Zan Rowe

Susanna "Zan" Rowe (born 22 March 1978) is an Australian radio presenter currently working at Double J.

Not to be confused with Zane Lowe.

Radio

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 3RRR 102.7FM presenting Transit Lounge from 2002–2004.

In 2005, she joined Triple J as weekend lunch host.

In 2006, she became host of Mornings on Triple J broadcasting weekdays between 9am -12pm. She hosted this show on the network until December 2017.

Rowe began the podcast Bang on with Myf Warhurst in March 2017[1]

On 4 December 2017, Rowe announced she would be leaving Triple J and joining Double J.[2]

In 2018 Zan moved to digital radio network Double J as host of the Mornings show.[3] The show is the home of her flagship feature and podcast, the Take 5. [4] The segment has featured guests over the years like Sir Paul McCartney, Tool, Kacey Musgraves, Mark Ronson, Tori Amos, Ice Cube, and Peter Garrett.

Television

In 2009, Zan joined music presenter Richard Kingsmill 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.[5]

In 2015-2016, Rowe presented "The Critics" for ABC iView, 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.

Since 2017, Zan and Charlie Pickering have hosted the New Year's Eve countdown show on the ABC.[6][7]

Rowe presents a weekly segment 'The Beat' on News Breakfast to discuss music news.

Since 2020, Zan has co-hosted weekly music program The Sound on the ABC.

Personal life

In September 2020 Zan welcomed in a fluffy companion to her family, Norman, a domestic cat.

References
  1. Elphick, Nicole (7 November 2017). "Zan Rowe and Myf Warhurst had to 'unlearn radio skills' for podcast Bang On". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. "Zan Rowe is joining Double J in 2018!". Double J. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. "Zan Rowe is joining Double J in 2018!". Double J. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. "Take 5". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "rage : guests and specials : archive". ABC. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  6. Mediaweek (4 December 2018). "ABC New Year's Eve 2018: Rove early, Charlie & Zan late". Mediaweek. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. Cronin, Seanna (28 December 2018). "Ring in the New Year with musical firsts". Northern Star. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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