Susanna "Zan" Rowe is an Australian radio and television presenter. Rowe is regular presenter on

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digital radio station Double J and host of the podcast and television series Take 5. Rowe is an Industry Adjunct Associate Professor at

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Early life and education

Susanna Rowe (later nicknamed "Zan") grew up in

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. She attended

, majoring in radio and cinema.

Career

Radio and podcasts

Rowe started out at SRA FM in 1996 (now SYN Radio) on a show called ''Run with the Hunted'', before moving to the Monday drive shift on

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102.7FM presenting ''Transit Lounge'' from 2002–2004. In 2005, she joined

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as weekend lunch host. In 2006, she became host of ''Mornings'' on Triple J, broadcasting weekdays between 9am and 12pm. On 4 December 2017, Rowe announced she would be leaving Triple J and joining digital radio network Double J. In 2018 she started at Double J as host of the ''Mornings'' show. The show is the home of her flagship feature and podcast, ''Take 5''. The segment has featured many guests over the years, including

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and

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. Rowe began the podcast ''Bang On'' with

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in March 2017. The podcast went on hiatus in November 2024. Rowe and Warhurst won Best Host for Bang On Australian Podcast Awards in 2024.

Television

In 2009, Rowe joined music presenter

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in presenting a special edition of ''Rage'', '' Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time'', broadcast over two nights on the weekend of Friday 7 August 2009. In 2015–2016, Rowe presented ''The Critics'' for

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, a program on screen culture. In 2017, Rowe was announced as one of the panellists for ABC TV's new screen review show ''Screen Time'', hosted by Chris Taylor. In 2017, Rowe and

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began hosting the New Year's Eve countdown show on the ABC. Rowe presents a weekly music news segment on ''News Breakfast''. After a decade presenting the segment, Rowe resigned from the role in 2024, replaced by Triple J announcers Lucy Smith and Sosefina Fuamoli. She has also hosted various other programs on the ABC, including Double J, as well as written for the ABC about the Australian musical industry. In 2020, Rowe co-hosted weekly music program '' The Sound'' on the ABC. Rowe was one of the hosts of the ABC's 90th birthday celebration in 2022, alongside

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, and

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. Rowe hosts ''Take 5 with Zan Rowe'', a television version of her Double J radio segment and podcast, which premiered in September 2022. A second series premiered from 8 October 2023, and the third on 1 October 2024. Series 3 guests were

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, and Casey Donovan. Rowe's comfortable style has been celebrated by industry and artists alike, with Bernard Fanning calling her "our beloved 21st Century

Molly Meldrum Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur. He was the talent coordinator, on-air interviewer, and music news presenter on the former popular musi ...

References

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