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!
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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
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.
12 Jun 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years Jeremy Lee started his radio career at 2XX before moving to the ABC, first as a producer in Canberra, and then producing Evenings in Melbourne. Jeremy now hosts the ABC Breakfast show in Warrnambool, using the skills he acquired during this time with 2XX.
5 Jun 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years Declan O’Connell is in conversation with Canberra Museum and Gallery curator, Dr Hannah Paddon about the 2XX history exhibition which opened on June 6 and goes through to September 6, 2026. The show also features audio collages prepared for the exhibition, voices from 2XX over the years, and much more.
29 May 2026, 10:30am People Powered 50 Years Liz McNiven, a Budjiti woman from the Paroo River watershed Country of south-west Queensland and north-west New South Wales, recalls her days presenting Land Rights Now and Sovereign Voices here on Radio 2XX. The show also includes audio from an interview Liz did with Wiradjuri author and activist Kevin Gilbert and excerpts from a 2XX interview with Murri singer-songwriter Kev Carmody.