2Day FM streams music and entertainment live from Sydney, one of Australia's first commercial FM stations, free around the clock. Press play on Radio Shuffle and it starts instantly, no account or app download required.
Launched by Media Personalities, Not a Network
2Day FM began broadcasting on August 2, 1980, one of the first commercial FM licenses granted in Sydney alongside Triple M, after technical difficulties pushed back the planned July 11 launch date, according to Wikipedia's history of the station. Its original owners were not a media conglomerate but three well-known media personalities, John Laws, Mike Willesee, and Graham Kennedy, an unusual starting point for a station that would go on to become one of Sydney's most recognized FM brands.
Easy Listening First, Pop Later
To differentiate itself from Sydney's existing AM stations, 2Day FM launched with an easy listening format rather than chasing the same hit-driven approach as its competitors. That initial identity did not last forever, as ownership changes reshaped the station's direction over the following decade.
Two Ownership Changes in Two Years
Broadcast Investments, under the Lamb family, bought the station in 1987, and just two years later, in 1989, Austereo acquired it, bringing 2Day FM into one of Australia's major commercial radio groups. That consolidation under Austereo set the stage for the station's shift toward the pop and entertainment format more associated with the 2Day FM name in the decades since.
Listen Free on Radio Shuffle
2Day FM streams around the clock, and Radio Shuffle carries the feed live with nothing to install and no subscription required. Press play for hit music straight from Sydney.