{"id":707556,"date":"2026-06-01T04:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:24:22","slug":"2hd-gm-guy-ashford-suspended-after-audio-awards-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707556\/","title":{"rendered":"2HD GM Guy Ashford suspended after Audio Awards incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaweek.com.au%2F2hd-gm-guy-ashford-suspended-audio-awards-incident%2F&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Radio+boss+suspended+after+Audio+Awards+stage+incident', 'linkedInShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=EXCLUSIVE: Radio boss suspended after Audio Awards stage incident -&amp;url=https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/2hd-gm-guy-ashford-suspended-audio-awards-incident\/', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Tweet This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>Tweet<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/2hd-gm-guy-ashford-suspended-audio-awards-incident\/&amp;t=EXCLUSIVE: Radio boss suspended after Audio Awards stage incident', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#9ea1edebfcf4fbfdeaa3dbc6ddd2cbcdd7c8dba4beccfffaf7f1befcf1ededbeedebedeefbf0fafbfabefff8eafbecbedfebfaf7f1bedfe9ffecfaedbeedeafff9fbbef7f0fdf7fafbf0eab8fff3eea5dcd1dac7a3d7bef8f1ebf0fabeeaf6f7edbeffeceaf7fdf2fbbef7f0eafbecfbedeaf7f0f9befff0fabeeaf6f1ebf9f6eabef1f8beedf6ffecf7f0f9bef7eabee9f7eaf6bee7f1ebb0beddf6fbfdf5bef7eabef1ebeaa4bef6eaeaeeeda4b1b1e9e9e9b0f3fbfaf7ffe9fbfbf5b0fdf1f3b0ffebb1acf6fab3f9f3b3f9ebe7b3ffedf6f8f1ecfab3edebedeefbf0fafbfab3ffebfaf7f1b3ffe9ffecfaedb3f7f0fdf7fafbf0eab1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Email<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2HD general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/guy-ashford-9015a61a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Ashford<\/a> has been suspended from his duties following an incident at last week\u2019s Audio Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Ashford was filmed by several people in the audience as he went onto the stage after 2HD presenter Cheralyn Darcey, who hosts The Nightline on 2HD from 8pm to midnight, won the \u201cbest newcomer\u201d award.<\/p>\n<p>Video seen by Mediaweek shows Ashford embracing Darcey before grabbing her from behind.<\/p>\n<p>Several attendees who witnessed the incident contacted Mediaweek and shared the footage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a grub,\u201d one source told Mediaweek. \u201cI feel so sorry for Cheralyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271876\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MW-310526-QH0G.jpg\" alt=\"Cheralyn Darcey\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-271876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheralyn Darcey<\/p>\n<p>The Super Radio Network, which owns 2HD, has confirmed Ashford has been stood down while the matter is addressed.<\/p>\n<p>SRN managing director Graham Mott told Mediaweek Ashford had been \u201csuspended from work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mott said he had also \u201capologised to Cheralyn and her husband, who was also at the awards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be having further discussions regarding the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darcey appears to have addressed the incident and its fallout on her LinkedIn page, thanking those who \u201craised her up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many who have raised me up but two women who comes to mind immediately are Andrea Ho and Natalie Pozdeev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentors, inspirations and just wonderful humans. So blessed you are both there in my industry and in my life,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ashford was general manager of SRN\u2019s NEWFM and 2HD from 2008 to 2015. He then moved to online trading network Bartercard, where he oversaw sales and trading, before rejoining the Super Radio Network in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MW-310526-F1OT.jpg\" alt=\"Guy Ashford\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-271877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Ashford<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident comes amidst the backdrop of talk SRN is up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Mott pushed back against speculation about the company\u2019s future ownership, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/super-radio-network-departures-flanagan-byrne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mediaweek<\/a> back in April that the network was \u201cnot for sale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Main image: A still from the video sent to Mediaweek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/subscribe-morning-report\/&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep on top of the most important media, marketing, and agency news each day with the\u00a0Mediaweek\u00a0Morning Report\u00a0\u2013 delivered for free every morning to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share Tweet Share Email 2HD general manager Guy Ashford has been suspended from his duties following an incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[344184,64,344185,63,344186,134,283463,344155,136,230808],"class_list":["post-707556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-2hd","tag-au","tag-audio-awards","tag-australia","tag-cheralyn-darcey","tag-entertainment","tag-graham-mott","tag-guy-ashford","tag-music","tag-super-radio-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707556","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=707556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}