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Vale Ron E Sparks (1951-2024)

Legendary Sydney radio announcer Ron E Sparks has passed away. He was 73. Sparks worked in several regional radio stations before moving to Sydney in the 1970s, where he managed to score a role on air at the then top rating AM station 2SM as “Ron E. Sparx”.

After leaving 2SM Sparks became the program director of another Sydney AM station 2UW. After leaving 2UW he worked on top-rating FM station Triple M for almost 6 years before being lured to rival station 2Day FM.

Sparks also made a name as a television voice artist, and provided voice overs for several Australian television shows, such as Wheel of Fortune and Hot Streak. On the first day of October 1978, he hosted a special Rocktober edition of ABC-TV’s Countdown.

He was born in Brisbane and his birth name was Gregory.

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