Tim McDermott shifts from 2UE to DMG

Tim Burrowes

November 29, 2011 12:00

2UE’s general manager Tim McDermott is to join DMG Radio as its Sydney GM.

McDermott will replace David Borean who departed in August and is now a managing partner at Waterfont Entertainment Marketing.

McDermott was a key player in the relaunch of Fairfax’s talk station 2UE, which saw the arrival of a new generation of presenters. He was voted most popular metro station manager at this year’s commercial radio awards.

At the relaunch at the start of the year, McDermott predicted 2UE it would lift its share from 5.3% to 8.5%. In the last set of ratings from Nielsen, 2UE had a share of 6.1%.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.