TOP-rating radio personality Angela Catterns is in the capital for the next month hosting the popular 666 ABC breakfast program, a slot she took to number one in the ratings in Sydney.

“I heard the Chief Minister on air talking about some very local issues like pedestrian crossings and I’ll just have to get across those things,” said the Sydney-based personality.

Regular presenter Ross Solly is on leave and Angela said she had been tuning into his program to prepare herself for the coming month.

Well known for presenting Mornings on Triple J, the National Evening Show on ABC Local Radio, and Breakfast on 702 ABC Sydney, where she went to number one in the ratings in 2004, Angela has also broadcast on commercial radio stations 2SM and VegaFM in Sydney, and on WKYS in Washington, DC.

Angela said she’s no stranger to Canberra and likes our planned city.

“I find it’s a relief to go to Canberra. It’s easy to get around and I love walking around there, too,” she said. “I also really love the seasons in Canberra.”

And Angela doesn’t think her style is hugely different to that of Solly’s.

“I think he is relaxed and professional, he likes a bit of fun and he likes his music and I would describe myself in the same way,” she said.

“The thing I love about the ABC is the sense of community that I get. I love feeling a part of the community with the listeners,” she said.

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