The Hit Network‘s Lucy Jackson and Nikki Westcott, hosts of the Saturday Night show Lucy & Nikki and the LiSTNR podcast Happy Hour with Lucy & Nikki, are now going to have a networked Friday night show too.
From this Friday September 27, Lucy & Nikki will be heard from 7pm-10pm on Friday and Saturday nights across the Hit Network. This represents a lessening of the workload on Mike E and Emma, who stepped in on nights when Jimmy and Nath moved to 2DayFM breakfast when Hughesy, Ed and Erin departed in August. Mike E and Emma also host networked weekend breakfast from 8am – 10am Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Jackson and Westcott have had a very successful year taking on a networked radio show and their podcast No 15 on the latest Triton Australian Podcast Ranker.
Head of Hit Metro Content, Amanda Lee, said:
“We are thrilled to have Lucy and Nikki expanding their presence on the Hit Network. From their very first show, it was obvious that the girls were a natural fit for the Hit Network and the perfect way for our listeners to fire up their weekend nights.
The Lucy & Nikki show on Saturday nights has been such a huge success, with our listeners loving the girls’ fun fuelled approach, that we couldn’t resist expanding the show to a second night.”
Jimmy and Nath heading to 2Day FM Breakfast was said to be an interim decision for the rest of this year. Should they return to networked nights in 2025, then I imagine Lucy & Nikki would go back to one night a week, and Mike E and Emma to R&B FRIDAYS on DAB+. This announcement feels like the interim lineup might be heading for permanence.
Jen Seyderhelm is a writer, editor and podcaster for Radioinfo