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ABC Radio Perth has dropped breakfast host Stan Shaw less than a year after putting him into the morning hot seat. Shaw, who was hired to boost the slot in January, revealed the shock news himself less than 11 months in the job, sharing his contract had not been renewed.
WA born and bred, Stan has called the south-west of the state home for 15 years, presenting ABC radio programs in Esperance, Albany, Perth and Bunbury.
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I was sad to see Stan leave ABC radio in Bunbury. If there is no longer a position for him in Perth, maybe he could come back to the country
The ABC are blaming the hosts when the actual format of the shows are the problem.
Continually asking questions and requesting response is lazy and boring.
We need someone and a host that brings their own views. Be them controversial or not. We will ring in on our own accord if we agree or not.
I can bet that, at present you get the same 10 people ring in !
Please change the current format and I for one will give ABC radio another go
100% agree. And the topics are absolutely inane! Case in point the current promo for tea that tastes like coffee- really?!
I found Stan to be interesting and entertaining whereas his replacement is a bit beige. The current ABC lineup in general is quite underwhelming, with the exception of Nadia Mitsopoulos, ABC Perth is sliding slowly into mediocrity. NOT HAPPY!!
I will miss Stan. Don’t understand why he’s going
I was a convert to the ABC Perth breakfast because of Stan Shaw. Very easy to listen to and is true to himself. Sorry to see him go, I wish him well but the ABC has lost a listener because of it.
Nooooooooo ????…. So sad… What a loss for ABC Perth Radio.
I’m gonna miss tea bag…. He’s really made my mornings enjoyable. Straight shooter and a pleasure to listen to.
I wish him all the best xx
Rocky did you grow up with the Panaia boys in Perth?
I’m so sad to hear this. I have always listened to ABC radio.
Can’t imagine why you would do this. I’m afraid you have lost a loyal listener. What are you thinking.
Very disappointed that Stan was ousted before his time was up. We miss him in Bunbury WA, but I have to say he shone in the Perth ABC and with all the gang it was very entertaining, informative, homely and inviting. In fact it made it get the APP so I can tune into Perth ABC gang, especially “breakfast with Stan” and his boys from the booth. What a great bunch.
I know going back is difficult, but he would be gladly received back in Bunbury ABC where we lack male voices and interests.
Please keep him local if he wishes that is.
Such a shame to lose Stan Shaw. I enjoyed listening to him and wish him well. Why has he left? The ABC has lost a great presenter.
Stan Shaw was original, funny, easy to listen to. Classic Aussie, obviously not woke enough for the abc. Listening to the new guy, “Gibbo” what a pain, over the top radio voice, insincere. I’ll be switching stations.
Jon from Secret Harbour
I agree Stan was easy to listen to. I knew something was wrong when he took a few sickies. The format of the show was wrong and with Mark Gibson it ain’t much better. Too much full on talking when I’m out walking at 5AM. Whilst a little more music is playing, overall I’m sick of the format, asking ‘experts’ from some uni about some rubbish study they’ve been doing.
Turned off now and listening to my own music. ABC is sinking.
I have been a long time listener of Stan and will sadly be missed by many.
As we knew , he headed to Perth , with a 12 contract and we assumed that he will be returning to ABC , Bunbury ?
Best wishes Stan and Family !
Alan ,
Capel.
I feel like I have been on another planet. Shame on the ABC if Stan has lost his job. He was great and the first person since Russell Wolff to bring the ABC Perth Breakfast Show back to its former glory. He also moved his family from the south west to Perth .. I wish him the very best.
A bad move ABC. I was once an all day listener but in 2023 have only tuned into Stan Shaw. All gone downhill in last few years. I blame management.
Can’t believe the abc have let Stan go. We loved waking up with Stan and his crew, his rapport with the newsreaders and Jess from the weather bureau was great. Bye, abc Stan was your best presenter won’t be tuning in any more.
Such a shock! – I have enjoyed Stan’s breakfast show as much as Eion Cameron’s. I will miss listening to Stan as i wake up each morning. i think he added a lot to the morning experience. This has been a very bad decision ABC! Best wishes Stan for the future.
Stan Shaw is the best voice to wake up to in the mornings. My whole family look forward to turning Stan on and we all say “good morning Stan” as the radio springs to life in the mornings. Very disappointed that he won’t be with us in 2024. We will be listening elsewhere.
I’m mystified by the decision not to renew Stan’s contract. He is such a great presenter. I loved his quick wit and nice voice.
I’m sure he’ll go on to better things. All the best Stan.
Good old Aunty, gets a great presenter and gives him the move on notice, who ever made the calll needs their head read , had a gut full of the sensitive lefties in the ABC , will only listen to sport from now on .
I completely agree that Stan was an excellent and friendly presenter and bewildered that he has been let go. Bring him back to Bunbury where he was missed if he wants to return.
What are the ABC thinking, Stan Shaw is NOT replaceable, nobody can match his personality, originality, his variety of music and wacky topics to kick start our day.
Sad to see you go Stan. One of the best presenters ABC has seen.
I’m so so happy to know Stan will be returning to breakfast out of Bunbury. I’ll be tuning in to him from Perth. Happy future. Cheers Robyn from Ocean Reef
Stan’s show was the only one I would listen to on ABC, they have gone downhill since people like Gillian O’Shaugnessy and Geoff Hutchison left. I’m afraid I can’t stomach that showpony Mark Gibson.
Sad to see you go Stan. One of the best presenters ABC has seen.
Stan Shaw was one of the best presenters ABC radio has seen. What a shame that he is going.
I’m also so disappointed by the decision to not renew Stan Shaw’s contract. I agree with so many of the above comments, and wonder why the ABC does not appear to listen to their valued listeners.
I am tired of waking up to different presenters in the morning. You just can’t keep changing your morning announcers because we get comfort from having some stability at the beginning of each day. Stan was just sooooo natural and calming. I felt like I knew him and he was just hilariously genuine. I’m so disappointed that I need to try and get used to waking up with someone else. Bad move ABC. Not impressed at all. All the best Stan. Hopefully we can listen to you somewhere else.
I am extremely surprised about Stan’s contract not being renewed. I loved his style and content – I used to switch from 8.10 specifically to listen to Stan. Can we please have an explanation as to why he was not renewed? I love Nadia and Jo T as well but very surprised at your decision – perhaps you should have canvassed the am listeners as to their opinion. I am back to 8.10 until Nadia comes on.
I’m somewhat bewildered the ABC has let Stan Shaw go. It’s getting harder and harder to listen to the ABC for a number of reasons – for the first time in 30 years I’ve started tuning in to other stations.
I was shocked to hear from a friend Stan Shaw has gone from 720. I liked hearing Stan of a morning . I found Stan to be professional and have a correctness about him and would not be drawn into negativity conversations. I used to like hearing him when away from home from the city. Well , maybe that is a reason why I now listen to Radio National (ABC) Rarely do the radio announcers change, if so information is given to listeners as why the Announcer is away. Saturday’s are great. Lots of different and new programs offered . Stan I wish you all the best in the future. Good Luck and enjoy your new pathway.
Hi Jaqueline
Stan Shaw is back on the airwaves in ABC Bunbury! (Southwest App)
Yae!
These guys know a good thing when they see it, unlike the silly Perth office.
I stopped listening to the morning show and started listening to the Melbourne one with Sammy J.
Now I will tune into the Southwest App tomorrow morning. )
????????
Lisa in Fremantle
Incredibly sad to see Stan leave his his morning radio slot. I despise the current “smiling assasin” style of management that pervades most organisations these days. Most couldn’t get a better boyhood anywhere else and do whatever they like to staff and contribute risk nothing meaningful themselves. I am sure Stan will find something meaningful and purposeful and be better off without a sociopath and sycophantic management.
Regards
Tony
Missing Stan Shaw’s cheerful, cheeky voice every morning. Was this wonderful decision to turn Stan’s and his family’s lives upside down after less than a year in the Breakfast gig made by the new station manager, Danielle Bender? We felt sorry for them all on hearing the news and now can take or leave Gibbo’s cultured delivery because it is sometimes not worth switching off the tranny and on the app for! Go well, Stan.
Typical ABC ,poor Stan was not woak,so could never fit the woak criteria and biased agenda being catered for. Shameful ABC !
I have been away and had to google Sam Shaw to find our why he is not on the ABC anymore. Was very disappointed to read his of his exit. Think management needs to have a good hard look at themselves and change the format. Hard listening to the ABC these days.
I couldn’t believe my ears! Stan going? Who makes these decisions? We have enjoyed Stan’s voice and style and whole approach. We thought he would be the next Iain Cameron! What’s going on with the ABC?
Just heard Stan is not returning in 2024, when will the ABC realise it takes time to garner listener’s and retain them. We need good entertaining people on radio.
Who makes these decisions at the ABC? Stan’s breakfast show has brought us back to listening to 720. We thought he would develop into another gem like Iain Cameron.
I am so sad to see Stan leave ABC mornings. Living alone I loved listening to his happy cheerful voice every morning.. I use the app and will not return to AbC Perth.
A top presenter lost, well and widely respected, Aunty Stan made a difference. You need to check your own feedback sources. Looks like you have lost myself and many other listeners
I am so sad to see Stan leave ABC mornings. Living alone I loved listening to his happy cheerful voice every morning.. I use the app and will not return to AbC Perth.
ABC it’s not too late to admit you’ve made a mistake. Stan Shaw was a breath of fresh air for ABC mornings.
I miss Stan Shaw on the breakfast show. . I won’t be listening any more. Bad move ABC
That’s such a shame, Stan had such a natural gift of the gab and was someone everyone listening could relate to. That’s a gift. Shocked he has been replaced.
Abc has got so boring . Without Stan it is even worse . 6pr for me
Ver.y disappointed hat Stan is no loner breakfast presenter he was sorely missed from Bunbury and we also los BarryNichols ????
Stan Shaw gone, big, big mistake ABC! Stan was terrific and a real joy to listen to.
Listening to Mark Gibson is like listening to an overexcited monotoned newsreader on steroids.
Sorry ABC you have officially lost the plot …and sadly another loyal listener gone. ????
Can someone reinstate Stan Shaw, cause the new bloke is hopeless by comparison. Looks to me like the ABC needs a shakeup at the top, as Ross Solly would say “The Listener” liked him. Bring him back,double his pay and sack the idiot that sacked, simples.
Stan Shaw was missed the minute he said he was going as I mentioned above, and now with the new “sharp” commercial sounding voice in the mornings, NAH!!! I am totally tuning out until Nadia comes on. I miss Jonathan Beal as well, those two made a great pair (the goon show) and along with Slim it was the hilarious trio like the 3 stooges, and made us all laugh out loud and feel a part of it all; personally now feeling a bit lonely without them.
It’s time to listen to another station.
BAD NEWS on ABC alright as many have said also.
We would love to have him back in Bunbury – He was only going for a year wasn’t he?
HI STAN if you are reading these comments.
Hi Di.
I totally agree with your comments and also felt shocked and lonely about the dismissal. I have been loathe to listen to the replacement who comes across as a Liberal Party lover, judging by the ads.
Started listening to Sammy J in Melbourne morning for my laughs but have just found out that Shaw is back in Bunbury. Will start listening to his morning shows in the app. Happy mornings are back!
I loved listening to Stan Shaw in Busselton when I was there and was very glad to hear him in Perth when I moved. Dusty didn’t cut it, and I haven’t heard the new guy yet, I am not really interested. Like others, I would turn on the radio at 6am and say good morning to Stan, then enjoy his show until 8am. Best wishes to Stan, I hope he gets a role he wants.
Bye bye abc Perth. I think you’re out of touch with what the average Perth listener is looking for. The format of polling the listeners for thoughts on some obscure topic is lazy and quite frankly boring. Good luck to Stan.
As a long time listener to the ABC Breakfast show most disappointing to see Stan Shaw leave the program. He was entertaining with a great sense of humour. No longer listen to the ABC morning breakfast.
Very disappointed Stan Shaw has been lost to Perth on the ABC He talked to people not at them and was really true blue in his approach. He had a great relationship with his crew and those that rang up. Mark Gibson rattles on like he is in a verbal race with someone and talks at people. He appears to be disinterested in the people he is supposed to be communicating with on the air and one gets the feeling it is all about him. Nadia needs to listen more and talk less too and stop interrupting the people she is interviewing when they are explaining matters. We can her hear views anytime. T he ABC is continuing to lose it’s way and will continue to lose listeners until it listens to those who tune in instead of those who think they know all. Glad to see Ita is going as she was not an asset either.
All the best to Stan and thank you for your efforts.
Pat ( Now listening elsewhere.)
Totally agree with all the aforementioned comments regarding Stan! I too await until 8.30am now ????
ABC Perth, Getting rid of Stan Shaw was a huge mistake, what were you thinking? He was the best since Eoin Cameran.
WELL WELL – I was in transit but now home heard that STAN is coming back to our local area – Bunbury WA
I was wondering what I was going to listen to and thought I would try our local station again, and just heard the great news – Feb 5 – back in the saddle. whoo hoo stoked
Good on you Stan – we will all be so tuned in to hear you and laugh with you, support you and all the rest…
You were absolutely fantastic on PERTH ABC and had a great crew that all made us FEEL GOOD.
Wishing you and all the family great big wishes now you are back in the good place.
Cheers
Di in Bunbury – big fan of your self.
Stans back in Bunners baby. You beauty. I can’t believe Perth let you go but as long as he is somewhere and available on the app its all good.
Mike Gibbo must have a picture of someone doing something with a goat, in fact an ugly goat.
loved lisening to Stan,can’t listen to Gibbo,tuning in to an fm station now until Nadia
comes on.Bad decision ABC
Absolutely dumbfounded that the powers that be would give Stan the heave ho he was the best breakfast presenter since Darling Cammo and Rusty. His team slim Jackson and Dusty were absolute magic in the breakfast slot. Great music funny and listener involvement ???? We have given Mark a few weeks but will now go over to Curtain as his show is so monotonous bad move ABC.
I agree with all those above , loved listening to Stan with his light hearted banter.
Mark Gibson is so boring I’ve switched to listening to Stan on ABC southwest, I feel sorry for Nadia who’s ratings must be suffering, used to keep listening from Stan to Nadia’s show now I just turn off.
Maybe the person making the bad decisions needs to be moved on!