Ron E Sparks

Ron E Sparks is a well-known Australian radio personality and voice talent. Born on 4 March 1951 and raised in Brisbane, Sparks now lives in the north Sydney suburb of Cammeray with his wife and two sons.

As with the name of American president Harry S. Truman, the "E" in "Ron E Sparks" does not stand for anything, and thus adding a dot after it to indicate abbreviation is arguably incorrect. It was originally added by a program director who thought that "Ronnie Sparks" sounded too immature, and wanted Sparks to transition gradually to using just "Ron" (which he has resisted doing).

Sparks worked in several regional radio stations as a young man. Moving to Sydney in the 1970s, he managed to score a role on air at the then top rating AM station 2SM as "Ron E. Sparx", and quickly became one of Sydney's most respected announcers. He interviewed many stars of the day.

After leaving 2SM Sparks became program director of another Sydney AM station 2UW. After leaving 2UW he worked on top rating FM station Triple M for almost 6 years before being lured to rival station 2Day FM.

Sparks has also made a name as a television voice artist, and has provided voice overs for several Australian television shows, such as Wheel of Fortune and Hot Streak. On the first day of October 1978, he hosted a special Rocktober edition of ABC-TV's Countdown, which can still be seen on Rage each Saturday night in January.

As 2Day FM grew more corporatised, and entered into the duopoly arrangement with Triple M, Sparks grew increasingly frustrated with group politics and had a hard time dealing with the huge egos of young network 'upstarts' who were given endless rope to play with. For some young 'stars' it seemed that they could do no wrong, and management always made excuses for them.

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