HOW TO LISTEN: Nine Radio unveils wall-to-wall coverage, commentary team for Paris Olympics
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Nine Radio – your home of the Olympics – will have you covered with over 150 hours of live coverage of the much-anticipated Paris Olympics, beginning with the Olympic Ceremony along the Seine River on July 27.
Daily coverage will begin each at 6:00pm AEST with a national edition of Wide World of Sports hosted by Mark Levy on 2GB in Sydney, 3AW in Melbourne, 4BC in Brisbane and 6PR in Perth, which will flow into non-stop live coverage from 7:00pm right through the night until the beginning of all breakfast shows nationally at 5:30am.
2GB’s Ben Fordham and 3AW’s Ross and Russ will be live on location in Paris from July 29, blending the biggest and best Olympic moments with local talkback issues.
Nine Radio’s Olympic commentary team will be led by Ray Hadley, who will be in Paris to call the biggest swimming and athletics moments right across the nation.
Joining Ray live for swimming commentary at La Defense Arena will be three-time Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett, while two-time Olympian Jane Flemming will join Ray for all the track and field action live at the world-famous Stade De France.
Award-winning commentators Shane McInnes and Matt Hill will also provide live commentary on swimming and athletics during 17 days of exciting competition.
Shane will be joined by 2GB and 4BC host Clinton Maynard and 2GB’s Breakfast News Editor Katie Fuller on the ground in Paris, providing up-to-the-minute reporting on the biggest sports, news, and current affairs issues around the Games.
Coverage will be anchored by Mark Levy, with Gordon Bray, Karl Langdon, Bill McDonald, Bill Woods, Lucy Zelic, and Adam Papalia providing expert commentary and coverage from a purpose-built interactive Olympics studio in Sydney, which will be the Australian HQ for all Paris 2024 audio.
Rolling coverage each day will also exclusively be streamed on Nine Radio’s suite of radio websites and apps, providing listeners with unparalleled access to Australia’s golden moments.
Complimenting live coverage will be a daily podcast featuring exclusive in-stadium radio commentary, interviews, and opinion on the day’s heart-stopping action, which will be your one-stop shop to catch up on the latest Olympics news as you wake up each morning.
As official broadcaster of the Olympics, Nine Radio’s digital channels will exclusively feature commentary vision of the biggest and best golden Australian commentary moments on all major social media platforms, including Instagram and TikTok.
Whether you consume Olympic content on the radio, via streaming or through social media, Nine Radio is excited to bring Australians unmatched coverage of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.