*Offshore wind protests. *Former Premier ICAC appeal. *Joe Biden’s latest address.
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Ben Fordham is a Walkley award winning journalist who now hosts 2GB’s breakfast show, following Alan Jones’ retirement from radio.
The switch to the breakfast program happened in June 2020 after Ben spent a decade as 2GB’s Drivetime host where he consistently topped the ratings.
Ben’s talents have been repeatedly recognised at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, being awarded ‘Best Metropolitan Talk Presenter’ five times (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019) and voted ‘Best Metropolitan Current Affairs Presenter’ in 2017.
Ben became the youngest reporter in history to win a Walkley award double in the same year.
He won a Walkley – Australia’s top award in journalism – for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo landslide tragedy and a Raward – the top accolade in the Australian radio industry – for excellence in journalism.
Ben started working in radio aged 15 as a work experience kid on the Alan Jones Breakfast show at 2UE where he immediately fell in love with broadcasting. While completing his final years at high school, he worked weekends on the Continuous Call Team hosted by Ray Hadley.
He became a cadet reporter at 2UE in 1995 and then aged 20, was appointed as a political correspondent based at Parliament House, Canberra. It was during this stint where Ben formed an interest in politics and formed an extensive list of contacts.
In 1998 he spent a year at Sky News as a reporter and newsreader before being headhunted by Channel 9 a year later.
Since 1999 he’s worked on a range of programs at Nine including Today Show, A Current Affair, 60 Minutes and Australian Ninja Warrior.
Ben is married to Seven Network journalist Jodie Speers and they have a son Freddy and two daughters, Pearl and Goldie.
- You can contact Ben Fordham on his text line 0460 873 873
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‘Agro host’ – Politically incorrect puppet hijacks radio show
Ben Fordham was left stunned on air when he wrapped up the show on Friday! As he jets off to Paris for the Olympics, where he will broadcast Breakfast from, an iconic and politically incorrect puppet made a special appearance and put Ben on notice should anything go wrong overseas! Hear more highlights from […]
‘My ex-husband is a murderer’ – The letter that caught a killer
This is an extraordinary story. It’s about how a letter sent to the police helped crack a 30-year-old cold case. Twenty-seven-year-old Scott Johnson was tragically killed in a gay hate crime on Sydney’s Northern Beaches back in 1988. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and give us a follow […]
‘Chopping block’ – Who else is Albo going to axe this weekend
There’s a big change coming in Canberra on Sunday as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reshuffles his cabinet. Two Labor ministers have announced their decision to not contest the next election, which is due in 2025. But there could be some other surprises. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and […]
‘$100 million failure’ – The renewable experiment that ended in tears
You won’t believe this… NSW taxpayers will fork out more than $100 million propping up several green hydrogen projects. This is despite the fact that the world has woken up to green hydrogen and realised that green hydrogen does not work. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and give […]
Ben Fordham image: Melvyn Knipe/AAP
Uluru From Space
Check out the photo taken from the International Space Station Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA
Ben Fordham Live From Sydney Santa Spectacular
On Thursday, December 8, Ben Fordham broadcast LIVE from the launch night of the Sydney Santa Spectacular at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, to support sick kids from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Camp Quality and give them the opportunity to enjoy Christmas. The Sydney Santa Spectacular was a complete Fun Filled Extravaganza filled with amusement […]
*Offshore wind protests. *Former Premier ICAC appeal. *Joe Biden’s latest address.
THURSDAY SHOW – 25th July 📻
*Aussies fear war with China. *Soldier stabbed outside army base. *Politician proposed jet ski ban.
WEDNESDAY SHOW – 24th May 📻
*Albo reshuffle. *Shark attack latest. *Australia’s fastest woman.
TUESDAY SHOW – 23rd July 📻
*War cemetary destroyed. *Olympic doping contoversy. *Kamala Harris speaks.
MONDAY SHOW – 22nd July 📻
*Dom Perrottet in studio. *Joe Biden quits race. *3 more stabbing attacks.
*Offshore wind protests. *Former Premier ICAC appeal. *Joe Biden’s latest address.
‘Agro host’ – Politically incorrect puppet hijacks radio show
Ben Fordham was left stunned on air when he wrapped up the show on Friday! As he jets off to Paris for the Olympics, where he will broadcast Breakfast from, an iconic and politically incorrect puppet made a special appearance and put Ben on notice should anything go wrong overseas! Hear more highlights from […]
‘My ex-husband is a murderer’ – The letter that caught a killer
This is an extraordinary story. It’s about how a letter sent to the police helped crack a 30-year-old cold case. Twenty-seven-year-old Scott Johnson was tragically killed in a gay hate crime on Sydney’s Northern Beaches back in 1988. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and give us a follow […]
‘Chopping block’ – Who else is Albo going to axe this weekend
There’s a big change coming in Canberra on Sunday as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reshuffles his cabinet. Two Labor ministers have announced their decision to not contest the next election, which is due in 2025. But there could be some other surprises. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and […]
‘$100 million failure’ – The renewable experiment that ended in tears
You won’t believe this… NSW taxpayers will fork out more than $100 million propping up several green hydrogen projects. This is despite the fact that the world has woken up to green hydrogen and realised that green hydrogen does not work. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and give […]