Angela Catterns

Quick Facts

Full Name	Angela Catterns
Occupation	Radio Personality
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1953(1953-09-30)
Age	71
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Virgo

Angela Catterns Biography

Angela Catterns is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on September 30, 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Angela Catterns, AM (born 30 September 1953) is an Australian media personality and broadcaster. She is most well-known as a presenter on Australian radio She has hosted Mornings at Triple J, the National Evening Show on ABC Local Radio, and Breakfast on 702 ABC Sydney. She also works as a writer, podcaster, facilitator, interviewer, MC and vocalist. She hosted with Australian comedian also known as radio host Wendy Harmer a holiday season version of the Breakfast Show on 702 ABC Sydney.

The year 2001 saw Catterns came back to the ABC and this time it was to ABC Local Radio or what she calls “the grown up ABC”. Catterns was a 702 ABC Sydney breakfast presenter and was later the most popular Sydney breakfast host in the December ratings survey of 2004, temporarily taking over the popular Alan Jones from 2GB.

In 2003, Catterns conceived the ABC 702 ‘Knit-In’, harnessing the knitting prowess and goodwill of 702 listeners, in collaboration with the charity Wrap with Love, for an annual knitting event at ABC Headquarters. The ‘Knit-In’ has been an annual ABC event ever since. In addition to her involvement with Wrap With Love, Catterns is an ambassador, volunteer and supporter of the charity Habitat for Humanity Australia and The Public Education Foundation.

During her time at 702 Sydney first presenting ‘Breakfast’, Catterns temporarily displaced prominent Australian radio broadcaster Alan Jones in 2004 to achieve number one in the listener survey ratings. Catterns has also held broadcasting roles at Australian commercial radio stations 2SM and Vega 95.3 in Sydney, 2UE and at WKYS in Washington DC. Her popularity as a radio broadcaster is often attributed to her “perfectly measured combination of intellect and personality”, her listening and interviewing skills, and a voice described as being “smooth as chocolate” (The Sydney Morning Herald) or “as if her vocal cords have been marinated overnight in plum brandy and golden syrup” (Elle Magazine).

Relocating to Australia Catterns was a part of Triple J as the full-time morning show’s announcer. Triple J had begun to broadcast across the country and had recently launched the ongoing “Unearthed” initiative. On Triple J, Catterns aired an assortment of unforgettable and well-loved interview with people like David Bowie, Michael Hutchence, Jeff Buckley and then the then Prime of the country Paul Keating. Catterns later hosted the drive show on Triple J before moving into ABC Local Radio, presenting the evening show throughout Australia (from ABC Studios in Lismore). ABC Studios at Lismore and then making a return visit to Lismore, one of her favorite locations in north coast of NSW North Coast). Between full-time radio roles Catterns was a freelancer, and, during her time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she served as “voice of the Olympics” in charge of all public domain announcements made at Sydney Olympic Park. Catterns was also the venue announcements at the Superdome to announce the Sydney 2000 Olympics Gymnastics event.

Angela Catterns Net Worth

Angela Catterns is one of the richest Radio Personality from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Angela Catterns 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year was 1979 and Catterns secured the top spot as one of the four initial reporters on the wildly popular children’s Logie award-winning TV show Simon Townsend’s Wonder World. The show was famous by its fun-loving and imaginative reportage style, but it also dealt with more serious problems from time to time.

In the early 1980s Catterns was a part of in the mid-1980s with ABC young network Triple J, as presenter and producer for the morning show of the radio station that was at the time Sydney-only. She then left Triple J for a short period on commercial radio and went on to host morning shows on 2SM. Catterns was reportedly fired from 2SM within just 10 months of unjustified reasons. She later admitted that, “I was told I was too intelligent for our audience and that women don’t like listening to other women on radio”.

In 2002 he and nine other veterans were flown back to Papua New Guinea for the 60th anniversary of the battles along the Kokoda Track, commemorated with the unveiling of a monument at Isurava by then Prime Minister John Howard. At that time I was hosting the breakfast show on 702 ABC Sydney. It was obviously a legitimate news story, so I lined up an interview with my father … It was one of the highlights of my career and one of those special moments that I know a lot of listeners remember.

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In addition to being involved in the early online radio venture, BigFatRadio, around this time Catterns also became the voice of the safety announcements for pre-flight procedures on all Qantas flights – and after more than a decade, still scripts, programs and presents ‘Soul Food’, an enduring in- flight Qantas music channel.

Facts & Trivia

Angela Ranked on the list of most popular Radio Personality. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Angela Catterns celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.

In January 2014, Catterns joined 2UE as a presenter of the Morning show. She remained with the station until Fairfax Radio merged with Macquarie Radio.