Shock Jock was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n television comedy series, broadcast on TV1

TV1 (Australia)

TV1 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms.-History:TV1 launched as part of the original Galaxy lineup. The channel is jointly owned by Sony International Television, Universal Studios and Paramount. The channel shows...

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The series lasted for two series (2001–2002) and was created by comedian Tim Ferguson

Tim Ferguson

Timothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :...

. It also starred Tim Ferguson

Tim Ferguson

Timothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :...

 along with Matthew Dyktynski

Matthew Dyktynski

Matthew Dyktynski is an Australian actor and comedian, graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992.Dyktinski has played lead roles on television series Shock Jock and Raw FM, and has appeared on The Man from Snowy River, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Halifax f.p.,...

, Michael Veitch

Michael Veitch

Michael Veitch is an Australian comedian, author and broadcaster, best known for his roles on the sketch comedy television shows The D-Generation, Fast Forward and Full Frontal, as well as for his books on Second World War aviation and the Bass Strait Islands.Veitch emerged from the tradition of...

, Tom Budge

Tom Budge

Tom Budge is an Australian actor. Budge was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Early in his acting career, Budge appeared in a number of Australian television shows, includingNeighbours, Round the Twist and Shock Jock etc...

, Rod Mullinar

Rod Mullinar

Rod Mullinar is an actor, noted for his roles on Australian television.He took a regular leading role in Hunter late in the show's run in 1968, however he appeared in just eight episodes due to the cancellation of the series...

, Sancia Robinson, Fiona Todd, Cassandra Magrath

Cassandra Magrath

Cassandra Magrath is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayal of Miranda Gibson in the Australian ABC 1998–2000 television series SeaChange and in the lead role in the 2005 Australian horror film Wolf Creek.-Early life:Magrath attended a drama class for a ten year period...

 and featured many well-known Australian actors and comedians in guest roles.

It focussed on an Australian talkback radio station, CHAT-AM, in the 1980s. The introduction of FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 radio in the early 1980s was leading to the slow demise of the AM

AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...

 band. CHAT-AM discovered shock jock

Shock jock

Shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of any radio broadcaster who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe provocative or irreverent broadcasters whose mannerisms,...

Barry Gold (Matthew Dyktynski) and its fortunes were reversed.