''Nightlife'' is an Australian late-night talkback show across

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hosted by Philip Clark and Suzanne Hill. It offers a mix of both news and current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment. Each night there are regular features and presenters. The listening audience is heavily featured throughout the program. ''Nightlife'' is broadcast on weekday nights from 10.10 pm to 2.00 am (

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) on

across Australia, and is followed by '' Overnights''. The show is broadcast on delay to

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and the

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Hosts

In July 2016,

Tony Delroy Anthony Eric Delroy (born 1 January 1953) is a retired Australian radio presenter. Delroy hosted ABC Local Radio's late-night talkback show ''Nightlife'' from 1987 to 2016 when he retired. Background and career Delroy commenced working in new ...

announced that he would be retiring from the show after 26 years as host. He hosted his last show on 2 September 2016.

Dominic Knight Dominic John Sebastian Knight (born 26 January 1977) is an Australian novelist, comedy writer, radio host and media commentator. Best known as a member of the Australian political satire comedy Logie Awardwinning group The Chaser, he is also ...

hosted the show until October 2016. In September 2016, ABC announced that Philip Clark from

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will host Nightlife. In November 2016, ABC confirmed that Phillip Clark would host the show from Monday to Thursday and Sarah MacDonald will host from Friday to Sunday. In December 2019, ABC announced that Sarah MacDonald will host Evenings on

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in January 2020. She hosted her last show on 8 December 2019. In January 2020, ABC announced that

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will replace Sarah MacDonald and host the show from Friday to Sunday from Friday 7 February. In December 2022, ABC announced that

will replace Sarah MacDonald as host of Evenings on

in January 2023. Suzanne Hill will replace Naidoo. Dominic Knight and James O'Loghlin are regular fill in presenters.

History

In November 2016, ABC announced that ''Nightlife'' would move to a 7-day format. This decision was met with criticism from within Australian country music circles and from Australian religious leadersUniting Church fights against radio silence
''Crosslight'', 10 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016. as the new 7-day format prompted the ABC to remove the long-running ''

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with

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'' from metropolitan ABC stations and to completely axe the religious and ethics program ''Sunday Nights with John Cleary''.

Segments

The show usually has a guest in the first hour, including a large portion of the time set for audience talkback. The second hour also has guests, but without a talkback section followed by "What The Papers Say", when the major Australian newspapers reveal their main stories for the next day. The third hour usually involves a quiz named "The Mighty Challenge", while the fourth hour includes another chance for audience feedback in the "Issue of the Day", followed by a book reading. In 2007, the popular "Not the Nightly News" segment was discontinued.

Regular guests

* Andrew Cate - exercise *

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- finance and money * Fabian Dattner - business management * Nerida Cole - superannuation * Stephanie Dowrick - personal and spiritual development * Toby Hagon - motoring * CJ Johnson - movies * Petrea King - emotions and spiritual health *

Kel Richards Kelvin Barry "Kel" Richards (born 8 February 1946) is an Australian author, journalist, radio personality and lay Christian. Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes ''The Case of the Vanishi ...

- words * Francine St George - physiotherapy *Rochelle Jackson - true crime *

Roland Sussex Roland (Roly) Denis Sussex OAM is Emeritus Professor of Applied Language Studies at the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies of the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Sussex hosts a talkback program on language and li ...

- language * Dr Brad McKay - medicine * Roderick Eime - travel

References

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External links

''Nightlife''
Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs