Anthony Dockrill is a media professional who was most recently Program Director at radio 2SER 107.3FM Sydney for 17 years. Prior to joining the staff at 2SER, Anthony had worked in various roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and for Film Australia.
This wide-ranging conversation covers Anthony’s vocational trajectory from working in a drive-in movie theatre as a teenager to volunteering on a film show in community radio and the story of the film that he was producing before pivoting to radio program management.
We acknowledge Anthony’s contributions to program development and volunteer mentoring at 2SER and draw on his insights about the state of the media as former Executive Producer of the media analysis program Fourth Estate.
This episode features some of the regular themes of the Wide Open Air Exchange about the early interests and experiences that inspire our vocational choices and the personal qualities that make us suited to our professions.
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Thanks to Vape Dadz for use of the track ‘Whiskey Priest’ for the Wide Open Air Exchange theme music.