Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter)
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Trevor Sinclair is a Sydney-based radio host. He began his Sydney radio career in 1978 at the then most popular commercial music station in the city 2SM. Prior to this he had worked on provincial radio in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Career
[edit]20th century
[edit]Sinclair's career began in the small town of Young on 25 October 1976 for 2LF. He moved to the regional town of Nowra in 1977 to work at 2ST,[1] before hosting a night show, at Canberra's 2CC in early 1978.[2] Sinclair also hosted a very successful late afternoon TV show, "Connections" on local television station CTC-7 from 13 April[3] until 24 November 1978.[4] He was offered a position at Sydney's 2SM in late October 1978[2] and soon after took over the afternoon role.[5]
In November 1979, Sinclair joined former 2SM colleagues including: Ron E Sparks (Program Director) and Gordon O'Byrne (Presenter) for the rebirth of Sydney station 2UW[5] that was then owned by the Albert family who owned radio stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane which became known as the Australian Radio Network (ARN). Sinclair continued his association with the Network through its AM stations in Sydney (2UW) and Melbourne (3KZ) conversion to the FM band (Sydney's Mix 106.5 and Melbourne's TT FM) until May 2001.[6]
Sinclair was host of several nationally syndicated radio shows during the 1980s and 1990s for Grace Gibson Radio Productions and ARNSAT including The Hitfile, Music Over Australia and How it was-When it was.
21st century
[edit]Following a take-over and sale of ARN to Australian Provincial Newspapers and America's Clear Channel Communications, Sinclair found himself back in the regional radio market working for DMG Radio Australia. He presented on DMG's River 94.9 in the summer of 2002.[7] DMG also had recently launched its Nova network across the country. Nova sold off its regional assets to enable it to buy two new radio licences in Sydney and Melbourne, Sinclair was again back in Sydney at the newly launched Vega 95.3. He hosted the network's night show during 2007 on Sydney's Vega 95.3 and Melbourne's Vega 91.5,[8] followed by autonomous shows in both Sydney and Melbourne from time to time from 2005 until 2009.
Until April 2012, he was hosting the drive show on 2CH in Sydney before moving into a breakfast show support role.[9]
In 2013, Sinclair was appointed Executive Producer/Anchor of the Better Homes & Gardens Radio Show, heard on 70 stations across Australia.[citation needed]
For 12 years, Sinclair was also the host of "FMQ - on Radio Q" on Qantas.[10][11]
In March 2017, following the sale of 2CH by Macquarie Radio Network to a consortium of Oceania Capital Partners, Glenn Wheatley and John Williams, and the launch of its Easy Classics format, Trevor once again found himself at 2CH where he hosted the Breakfast Show with Indira Naidoo from April 2018 until December 2019.[12] In January 2020 he moved to host the Afternoon-Drive Show.[13]
He left 2CH in July 2021 and joined 3MP in Melbourne (owned by the ACE Radio network) as their evening presenter.[14] In January 2022, ACE took over operation of metropolitan radio stations in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Sinclair was appointed breakfast show host of two of ACE's music stations: 2UE in Sydney and 4BH in Brisbane.[15] On 11 July 2022, he was replaced on 4BH by Brisbane radio legend "BBQ Bob" Gallagher[16] so he is focused on his Easy Breakfast Show in Sydney where he remains today as one of Sydney's most enduring radio performers.
References
[edit]- ^ Gunn, Nikole (4 September 2018). "10 Questions with Trevor Sinclair". Radio Today. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b Patterson, Sarah (25 October 2023). ""I'm still doing what I love" - Trevor Sinclair marks 47 years in radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Available space". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 559. Canberra: John Fairfax and Sons. 13 April 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Channel 7". The Canberra Times. Vol. 53, no. 15, 769. Canberra: John Fairfax and Sons. 24 November 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Groves, Don (18 November 1979). "Talent drain OK by 2SM chief". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 42. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via Google News Archive.
... after- 'noon man Trevor Sinclair has gone.
- ^ Chapman, Heather (21 May 2001). "No time for talking". Switched on. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax Holdings. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Sinclair relief on river 949". radioinfo Australia. 8 January 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Vega 95.3fm keeps the variety in the lineup". radioinfo Australia. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Ian Holland takes over breakfast on 2CH". radioinfo Australia. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Qantas named World's Best Airline for Inflight Entertainment" (Press release). Sydney: Qantas. 3 October 2002. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 – via TravelVoice.
Radio Q features 12 hosted music channels, including Trevor Sinclair's "FMQ" plus four exclusive talk channels, including Talking Business and interview program, A Current of Air
- ^ "Entertainment - Q Radio". Qantas. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Staff Writer (9 December 2019). "2CH dumps Trevor Sinclair & Indira Naidoo from Breakfast". Radio Today. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Tim Webster moves onto breakfast at 2CH". radioinfo Australia. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
Trevor Sinclair has been moved to present Afternoon Drive and Chris Kearns returns with his Sydney's "Tonight Live" show from 7pm on Monday January 13th.
- ^ "Trevor Sinclair moves to 3MP". radioinfo Australia. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Manning, James (17 January 2022). "Easy Music: Ace Radio quietly launches Australia's newest metro network". Mediaweek. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
Breakfast in Sydney and Brisbane will be in good hands with Trevor Sinclair who has recently been working for Ace on 3MP.
- ^ Holdsworth, Matty (10 July 2022). "Legendary 4KQ host returns to classic hits station where it all began". Queensland. The Sunday Mail. Brisbane: News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
