{"id":707483,"date":"2026-06-01T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707483\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:27:11","slug":"super-radio-networks-guy-ashford-suspended-over-australian-audio-awards-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707483\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Radio Network&#8217;s Guy Ashford suspended over Australian Audio Awards incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Super Radio Network Newcastle\u2019s general manager Guy Ashford has been suspended, following an incident at the Australian Audio Awards in Sydney on Thursday night. Mumbrella presented the awards, alongside RadioInfo.<\/p>\n<p>As 2HD presenter Cheralyn Darcey was leaving the stage, after accepting her trophy for best newcomer on air in a medium-sized market, Ashford rushed in from the side and embraced her, grabbing her in what some of those in the audience felt was inappropriately.<\/p>\n<p>Ashford had been in the wings waiting to present an award in a later category.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Guy-Ashford-Audio-Awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-924623\" class=\"wp-image-924623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Guy-Ashford-Audio-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-924623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Ashford at the Australian Audio Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>2HD is one of two Newcastle-based stations owned by SRN, and managed by Ashford.<\/p>\n<p>Super Radio Network CEO Graham Mott dubbed the actions \u201ctotally inappropriate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinfo.com.au\/news\/guy-ashford-suspended-after-awards-incident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told RadioInfo<\/a> that Ashford \u201chas been suspended until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mott said he has also apologised to Darcey and her husband, who was also present at the awards, and will conduct a fuller investigation at the Newcastle station.<\/p>\n<p>Cheralyn Darcey presents The Nightline on SRN\u2019s 2HD from 8pm to midnight.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSUBSCRIBE<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSign up to our free daily update to get the latest in media and marketing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super Radio Network Newcastle\u2019s general manager Guy Ashford has been suspended, following an incident at the Australian Audio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,284340,134,344155,136],"class_list":["post-707483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-audio-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-guy-ashford","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}