Stan Zemanek (29 May 1947 – 12 July 2007)[1] was an Australian shock jock, radio broadcaster, television presenter, radio producer and author who presented a night-time show on The Macquarie Network station 2UE in Sydney and which was networked across parts of Australia via Southern Cross.

[5][6] While popular with much of his audience, Stan often boasted about being the most complained-about broadcaster in the country, polarising opinions of those who did not agree with his right-wing beliefs.

His most commonly used terms were "numb nuts", "turn it up", "half-wit", "oxygen thief", "left-wing looney", "give yourself an uppercut" and "typical Labor voter"; and he once asked a caller who sounded to be a little slow 'are you smoking the wacky-tobacky', a slang reference to marijuana.

An angry Zemanek called for Carlton to be sacked and for the Australian Broadcasting Authority to investigate him for "irresponsible journalism".

[9] Stan and his wife, Marcella Zemanek, had had two daughters, Gaby and Melissa, and two grandchildren at the time of his death.

In June 2007, he and his wife cut short a planned holiday due to illness, and in early July 2007 his family announced that he was dying.

[19] His funeral, open to the public, was held on 17 July 2007, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in North Sydney, and was followed by a private cremation.