Stuart Matchett

{{Short description|Australian radio announcer and program director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

Stuart Matchett (29 June 1950 – 2 April 2018){{Cite web|url=https://ausradiohistory.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/stuart-matchett-1951-2018/|title=Stuart Matchett 1951-2018|date=25 April 2018}} was an Australian radio announcer and program director.

He started in radio at Brisbane community station 4ZZZ-FM in 1975. He was a presenter at Triple J from 1978 to 1986 (nights and mornings) and for several years in this period he hosted a weekly "Almanac" program, broadcast on Sundays, which looked at the history of postwar popular music and pop culture. From 1989 to 2002 he was the Triple J program director with periods as acting general manager. From 2002 until his initial retirement in 2009 he was the program director at the ABC's DIG internet radio.[http://www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2008/index.cfm?action=dsp_speaker&ID=345&contentID=311 Stuart Matchett – Program Director, ABC DIG Internet Radio][http://www.abc.net.au/corp/communications/you/stories/s2169846.htm dig's playlist anything but random]

He was married to writer Angela Webber (who died of cancer in March 2007). They have two daughters Lily Matchett and Sally Matchett.[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-comic-delighted-by-the-absurdities-of-life/2007/03/21/1174153155683.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 A comic delighted by the absurdities of life]

He was married to teacher and rower, Angela Conry in 2012.

Matchett died on 2 April 2018 after succumbing to colo-rectal cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://doublej.net.au/news/music-news/long-serving-double-jay-triple-j-and-dig-music-presenter-stuart-matchett-has-passed|title = Long serving Double Jay, triple j and Dig Music identity Stuart Matchett has passed away|date = 3 April 2018}}