When the Macquarie Fairfax merger happened, 2UE news stalwart Steve Blanda was holidaying in London.
 
With fifty staff to lose their jobs from a number of departments including news, few imagined the man who holds the record for the most number of ACRAs would be among the casualties.
 

Business journalist and financial commentator Ross Greenwood will present the 2015 Budget Night for Macquarie Radio Network’s (MRN) News Talk stations in a network first.
 
Greenwood will broadcast live from Canberra for the Budget announcement on May 12^th.
 

Following the merger of Fairfax and the Macquarie Radio Network, it has been widely reported that many former Fairfax staff have lost their jobs.  

Earlier this week we reported that ABC Local Radio will broadcast from the dawn service at Gallipoli.

Sydney’s News Talk 2UE 954 has announced its new on air presenter line-up.

The 2UE Mornings presenter Stuart Bocking and Afternoons presenter Justin Smith will both now have extended programs.

Stuart Bocking’s program will air from 9.00am until 2.00pm, while Justin Smith’s program will air from 2.00pm until 6.00pm.

2UE Breakfast with John Stanley and Garry Linnell will continue to be scheduled from 5.00am to 9am.

All other 2UE programming remains unchanged.

2UE’s Angela Catterns is the latest casualty to lose her job following the Fairfax Macquarie merger.

Tonight at 6pm is the final news bulletin from 2UE's Greenwich studio following the Fairfax Macquarie merger. The 7 o'clock bulletin will come from the newly merged newsroom in Pyrmont, which is a larger newsroom combining staff from both 2UE and 2GB and created to service both stations and affiliates.