Nova has enforced a non-compete clause in Ben and Liam‘s contract that prevents them from going to air on the KIIS Adelaide breakfast show until after the exclusion period, believed to expire in April.

Ben and Liam, along with co-host Belle, were told by Nova last year that their contracts to present Late Drive on the Nova network would not be renewed for 2026.

It was thought they would remain on air until the end of the 2025 radio year in December, but they were ditched early from the show in October after Nova heard they might be snapped up by a rival network when news of the non-renewal became known.

Despite being ditched by Nova, radioinfo understands that their contract’s restraint clause, believed to be for 6 months from the contract end date, remains valid and that Nova has enforced it.

Interestingly, Smallzy appeared at the ARN Upfronts last year, despite a similar exclusion clause in his Nova contract, but made it clear he was “volunteering” at the event and was not being paid to be there.