Barry (radio station)

Radio station in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth

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]

## Pre-launch

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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

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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

## Formerly broadcast

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* 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)

## Availability

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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]

## External links

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* Barry Website

## References

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1. ^ Austereo gets funny with Barry \- The Financial Review, 19 May 2010
2. ^ Former Nova presenter Tim Ross backs new Austereo comedy station \- mUmBRELLA, 9 July
3. ^ "Rundle on CNN ... Seven's new boss ... Barry booted for Buddha". 28 June 2012.
4. ^ Former Nova presenter Tim Ross backs new Austereo comedy station \- mUmBRELLA, 9 July
5. ^ Radio discovers a lost opportunity \- Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2010
6. ^ Get Your Barry iPad App Now[permanent dead link] \- Barry Website

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Southern Cross Austereo

Hit Network|

* Adelaide (SAFM)
* Bendigo
* The Border
* Brisbane (B105)
* Canberra (joint-venture with ARN)
* Gold Coast
* Hobart
* Limestone Coast (SAFM)
* Melbourne (The Fox)
* Newcastle
* Perth (Mix)
* Riverina
* South Queensland
* Sydney (2Day FM)
* Townsville
* Western Australia

Triple M|

* Adelaide
* Bendigo
* The Border
* Brisbane
* Canberra (Mix 106.3; joint-venture with ARN)
* Central Coast
* Central Queensland
* Central West
* Darling Downs
* Dubbo
* Gippsland
* Gold Coast
* Goulburn Valley
* Hobart
* Mackay & the Whitsundays
* Melbourne
* Newcastle
* Perth
* Riverina
* Riverina MIA
* Southwest
* Sunraysia
* Sydney
* Townsville

Digital-only stations|

| Current|

* Blender Beats
* Dance Hits
* Oldskool 80s Hits
* Oldskool 90s Hits
* RnB Fridays

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Defunct|

* Barry
* Caravan Radio
* Choose the Hits
* High Voltage Radio
* Radar
* Radio Gaga
* Little Fox

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