2GB’s Ray Hadley dodges suspension and stays on air despite staff stoush
Sydney morning radio host Ray Hadley remained on air on 2GB this morning and reiterated his loyalty to station management after a three-day suspension was withdrawn.
Renowned hot-head Hadley was involved in a heated exchange with a station staffer last week.
A row broke out after word got back to Hadley that the staffer – whose identity has not been revealed – had made a joke about his friend and former station manager Ian Holland, a pilot, and a plane crash he miraculously survived in 2010, Mumbrella understands.
It was alleged the staffer also made disparaging remarks about Hadley’s production team.
Hadley then confronted the man, and in a term he often uses, “blew up.”
A memo was sent to staff yesterday saying Hadley would be suspended until Monday. Hadley’s staff then threatened to walk out with him and not produce his stand-in host.
But influential Macquarie Radio Network shareholder John Singleton stepped in last night and over-ruled the suspension issued by programmer David Kidd, and Hadley returned to air today.
“Let’s get down to business,” he said in opening his 9am show.
“Sometimes in the hurly burly life of radio, just like other organisations and families, people have disagreements and that’s part of life.
“The relationship between myself and the executive of this station will always survive any disagreement we may have. The station and the company is guided by a management team who do an outstanding job, and they have my full support. So let’s get back to business.”
Macquarie Radio chairman Russell Tate, Singleton and Kidd had not returned calls by the time of posting.
The story made the front page of Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, as the station has before – the last time after Alan Jones made explosive remarks about the death of Julia Gillard’s father.
Hang on,
The same thing happened to my 9 years old son in the school yard recently.
Coincidence? I think not…
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Hot head or big head? I gave up listening to Ray Hadley a few years back when he started becoming a lawyer, more than a talk-back hostie. He’s gone the way of John Laws… and now a bit too full of himself. It appears even his fellow workers may have similar thoughts.
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over-sized Egos that’s all!
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There’s no winners in this episode.
Insensitive Staffer, Over-Sensitive Talent, Bully-boy Production “Team”, Unsupported Station Management, Interfering Shareholder.
What a place!
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Good to see the other side of the story in SMH today. Poor bloke copped it over a podcast.
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it’s valentines day kiss and make up
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