Angela Catterns, was born on 30 September 1953 and is an Australian media personality and broadcaster.
23 Facts About Angela Catterns
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Angela Catterns presented with Australian humourist and broadcaster Wendy Harmer a holiday season version of the Breakfast Show on 702 ABC Sydney.
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Angela Catterns has held broadcasting roles at Australian commercial radio stations 2SM and Vega 95.3 in Sydney, 2UE and at WKYS in Washington DC.
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Around this time, Angela Catterns had several of her original poems published in an anthology of Australian women's poetry, the controversial Mother I'm Rooted, edited by Kate Jennings.
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Angela Catterns worked as a voiceover artist at this time for the Orange radio station 2GZ.
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In 1979, Angela Catterns landed the high-profile position as one of the first four reporters on the popular children's Logie award-winning television show, Simon Townsend's Wonder World.
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Angela Catterns left Wonder World to travel, and on returning to Australia, she produced the film documentary "Double Concerto" about the Australian pianist Roger Woodward and Polish violinist Wanda Wilkomirska.
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Angela Catterns left Triple J for a short stint on commercial radio to present mornings on 2SM.
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Angela Catterns was controversially sacked from 2SM after just ten months for unconvincing reasons, later saying herself, "I was told I was too intelligent for our audience and that women don't like listening to other women on radio".
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At Triple J, Angela Catterns aired a selection of memorable and popular interviews with subjects like David Bowie, Michael Hutchence, Jeff Buckley and then Prime Minister Paul Keating.
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Angela Catterns went on to host Triple J's drive program before making the move to ABC Local Radio, presenting the evening program across Australia.
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In between full-time radio positions, Angela Catterns freelanced and during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she was the "voice of the Olympics", responsible for all the public domain announcements at Sydney Olympic Park.
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Angela Catterns was venue announcer at the Superdome for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gymnastics competition.
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In 2001, Angela Catterns returned to the ABC, this time to ABC Local Radio, or what she refers to as "the grown up ABC".
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Angela Catterns became the 702 ABC Sydney breakfast presenter and went on to become the number one Sydney breakfast presenter in the December 2004 ratings survey, temporarily overtaking the popular Alan Jones from 2GB.
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Angela Catterns resigned from ABC 702 in June 2005 after more than four years presenting breakfast radio.
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Angela Catterns's take on the world is honest, challenging and refreshing.
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In January 2014, Angela Catterns joined 2UE as a presenter of the Morning show.
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Angela Catterns remained with the station until Fairfax Radio merged with Macquarie Radio.
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Angela Catterns continues to freelance as a recognised voice-over artist, interviewer and presenter, bringing her experience to clients as an events MC, hosting proceedings for numerous conferences, corporate events and charity fund-raisers.
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Angela Catterns writes short stories, occasional feature articles and is currently writing a collection of memoirs from her career.
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Angela Catterns is the voice of the Sydney Opera House gently coaxing patrons to take their seats.
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Outside of her career, Angela Catterns enjoys sailing, yoga, reading, writing and working with charities such as Habitat for Humanity.