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Gary Bernard O'Callaghan MBE (11 October 1933 − 19 August 2017) was an Australian radio announcer based in Sydney, known for his on-air character, "Sammy Sparrow". [1] He was an Australian Commercial Radio Hall of Fame recipient. He dominated Sydney radio from the 1960s to the 1980s. [2]
O'Callaghan (/ ə ˈ k æ l ə h ən, oʊ-,-h æ n,-ɡ ən,-ɡ æ n / [1] [2]) or simply Callaghan without the prefix (anglicized from two separate surnames and clans, Ó Ceallacháin, Munster Clan. Ó Ceileacháin, Oriel Clan ) is an Irish surname.
Gary O'Callaghan: MBE: Radio presenter: 1976 Malcolm Fraser: Prime Minister: 1975 joint winners Major General Alan Stretton: AO, CBE: Head of National Disasters Organisation (Cyclone Tracy relief efforts) John Cornforth: CBE: Nobel prize winner in Chemistry 1974 Sir John Kerr: AC, KCMG: Governor General: 1973 Group Captain John Waddy: OBE, DFC ...
2UE Broadcast area Sydney Frequency 954 kHz Branding 2UE Easy Music Programming Format Oldies Adult standards Soft adult contemporary Ownership Owner Nine Entertainment (Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd) Operator Ace Radio Sister stations 3MP, 4BH, Magic 1278 History First air date 26 January 1925 ; 99 years ago (1925-01-26) (as 2UE) Former call signs 2EU Former frequencies 1025 kHz AM (1925–1935 ...
Gary O'Connor, better known as Gary O', is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter. [1] He is best known for the singles "Pay You Back with Interest" and "All the Young Heroes", which were popular in the early 1980s, [ 1 ] and for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1982 . [ 2 ]
One of its early breakfast presenters, Russ Walkington, had a character known as Gerald the Grasshopper who pre-dated Sammy Sparrow who appeared on 2UE with Gary O'Callaghan. In 1935 it became the first radio station outside the United States (and thus the first in both the British Empire and the Southern Hemisphere) to broadcast 24 hours a day ...
11 October – Gary O'Callaghan (died 2017), radio personality; 19 October – Brian Booth (died 2023), cricketer; 29 October – John Andrews (died 2022), architect; 1 December – James Wolfensohn (died 2020), President of the World Bank; 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
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