Bob Rogers (DJ)

Bob Rogers OAM[1][2] (born 3 December 1926)[3] is an Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster. He presents the six-hour Saturday evening Reminiscing program on Sydney radio station 2CH and previously presented The Bob Rogers Show on weekday mornings.[4]

Bob Rogers
Born (1926-12-03) 3 December 1926
OccupationDisc Jockey, radio announcer, television host

Early life

Rogers was born to British parents[5] and raised in Donald, Victoria.[6] His father had been a junior butcher before becoming a farmer. He used to help his father round up the sheep and catch the lambs before slaughter.[7]

Career

Rogers began his career as a panel operator for 3XY in Melbourne in 1942. Moving onto a Hobart station on a weekly wage of £8, he worked six days a week as a radio announcer, including presenting racing on Saturdays. Soon, Rogers was given permission to start a Sunday afternoon music program, playing new records given to him by American sailors coming off ships from America. Sponsors came in but when he asked for either a pay rise or Saturdays off, he was rejected. Rogers resigned and started a similar music program on Brisbane's 4BH in 1950. In 1957, Rogers discovered the Slim Dusty song Pub With No Beer and was the first DJ in Australia to play the song and catapult it to number one on the charts.[8] He became successful and subsequently presented Australia's first Top 40 show on 2UE from 1958 to 1962. He was Australia's top radio DJ for the next 8 years.[3][9][10]

In 1962 he joined 2SM which jumped to number 1. In 1964 Rogers was chosen to represent 2SM on The Beatles' tour through Europe, Asia and Australia. He returned to 2UE and presented his morning radio show with a new format of provocative commentary, gossip and music. His programme became popular amongst interview-hungry artists.[9][10] In 1976, Rogers wrote "Rock And Roll Australia", a book about the birth of the Australian rock industry.[8] In 1982, he started a chain of Women's dress shops.[8]

2CH radio

In November 1995, Rogers accepted John Singleton's offer and joined Sydney radio station 2CH. On 21 February 2007, according to the Nielsen radio ratings survey, Bob Rogers' Morning show became the fourth most heard radio programme in Sydney in that particular timeslot by beating John Laws of 2UE into fifth place. It is generally much more difficult for an easy listening station in Sydney to achieve a greater audience share than a talkback station. Overall, 2CH has overtaken 2UE to claim sixth place.[11][12][13]

After suffering a stroke while on air in 2018, Rogers announced in November 2018 that he would stop presenting his morning programme.[14] He continued presenting his Reminiscing program on Saturdays until October 3, 2020 when he finally retired.[15] [16]

Rivalry

On 5 December 2007, Rogers was verbally abused with obscenities by long-time professional rival John Laws in unprovoked circumstances whilst dining at lunch with 3AW personality Derryn Hinch in a Woolloomooloo restaurant.[17][18][19][20][21]

References
  1. Bob Rogers awarded OAM – Bigpondnews, 14 June 2010, retrieved on 7 May 2011.
  2. Bob Rogers – Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) – Radio 2CH, retrieved on 7 May 2011.
  3. Bob Rogers takes the cake – The Sydney Morning Herald 27 November 2006, retrieved on 19 June 2008.
  4. Sydney's daggiest radio station a giant killer The Daily Telegraph, 10 May 2008, retrieved on 10 July 2008.
  5. The Bob Rogers Show, Radio 2CH 10:33 AEDT 15 March 2007.
  6. Drive with Derryn Hinch, Radio 3AW, 17:31 ADST, 9 October 2009.
  7. The Bob Rogers Show, Radio 2CH, 11:26:30 AEST 24 June 2008.
  8. Bob Rogers Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine – 2CH
  9. The great survivor – The Sydney Morning Herald 28 October 2003, retrieved on 18 June 2008.
  10. Program eight: Policy Archived 8 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999, retrieved on 18 June 2008.
  11. Classic Rogers a big hit – Daily Telegraph
  12. Talk beats music in radio ratings – The Australian
  13. Brought to book, but Jones is still a hit – Sydney Morning Herald
  14. "Bob Rogers hangs up the headphones". Radioinfo. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  15. "Tim Webster replaces Bob Rogers and Chris Kearns goes live at nights on 2CH". Radioinfo. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  16. https://radioinfo.com.au/news/classic-hits-2ch-legend-bob-rogers-announces-his-retirement
  17. Laws didn't call me an 'armpit transplant' – Hinch Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Daily Telegraph
  18. Radio stars 'go each other' in Sydney restaurant Archived 8 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Livenews
  19. Laws launches tirade at Hinch and Rogers – The Sydney Morning
  20. Herald Laws launches obscene tirade at Hinch Archived 7 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Ninemsn
  21. http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2012/10/lnl_20121025_2205.mp3

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