{"id":1028,"date":"2025-01-14T02:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2025-01-14T02:50:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:50:39","slug":"hamish-macdonald-joins-702-abc-radio-sydney-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/hamish-macdonald-joins-702-abc-radio-sydney-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamish Macdonald joins 702 ABC Radio Sydney in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Award winning journalist Hamish Macdonald will present the\u00a0Mornings<\/em>\u00a0program on 702 ABC Radio Sydney in 2025 leading a group of incoming talent across the station this year.<\/p>\n

Hamish will present the\u00a0Mornings\u00a0<\/em>program from Monday to Thursday from Monday 20 January.<\/p>\n

“First and foremost I\u2019d like to pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of Sarah Macdonald. I know these are big shoes to fill.” Hamish said.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m looking forward to putting my head down, getting to work from Monday and serving the wonderful 702 audience in what will be a huge year of news for Sydney.”<\/p>\n

Leading audiences into the weekend will be journalist and presenter Kathryn Robinson who will present\u00a0Mornings<\/em>\u00a0every Friday from Friday 31 January.<\/p>\n

Audience favourite Dom Knight will host Friday\u00a0Drive<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday Mornings<\/em>. On\u00a0Sunday Mornings<\/em>\u00a0renowned science and technology journalist and presenter Rae Johnston will bring audiences a mix of lifestyle, gardening, information and conversation.<\/p>\n

Other new voices on the network this year are Chris Bath who will start her new role presenting\u00a0Monday to Thursday\u00a0Drive\u00a0<\/em>and Charlie Pickering who will present\u00a0Thank God It\u2019s Friday!.<\/em><\/p>\n

New 702 ABC Radio Sydney Manager Katrina Palmer joined the team this month and said \u201cI\u2019m excited to be starting with such a fantastic line up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cABC Radio Sydney is deeply connected to audiences across Australia\u2019s largest city, breaking news and sharing stories from across the region every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025 we will build on these connections in new and meaningful ways and I\u2019m eager to get started from ABC Radio Sydney\u2019s new home in Parramatta.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Hamish Macdonald<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hamish Macdonald is an award-winning journalist who has covered wars, disasters, and major world events. He presents\u00a0Take Me To Your Leader<\/em>\u00a0and co-hosts\u00a0Global Roaming<\/em>\u00a0on ABC Radio National and\u00a0The Project<\/em>\u00a0on Channel Ten.<\/p>\n

Hamish has won numerous awards including a Walkley for current affairs journalism. In 2024 he won the EU-Qantas Journalism Prize and the Elizabeth O\u2019Neill Journalism Award. He was also previously named Young Journalist of the Year by Britain’s Royal Television Society.<\/p>\n

Overseas, Hamish has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya and Ukraine, the nuclear disaster in Japan, uprisings in Hong Kong and Egypt, the London bombings and the rise of ISIS in Iraq.<\/p>\n

He has featured regularly on the ABC since 2016, hosting Radio National Breakfast, Black Summer bushfire coverage, Q&A, Australian of the Year and reporting for Foreign Correspondent.<\/p>\n

In 2016 he became a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Hamish is Patron of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation and Ambassador for Dementia Australia.<\/p>\n

About Kathryn Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathryn Robinson is an Australian journalist and presenter who has presented Ten\u2019s\u00a0Meet the Press<\/em>,\u00a0Ten Late News<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Ten Evening News<\/em>\u00a0and was news presenter on\u00a06PM with George Negus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She was a fill in presenter on\u00a0The Project<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>and a regular Friday night panellist on the program.<\/p>\n

Since 2015 Kathryn has been a part of the ABC News team presenting on the ABC NEWS Channel. She hosted The Business for two years, presented\u00a0ABC Weekend Breakfast<\/em>,\u00a0The Drum\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0One Plus One<\/em>\u00a0and filled in as presenter on\u00a0Radio National Drive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

About Rae Johnston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rae Johnston is a multi-award-winning journalist. A Wiradyuri and Greek woman who was born and raised on Darug and Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains of NSW.<\/p>\n

Rae is a leading commentator on all things science, technology, video games and geek culture. She is the creator and presenter of\u00a0Weird Tech<\/em>\u00a0podcast and will also present ABC Radio National\u2019s\u00a0Download This Show<\/em>\u00a0in 2025.<\/p>\n

She is also a presenter on\u00a0Back Roads<\/em>\u00a0on ABC TV and\u00a0Going Places With Ernie Dingo<\/em>\u00a0on NITV.<\/p>\n

Rae serves on the boards of both the\u00a0Telstra Foundation\u00a0and\u00a0Swinburne University of Technology.<\/p>\n

About Dom Knight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dom Knight is a comedy writer and broadcaster who was one of the founding members of\u00a0The Chaser<\/em>\u00a0when it began as a satirical newspaper in a small terrace house over the road from Sydney Uni. He later worked on most of the team\u2019s ABC TV projects.<\/p>\n

Dom’s first radio experience came in The Chaser team’s early years, hosting late night shows on a commercial music station. More recently, he\u2019s hosted several comedy podcasts and radio shows with his Chaser colleagues.<\/p>\n

From 2012 to 2016 Dom presented\u00a0Evenings\u00a0<\/em>on ABC Radio Sydney, and in recent years he has filled in across the station, including on\u00a0Drive<\/em>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n

Dom is also the author of nine books, most recently\u00a0The Dictionary of Terrible Ideas<\/em>\u00a0for ABC Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award winning journalist Hamish Macdonald will present the\u00a0Mornings\u00a0program on 702 ABC Radio Sydney in 2025 leading a group of incoming talent across the station this year. Hamish will present the\u00a0Mornings\u00a0program from Monday to Thursday from Monday 20 January. “First and foremost I\u2019d like to pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of Sarah Macdonald. … Continue reading “Hamish Macdonald joins 702 ABC Radio Sydney in 2025”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}