gallery with Jeff Wortman & Paul Hogan (Triple M Melbourne)
• Gotcha Calls with Matt Tilley (Fox FM Melbourne)
• The Sweetest Plum (Triple M Melbourne)
• The Little Dum Dum Club with Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler
• Bad Blokes
• The Lunchtime Laugh
• Keith and the Girl
• Monday Night Football - (aest): Live from 6.30PM
• Stand-Up
• Song Parodies

• Paul & Rach (Triple M Sydney)
• The Heath & Normy Show (Triple M Sydney)
• Stefan & Craig (Triple M Brisbane)
• Neville from New Zealand
• Running of the Bullsh*t with Pace & Santi (Triple M Sydney)

The station was heard on DAB+ radios in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.^[5]

The station also streamed online at the Barry website and on the Barry iPad app.^[6]

• Barry Website

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