{"id":2021,"date":"2025-11-17T21:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:28:03","slug":"2gb-to-air-special-coverage-of-state-funeral-for-radio-icon-john-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/2gb-to-air-special-coverage-of-state-funeral-for-radio-icon-john-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"2GB to Air Special Coverage of State Funeral for Radio Icon John Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/JohnLawsMR-778x438.jpg\" alt=\"2GB to Air Special Coverage of State Funeral for Radio Icon John Laws\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sydney\u2019s&nbsp;<em>2GB<\/em>&nbsp;will present live, comprehensive coverage of the State Funeral for legendary Australian broadcaster&nbsp;John Laws&nbsp;this Wednesday, November 19, ensuring listeners across the country can pay their respects and reflect on his extraordinary career.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special broadcast coverage will be hosted by&nbsp;<em>2GB<\/em>&nbsp;presenters&nbsp;<strong>Michael McLaren<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>John Stanley<\/strong>, commencing at&nbsp;<strong>1:00pm AEDT.&nbsp;<\/strong>The special broadcast has been offered to the same network stations that syndicated The John Laws Morning Show for decades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coverage will take the official audio of the full State Funeral service live from St Andrew\u2019s Cathedral in Sydney, beginning at 1:30pm AEDT. The station will also have a team of reporters on the ground, covering the service and providing commentary on this important national event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the service, the coverage will feature highlights of John Laws\u2019 seven decades in radio, celebrating his unique style, cultural impact, and the defining moments of his career.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nine Radio Managing Director,&nbsp;<strong>Tom Malone<\/strong>, said: \u201cJohn Laws was a giant of Australian radio and we\u2019re proud to be honouring John, and providing his millions of listeners right across the country with the opportunity to be part of the farewell.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So far 25 stations across Australia have booked the program for their listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listeners can tune in to<em>&nbsp;2GB<\/em>&nbsp;from 1:00pm AEDT this Wednesday, November 19, for the special coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;will present live, comprehensive coverage of the State Funeral for legendary Australian broadcaster&nbsp;John Laws&nbsp;this Wednesday, November 19, ensuring listeners across the country can pay their respects and reflect on his extraordinary career. The special broadcast coverage will be hosted by&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;presenters&nbsp;Michael McLaren&nbsp;and&nbsp;John Stanley, commencing at&nbsp;1:00pm AEDT.&nbsp;The special broadcast has been offered to the same network stations &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/2gb-to-air-special-coverage-of-state-funeral-for-radio-icon-john-laws\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2GB to Air Special Coverage of State Funeral for Radio Icon John Laws&#8221;<\/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-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","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=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2022,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}