ARN have announced various staff changes for Sydney and Melbourne:
Mike Byrne is moving from Gold FM to WS FM as program director. He will take up his appointment on April 2.
Leanne Hulme has been appointed PD of Mix 101.1.
Ben Latimer will take up a new role at WS FM as Assistant PD and executive breakfast producer.
David Kidd (who was acting PD at WSFM) will be the interim PD at Mix 106.5 until a replacement for Ben is appointed.
Jim Dolan (ex 2UE Sport & 2GB Sport) joins ARN as Sports Director for Sydney and Brisbane stations, where he will present breakfast sport on WS FM and 4KQ Monday to Friday. He begins 8 January.
WS FM retail sales manager Josh Busteed has been appointed as General Sales Manager for Mix 106.5, commencing 15 January. Brian Blacklock will cover Josh’s role at WS until a replacement is appointed.
Richard Mills will take over a new role as Sydney Training Manager and Retail Sales Manager of WS FM.
Over the holiday break, Charlie Fox will sit across both The Edge 96.ONE and WS FM, while David Kidd and Eddie Hribar will look after Mix 106.5, ready for all ARN’s Sydney breakfast teams to return to air on Monday 8 January.
Paul Holmes will not return to WS FM Drive, and will move north to as part of a new drive team for Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast.
The movements leave several vacancies, which are advertised on the radioinfo jobs pages.