Barry (radio station)

Barry was a comedy digital radio station broadcasting to the five mainland state capital cities in Australia. The station is owned by Austereo and was the second permanent digital-only station the company has launched, alongside Radar Radio. The station was launched on 16 July 2010. It ceased operation in June 2012.

Pre-launch
The station aired a 5-minute loop on digital radio promoting the station was coming between 4 and 16 June.

Two weeks prior to the station launch on 16 July 2010, the station ran a campaign to save the name Barry from extinction. Ads aired on all Today Network and Triple M Network FM stations pointing people to savebarry.com.au.

Programming
Programming format consisted of a mix of pre-recorded and live comedy segments:


 * The Peanut Gallery with Jeff Wortman & Paul Hogan (Triple M Melbourne)
 * Gotcha Calls with Matt Tilley (Fox FM Melbourne)
 * The Sweetest Plum (Triple M Melbourne)
 * The Little Dum Dum Club with Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler
 * Bad Blokes
 * The Lunchtime Laugh
 * Keith and the Girl
 * Monday Night Football - (aest): Live from 6.30PM
 * Stand-Up
 * Song Parodies

Formerly broadcast

 * Paul & Rach (Triple M Sydney)
 * The Heath & Normy Show (Triple M Sydney)
 * Stefan & Craig (Triple M Brisbane)
 * Neville from New Zealand
 * Running of the Bullsh*t with Pace & Santi (Triple M Sydney)

Availability
The station was heard on DAB+ radios in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

The station also streamed online at the Barry website and on the Barry iPad app.