Radio Moves

Journalist and former Australian rugby union player, Peter FitzSimons, will fill in for the holidaying Mike Carlton from Monday 29 November on 2UE breakfast.

28 November 2004

Zoe Allebone, one of the numerous staff to leave 2GB in recent times, starts tomorrow (29 Nov) with NSW Energy and Utilities Minister, Frank Sartor.

28 November 2004

Simon Robson is leaving ARN's Gold 104.3 and Mix 101.1 Newsroom in Melbourne early in the new year to travel overseas.

28 November 2004

Greg Allen, Breakfast announcer at Sydney’s FM103.2, will be leaving the station in the new year. He is returning to Melbourne for family reasons but plans to remain in the radio industry.

28 November 2004

Jay and The Doctor (Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall of Frenzal Rhomb) are the new Triple J breakfast presenters, starting from 17 January. They replace Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson, who did their last show today after five years together.

26 November 2004

SA FM late night presenter Lisa Leong has resigned to join Radio Adelaide as its full time talk-breakfast presenter in 2005.

25 November 2004

Acting ABA chief, Lyn Maddock, has been appointed a part time Associate Member of the Board of the Australian Communications Authority, replacing Michael Gordon-Smith, whose ABA term expired in September.

25 November 2004

Former program director of Mix102.3 Aelaide, Allan Cameron has returned to Newcastle to take over as Program Director of 105.3 NEWFM.

25 November 2004

James O'Brien has been appointed the new program director at ABC 702 Sydney, replacing Angie Nelson who was acting in the position.

23 November 2004

Kelly Golding is the new breakfast producer for Adelaide's MIX102.3, working with Kym, Ali & Dzelde. Programme Director, Ben Latimer says: "Kelly has been working with us in an on air capacity on weekends for a while now. Her knowledge of Adelaide, vast contact list and radio skills make her the perfect choice for this important role."

22 November 2004

General Manager and Sales' chief, Louise Barrett, will leave 2GB along with Agency Sales' Manager, Chris Thornton. CEO, Angela Clark, will take over the agency sales' role in the meantime.

19 November 2004

AFTRS Graduate Sophie Onikul has just started work at Sea FM Hobart as a Creative Writer/Announcer.

18 November 2004

Rod Law, SEN1116's Program Director, is leaving the Melbourne talk sport station on 10 December to pursue other interests.

15 November 2004

Ben Hietbrink , formerly IT Manager for Radio 2GB, will begin
with Paul Dengate's DINGBAT TECHNOLOGY in December as Senior IT Engineer.

11 November 2004

Glenn Wheeler has resigned from 2GB. Jason Morrison will be hosting the Weekend Mid-Dawn program this weekend, and as of this weekend Malcolm T. Elliott will host the Saturday and Sunday weekend evening programs (Saturday 4pm-8pm and Sunday 4pm-6pm prior to SportsZone with Andrew Moore). Jason has a longstanding relationship with 2GB and fills in for Philip Clark over summer.

10 November 2004

Lyn Griffiths has resigned as General Manager of 100.7 Sea FM and Mix 106.3 in Townsville. General Sales Manager Adam Cross has been appointed acting General Manager until a permanent replacement is announced.

10 November 2004

Radio National's Peter Thompson, will step down next month after hosting breakfast for eight of the past 11 years.

8 November 2004

Margaret Throsby, presenter of the morning program on ABC Classic FM, has picked Jana Wendt, Mary Kostakidis - SBS journalist, The Panel's Rob Sitch and playwright David Williamson to each have a week in the chair while she's on leave. (thanks to SMH's The Guide Monday 8th November)

8 November 2004

Justin Drexall who is currently casual at Triple M Brisbane is moving to Bundaberg to head up the new breakfast show on hitz939 plus oversee operations & Music for both Hitz & 4BU, starting on November 15

6 November 2004

Radio veteran, Malcolm T Elliott, has resigned from 2UE. Elliott, 58, left on Friday. Despite undergoing quintuple bypass surgery earlier this year, he says he is not ready to hang up his headphones yet.

1 November 2004