Howard Sattler (23 February 1945 – 11 June 2021)^[1] was an Australian talk back radio host.

Sattler began his career as a cadet journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald before performing national service during the Vietnam War, during which he completed officer training and moved to Perth in a public relations position with the Australian Department of Defence.^[2][3] From there he moved into broadcast radio,^[4][5] although he also was a newspaper editor and columnist.^[3]

He was considered to have introduced the shock-jock style of radio to Perth.^[6] Although well known in his state of Western Australia after a 30 year long career on radio,^[7] he gained national notoriety in 2013 when he was fired from radio station 6PR over a controversial interview with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in which he asked her whether her partner Tim Mathieson was gay.^[8][3]

In 2018, Sattler was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.^[9]

In his later years he developed multiple health conditions, including throat cancer,^[3] and was diagnosed with PSB Steele Richardson syndrome (from which he eventually died^[10]), which so affected his speech that listeners would often call in thinking he was drunk.^[10] He became a vocal advocate for voluntary euthanasia laws.^[11][3]

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