Paul Holmes

On 28th November 2003, after eleven years at the helm of Sydney’s most popular radio breakfast show, Paul Holmes and the Morning Crew said goodbye to 2Day-FM listeners at a live broadcast in Town Hall Square, watched by over 1000 people.

For eleven years, Paul Holmes was the Host/Executive Producer of the highly successful 2DayFM Morning Crew with Wendy Harmer and Peter Moon. Throughout this period, the Morning Crew consistently won the competitive under 40 radio audience in Australia’s biggest commercial marketplace.

An accomplished master of ceremonies, speaker and compere, Paul Holmes’ anecdotes from his successful career include stories of his encounters with numerous international personalities including Nelson Mandela, David Bowie, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Costner, The Spice Girls, Susan Sarandon, Sir David Attenborough, Bruce Springsteen and many more.

At age sixteen Paul Holmes began working at GMV-6-TV in Shepparton, Victoria where he worked his way from the dispatch department to Program Switcher/Director. At eighteen he moved to Melbourne to stage manage The Glitter Sisters, a musical comedy act at the Chevron Hotel. For the next few years, Paul worked in Melbourne’s theatre scene both on and off the stage, while also writing television commercials, playing in bands and making student art films.

In 1979 Paul Holmes began what would become a 20 year plus career in radio, when he began working as an announcer at 3CV Bendigo, Victoria. Since then a number of Paul’s shows have rated No 1 including drive time in Melbourne (3XY) and Sydney (2SM), evenings at 2MMM Sydney and breakfast on the Gold Coast (SeaFM).