Glenn Dawson Wheatley was an Australian musician and talent manager.
Glenn Wheatley began his career as a musician in Brisbane in the mid-1960s and in the late 1960s became nationally famous as the of leading pop/rock band The Masters Apprentices as bass guitarist.
Glenn Wheatley subsequently formed a media empire which included radio stations and artists management.
In 1980, Glenn Wheatley led a consortium that founded EON-FM in Melbourne, the first commercial FM radio station in Australia which was sold to Triple M in 1985.
Glenn Wheatley bought EON-FM again in 1986 before selling it to Hoyts.
In 2013, EON Broadcasters, in which Glenn Wheatley held a 10% shareholding, purchased 91.9 Sea FM and 92.7 Mix FM on the Sunshine Coast from Southern Cross Austereo.
In 2017, EON Broadcasters purchased 2CH in Sydney from Macquarie Radio, selling it in 2020 to Sports Entertainment Network.
Glenn Wheatley died on 1 February 2022 at the age of 74.
Glenn Wheatley was critically ill in hospital for several weeks before dying of complications from Covid on Tuesday night.