Ray Hadley
| Ray Hadley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 September 1954 Paddington, Sydney |
| Occupation | Talkback radio broadcaster TV personality |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne (separated) |
| Children | Daniel, Laura, Emma and Sarah |
| Website | rayhadley.com.au |
Raymond Morris "Ray" Hadley OAM (born 27 September 1954) is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster and a rugby league football commentatator for Channel Nine. He presents 2GB Sydney's monday to friday morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.
Ray Hadley was born and raised in Paddington, Sydney but has claimed at various times to have lived on a farm in Eungai Rail on the mid north coast of New South Wales as well as a "housing commission house in Dundas valley".
In December 2001, Hadley joined 2GB to present the weekend rugby league coverage but when fellow 2UE presenter Alan Jones moved to 2GB from 2UE in April 2002, Ray accepted an offer to present the morning show as well.
His talkback show started as a traditionally local, community and state-based current affairs oriented - but over the past two years he has extended his program to networks stations in regional NSW, Queensland and the ACT. His favourite music genre is country and western (both traditional and modern) - especially new releases and some old favourites but would occasionally play nostalgic 50's 60's and 70's radio-friendly pop hits. Hadley's opening theme is "Murrumbidgee" by one of his favourite country groups, The Wolverines, who are also great mates, while the closing theme is the world famous country instrumental "Last Date" from renowned country pianist Floyd Cramer.
In 2009 Hadley started broadcasting to a wider audience. His program from 9am to midday is also broadcast to stations across Rural NSW, Queensland and parts of Victoria and through Canberra station 2CC. Those stations are part of the Southern Cross network owned by Macquarie Bank Media and Capital Radio and are some of the stations which also broadcast the Continuous Call Team.
While Hadley achieved a new milestone in May 2009 when his 2GB morning show ratings reached 19.1% (the best figure for a morning show since John Laws topped 20% in the early 1980s, and back then there were no FM stations in the Sydney market), he bettered it two years later when in May 2011 he became the highest-rating radio announcer ever on Australian radio, commanding an unprecedented 20.1% of the audience. Until being beaten by the top rating Ross and John breakfast program on opposite number 3AW in Melbourne a year later.
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