Radio News

Vale Tony Verhoeven

Tony Verhoeven passed away in Sydney on March 10 following some major health issues. He commenced his radio career at 2GN Goulburn in 1970.

From there he moved to Sydney in 1972 to join 2CH in their successful Beautiful Music period. Tony is well known for his production work and he got to work with John Laws in the peak of his career. He worked with Lawsie at 2UW, 2UE as well as 2GB.

Tony is the brother of radio man Peter Verhoeven who was a longtime GM at 4KQ Brisbane. Peter says: “My brother had a great radio career and worked with the best. Rest in peace Tony.”

Tony’s son Dean says: “Such a happy care free guy. every day of my life from now on I feel I will have a thought of you in it. You have taught me to nurture my beautiful son that will thankfully have a memory of you. Love you always. Your one and only son! Rest in peace. Xxx”

← Prev Post Next Post →

1 Comment

Malama Psarianos on March 19, 2022 at 3:09 pm
I am so saddened to hear of the passing of Tony
He was such a great guy and a very good worker and committed and very helpful to the team around him.
Worked with Tony at 2UW while working for the John Laws Program.
Another great person gone.
My condolences to his family.
Reply

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

GfK DAB+ Radio Survey 2/2024

The top rating DAB+ stations in the GfK Radio 360 Survey 1 were: Kiss 90s (Sydney), Gold 80s (Melbourne), Smooth FM (Adelaide and Perth), and Nova 90s (Brisbane).

GfK Radio 360 Metro Survey 2/2024

In the latest GfK Radio 360 Metro Radio Ratings for 2024 the top rating stations were: 2GB in Sydney with 11.9% (-0.8) and 3AW in Melbourne with 13.8% (-0.7). In Adelaide, Mix 102.3 was the top rating station with 14.3% (+1.0), in Brisbane it was B105 with 11.9% (-1.9) and in Perth – Mix 94.5 with 15.3% (-0.3). Click on images below to view full details.

Hamish & Andy No 1 on Triton Australian Podcast Ranker

Hamish & Andy is once again Australia’s favourite podcast with the pair reclaiming their spot as Australia’s top podcast, reaching almost 845,000 listeners in March, according to the Triton Australian Podcast Ranker. Castile True Crime is in second place followed by Mamamia Out Loud, then Shameless and in fifth place The Imperfects.