'Dream come true': Clinton Maynard new host of 2GB Sydney Drive

2GB has announced radio journalist and broadcast Clinton Maynard as its new Sydney drive show host after Chris O'Keefe's sudden departure.

Maynard will be on the airwaves from 3 to 6 pm starting on Monday, January 27.

"When I was 15, I walked into 2GB's studio as a work experience kid in love with talk radio and spent a week with the Drive Show," he said.

READ MORE: NSW Premier slams antisemitic attack in eastern Sydney

"To be appointed to present that same show, three decades later, is a dream come true.

"I can't wait to talk about what matters to our Sydney listeners every day and have a few laughs along the way."

Maynard is a Kennedy Award winner and a Walkley Award finalist and has won the Brian White Award for Excellence in Journalism for the past three years.

READ MORE: Pakistani PM orders investigation into airline ad showing plane flying at Eiffel Tower

2GB Content Manager Luke Davis said "there is no one better placed to dissect the issues that matter to Sydneysiders on their drive home" than Maynard.

"He's ready and raring to go," he said.

The announcement comes a little over a month after O'Keefe announced he would be retiring from his media career and starting a new political and media consultancy and advocacy role this year.

DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.