“I’ve loved the medium of radio since I was a teenager and still do”: Duncan Campbell marks 40 years

2 May 2024 ARN Chief Content Officer Duncan Campbell, who oversaw the most significant deal in Australian radio history when Kyle and Jackie O signed a ten year...

96FM’S Dean “Clairsy” Clairs celebrates 40 years in radio

14 March 2023 Dean “Clairsy” Clairs is celebrating a milestone 40 years in commercial radio today. No easy feat for anyone in the industry, Clairsy is not only...

Where to now for 96fm’s Gary Roberts?

29 November 2021 This afternoon’s announcement from ARN said that “Gary Roberts AM has decided to leave 96FM in December when his contract ends, to focus on a major new event.” What...

96FM’s new TVC is all about real music

24 May 2021 Perth's 96FM have launched a new TVC to celebrate 40 years of real music, part of ARN’s marketing rollout across Perth. Research conducted with 96FM’s loyal listeners showed that real music elicits...

Fred Botica hangs up the headphones for the last time as Dean Clairs joins ‘The Bunch’

10 March 2021 96FM’s Botica’s Bunch will have a new name from Monday, with the legendary Fred Botica deciding to retire after 50 years in radio. Dean “Clairsy” Clairs...

96fm wraps up 40 years in 40 days with a car giveaway

20 September 2020 On Friday, 96fm Perth celebrated its 40th anniversary milestone with a live broadcast event at Australia’s largest pub, The Camfield, on Perth’s Burswood Peninsula. Having just...

Mark Pascoe gets to 30 years on Perth radio

25 June 2020 This week Mark ‘Smiley’ Pascoe celebrated the incredible milestone of 30 years in Perth radio. Everyone at 96FM knew that Thursday 25th was the anniversary,...

Elliot Yeo’s emotional reunion with his pet Border Collie on 96FM

23 August 2019 Last week, West Coast Eagles player Elliot Yeo sadly said goodbye to his pet Border Collie and best mate, Winston… but just for one week...

Perth gets a surprise at breakfast with the return of Botica’s Bunch on 96FM

8 July 2019 Just a week after announcing that Paul Hogan and Lisa Fernandez were leaving, 96FM has moved to reclaim its Perth heritage with the return of Botica’s Bunch for Breakfast, hosted by...

Paul & Lise depart 96FM

1 July 2019 Speculation of changes at 96FM has been confirmed by ARN, with the announcement that following a review of the station’s strategy and direction, 96FM will soon...

AirCheck Australia’s Mothers Day special

8 May 2019 As Mothers’ Day approaches this Sunday, AirCheck Australia looked at the Top Department Stores, Fragrances, Jewellers and Beauty Services running ads during the last four...

Survey 1 is just days away

16 January 2019 The first metro GFK survey for 2019 goes into the field on Monday and runs until March 2nd with the results released on Tuesday March...

ARN’s summer on air schedule

10 December 2018 ARN have settled on a summer line-up. KIIS Network: KIIS 1065 in Sydney and KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne will have the KIIS Summer Break,...

Nine News the biggest radio user – Aircheck Survey

4 October 2018 According to an Aircheck Survey, during the last month on radio, Nine News was the most advertised TV Brand with 843 instances across 19 stations...

96FM’s million dollar kick

26 June 2017 Following a successful 2016 partnership, 96FM, Channel 7, The West Australian and the West Coast Eagles reunited this year for 96FM’s Million Dollar Kick -...

96FM finds competition winner 34 years later

1 June 2017 Last week, 96FM received a piece of mail that had been lost with Australia Post for the last 34 YEARS, resulting in a country-wide search for the sender dubbed #FindRobyn. It was a...

ARN implements new strategy for 96fm

22 January 2017 A new marketing campaign introducing “Perth’s Real Gold” and inviting listeners to “Experience the Change” has been launched in Perth by 96fm. 96fm has been...

When name dropping can save you money

2 November 2016 Last week on the 96fm Breakfast show, hosts Carmen and Fitzi accidentally discovered a phenomenon now known as "The Power of the Fitz." They've learned...

Perth’s 96FM delivers on a Million Dollar Kick

2 September 2016 Perth 96FM's Million Dollar Kick has wrapped up – with one ultimate AFL fan given the chance to kick for goal to pocket one million dollars. It was...

96FM launches million dollar kick

23 March 2016 Carmen & Fitzi have launched the 96FM Million Dollar Kick, giving Perth residents the chance of pocketing one million dollars in cash. In the biggest local...

Radio ninja enlightens CIT students

5 November 2015 (CIT) Central Institute Of Technology’s Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Radio students, who run campus station Boom Radio, have recently been receiving special Master Classes...

Perth’s 96FM rebrands

15 October 2015 Australian Radio Network (ARN) has made th rebrand of Perth’s 96FM official. It joins Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide as part of the KIIS national network. The...

Changes to 96FM’s breakfast line up

27 August 2015 ARN has announced the restructuring of the 96FM breakfast show as part of overall plans to improve the performance of the station and relaunch 96FM...

Brad McNally gets goodbye KIIS from 96FM

4 August 2015 Veteran Content Director Brad McNally has been made redundant from Perth station 96FM. McNally was the original music director at 96FM in the early 1980’s when...

Could 96FM be the latest station in line for a rebrand?

18 June 2015 There isn’t much you can’t find on the Internet if you look hard enough. radioInfo reported recently it appeared Southern Cross Austereo’s hit branding would be...

Darren de Mello dumped

15 June 2015 With the announcement today the KIIS Networks Drive Show, Hughesy & Kate, will be driving listeners home nationally with their addition on Perth’s 96FM (read...

96FM joins the million dollar “maybe” prize club

26 October 2014 Do the math. One listener will be given one chance in 96 to win a million dollars.

Eskimo Joe guitarist joins 96FM

2 April 2014 Musician, songwriter and guitarist from Eskimo Joe, Stuart Macleod is the newest member of the 96FM in Perth's on-air team. Stu will join long time...

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