19 February 2026 A couple of Queensland radio stations were, or nearly were thrown off air by forces of nature. In Far North Queensland the cockatoos were...
13 November 2025 The top three stations for the Gold Coast / Tweed Regions of Queensland and NSW remained unchanged in GfK Survey 3 but all including ABC...
7 August 2025 In the second GfK survey of the Gold Coast in 2025, results were fairly steady with all the local commercial stations able to find positives....
6 June 2025 Just over a year after top rating Hot Tomato breakfast host Emily Jade O'Keeffe and her now 14 year old daughter Millie Valentine started Move Over...
29 May 2025 Hot Tomato is No 1 on the Gold Coast in GfK Survey 1 2025 but after obliterating the field last year the station has seen...
30 April 2025 After Cyclone Alfred's impact on Queensland in March GfK have made the decision to extend the survey period for the Gold Coast and, as...
27 March 2025 ARN has appointed Mike Harvey as General Manager of 1029 Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast. Mike is currently General Manager of ARN’s Darwin stations...
8 August 2024 After a very happy morning in the latest radio ratings with Triple M Gold closing the gap on Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast, one...
25 July 2024 There are 71 ACRAs up for grabs at the 2024 commercial radio and podcast industries’ night of nights, with a record tally of finalists for...
25 July 2024 The finalists for the 35th Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) Awards have been revealed, with the winners announced this year at The Star in...
26 November 2021 1029 Hot Tomato have found a replacement for Simon Baggs who has decided to move on from Drive. Big Trev Butler will join Moyra Major...
24 November 2021 After almost two years hosting the successful local drive show with Moyra Major on 1029 Hot Tomato, Simon Baggs has decided to resign. Simon say,...
25 October 2020 Hot Tomato’s Simon Baggs can remember his first shift on community radio, vividly, and it did not go exactly to plan. He says, “After opening...
20 August 2020 102.9 Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast has confirmed that all national adverting sales for the Brisbane market will now be handled by The Radio...
29 April 2020 Hot Tomato has exploded to the top of the latest GfK ratings for the Gold Coast/Tweed, picking up 7.7 to move to 20.6 and become...
16 December 2019 Just a week after announcing that he was leaving Hit106.9 in Newcastle, Simon Baggs has been revealed as the new drive co-host on 1029 Hot...
1 March 2019 Brendon ‘Whippy’ Dangar will be returning to the sunny Gold Coast as Content Director of 1029 Hot Tomato. Whippy started in radio in his home...
6 June 2018 Joins Flan, Emily Jade & Christo. Swimming star Brooke Hanson will join Flan and Christo weekday mornings from 5am, while Emily Jade takes maternity leave....
