To mark 2XX’s 50th anniversary year, we’ve invited the people who have powered 2XX’s journey across 5 decades to join us on-air. Their stories trace the highs, lows, dramas and great times.
Plus, newly digitised archival recordings help chart the musical, political, social and cultural changes in Canberra and Australia since 1976.
If you were there, don’t be square. If you weren’t, you’d wish you had been!
Got questions, corrections, or anecdotes to share? Get in touch: [email protected]
Programs available via most podcast platforms.
Credits
Mural: 2XX People Powered Radio, 2000.
Artist unknown: Please get in touch if you know who painted it.
Show music: ‘Doobie’ by Kesta
Archive audio: National Film and Sound Archive
Licence CC BY 4.0
FMA. CC BY-NC 4.0
Listen to Latest Episodes
10 Jul 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years Liam Egan, started out at 2XX as a teenager, and became centrally involved in recording local bands and musicians at the station. Liam went on to a career in sound design, and has worked in post production on dozens of feature films, television projects, and documentaries. He has received many awards and nominations, including an AFI and an ASSG award for the acclaimed drama Samson and Delilah.
3 Jul 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years Keeping it loud and strong with Maeve Wingate, reflecting on 2XX's proud feminist history. With early programs including Fantasy, Women's Revolutions Per Minute and Subversive Stories, Maeve Wingate was behind the mic and behind the scenes at 2XX for more than two decades.
26 Jun 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years When Jonathan Green, journalist, writer and commentator, walked into the 2XX studios in Kingsley Street Hall in 1978, little did he know it would launch him on a media career that has spanned almost 50 years. Jonathan, a familiar voice on ABC Radio National, shares his memories of 2XX, of discovering the joy of live broadcasting, and the path that this set him on.
19 Jun 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years People Powered 50 Years this week celebrates 2XX as a multicultural, multilingual station. Our guests are Mariluz and Eduardo Gonzalez from Latino America Hora and Chin Wong from the ACT Chinese Australian Association Cantonese and Mandarin programs. We’ll also pay tribute to a 2XX legend, Victor Marillanca.