Angela Catterns
| Angela Catterns | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 September 1953 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, sound recordist, producer, reporter, broadcaster, MC |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Website | angelacatterns |
Angela Catterns, AM, is an Australian media personality and broadcaster. Mostly known for her work on Australian radio, currently presenting 2UE Afternoons, she has presented Mornings on Triple J, the National Evening Show on ABC Local Radio, and Breakfast on 702 ABC Sydney. She freelances as a voice-over artist and MC for corporate events and charity fundraisers, and regularly teams up with Australian humourist and broadcaster Wendy Harmer to present a holiday season version of the Breakfast Show on 702 ABC Sydney.
During her time at 702 Sydney first presenting 'Breakfast', Catterns temporarily displaced prominent Australian radio broadcaster Alan Jones in 2004 to achieve number one in the listener survey ratings. Catterns has also held broadcasting roles at Australian commercial radio stations 2SM and Vega 95.3 in Sydney, and at WKYS in Washington DC. Her popularity as a radio broadcaster is often attributed to her "perfectly measured combination of intellect and personality", her listening and interviewing skills, and a voice described as being "smooth as chocolate" (The Sydney Morning Herald) or "as if her vocal chords have been marinated overnight in plum brandy and golden syrup" (Elle Magazine).
In 2003, Catterns conceived the ABC 702 ‘Knit-In’, harnessing the knitting prowess and goodwill of 702 listeners, in collaboration with the charity Wrap with Love, for an annual knitting event at ABC Headquarters. The ‘Knit-In’ has been an annual ABC event ever since. In addition to her involvement with Wrap With Love, Angela Catterns is an ambassador, volunteer and supporter of the charity Habitat for Humanity Australia and The Public Education Foundation.
In December 2013, Sydney commercial radio station 2UE announced that from mid January 2014 Angela would present Mornings from 8:30 to 11:30. In July 2014 she moved to the 2UE Afternoons show, and in April 2015 became a casualty of the 2UE/2GB merger, being made redundant the day after 2UE closed their newsroom.
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