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Susanna "Zan" Rowe is an Australian radio and television presenter. Rowe is regular presenter on ABC digital radio station Double J and host of the podcast and television series Take 5. Rowe is an Industry Adjunct Associate Professor at RMIT University.
She attended RMIT University, majoring in radio and cinema.
In 2005, she joined Triple J as weekend lunch host. In 2006, she became host of Mornings on Triple J, broadcasting weekdays between 9am and 12 noon
On 4 December 2017, Rowe announced she would be leaving Triple J and joining digital radio network Double J. In 2018 she started at Double J as host of the Mornings show.
The show is the home of her flagship feature and podcast, Take 5. The segment has featured many guests over the years, including Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn, Kylie Minogue, Tori Amos and Peter Garrett.
Rowe began the podcast Bang On with Myf Warhurst in March 2017. The podcast went on hiatus in November 2024. Rowe and Warhurst won Best Host for Bang On Australian Podcast Awards in 2024.
In 2015–2016, Rowe presented The Critics for ABC iview, a program on screen culture.
In 2017, Rowe was announced as one of the panellists for ABC TV's new screen review show Screen Time, hosted by Chris Taylor.
In 2017, Rowe and Charlie Pickering began hosting the New Year's Eve countdown show on the ABC.
Rowe presents a weekly music news segment on News Breakfast. After a decade presenting the segment, Rowe resigned from the role in 2024, replaced by Triple J announcers Lucy Smith and Sosefina Fuamoli.
She has also hosted various other programs on the ABC, including Double J, as well as written for the ABC about the Australian musical industry. In 2020, Rowe co-hosted weekly music program The Sound on the ABC. Rowe was one of the hosts of the ABC's 90th birthday celebration in 2022, alongside Tony Armstrong, and Craig Reucassel. In 2025 she appeared as a contestant on Claire Hooper's House Of Games.
Rowe hosts Take 5 with Zan Rowe, a television version of her Double J radio segment and podcast, which premiered in September 2022. A second series premiered from 8 October 2023, and the third on 1 October 2024. Series 3 guests were Dannii Minogue, Bill Bailey, Claudia Karvan, Neil Finn, Bernard Fanning, and Casey Donovan. Rowe's comfortable style has been celebrated by industry and artists alike, with Bernard Fanning calling her "our beloved 21st Century Molly Meldrum".
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