Episode 5 - Sam Cavanagh

Sam Cavanagh is one of Australia’s foremost experts in radio content and creative team management. He ws the Executive Producer of the Hamish & Andy Drive show, and National Executive Show Producer at Southern Cross Austereo. In 2017 he became Executive Producer for Kennedy & Molloy, a new national drive show on Triple M with Jane Kennedy and Mick Molloy. At the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, Sam was awarded the Best Show Producer a-record 4 years in a row, 2007-2010. Sam has also received two ARIA awards for executive producing Hamish & Andy’s CDs, ‘Unessential Listening’ (2008), and ‘Celebrating 50 Glorious Years’ (2010). Sam has produced many world first media moments, including broadcasting live from Afghanistan with the Hamish & Andy Show. Follow Sam on Twitter at @samcav. 'There's a lot of hard work, but there's also a lot of good fortune, because when you get an opportunity and you're at uni, it's all a novelty... We were all young and fresh out of uni, none of it seemed like work we should be getting paid for anyway'. Game Changers: Radio is a show dedicated to the radio industry. Get in touch with our host Craig Bruce on Twitter @cb_bruce and our producer Jay Mueller @bad_producer. Check out all of our episodes at www.radiogamechangers.com. Game Changers: Radio - Insights and Lessons from the World's Best Radio Broadcasters and Programmers is available now from Amazon.  Game Changers: Radio is produced by Bad Producer Productions. Support the show: https://www.amazon.com.au/Game-Changers-Insights-broadcasters-programmers-ebook/dp/B07YSDKCDXSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.