7 March 2024 96FM’s Clairsy & Lisa have a new sports reporter on deck for 2024.Former West Coast Eagles player Adrian Barich will bring all the latest sports news to the show each week, discussing a host of sports – from AFL to NRL and everything in between.Adrian will be joining Clairsy & Lisa on air typically every… Read More
23 January 2024 There’s a story about Coldplay, at the height of their fame, sending a song to David Bowie in the hope of a collaboration. Bowie turned...
20 January 2024 Mickey Dalton, one of the original team behind the foundation of Perth's 96fm, has died. Dalton also worked at stations including Newcastle (2NX) and Victoria (3LK)...
20 December 2023 The final GfK Radio 360 survey for 2023 showed an uptake in music listening, as often happens once sporting seasons wrap up and now that...
18 January 2022 ARN’s National News Director, Deborah Clay, has resigned and will finish on February 14th to write a book. Deborah was appointed Sydney/Brisbane News Director in...
9 October 2021 96FM is now synonymous with giving away big cash prizes to Perth radio listeners. The station just partnered with Complete Home Filtration to give someone...
7 October 2021 The 80’s Gold stations of WSFM, Gold104.3, 97.3, Mix and 96FM now have 323,000 listeners Australia wide. Coles Radio, despite an improvement in numbers, is...
27 August 2021 96FM breakfast host Dean Clairs has been appointed as the official brand ambassador for WA airconditioining company Ford & Doonan. Ford & Doonan’s WA...
21 July 2021 Hobart will hear a fresh voice on the airwaves, as Ben Carney joins the line up as Hobart’s Hit100.9 Workday announcer and Operations Assistant from...
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...
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...
28 September 2020 It’s the mix of 80’s stations that hold the greatest national numbers for the DAB+ ratings in Survey 3, with Double J just behind. WSFM 80’s,...
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...
21 April 2020 Gold 104.3’s Christian O’Connell, will now also host a new daily national night show from Monday, 27 April 2020. The Christian O’Connell Show - Be Part...
28 January 2020 ARIA-winning musician, Julian Douglas from the Panics, has swapped keyboards and guitars for NewsBoss, and singing on stage for radio news broadcasts. Julian is just...
10 November 2019 Survey results now available HERE. Peter Saxon asks Gary Roberts Is it super prgramming skills or local knowlege that succeeds in Perth? On the back of...
3 November 2019 Peter Saxon profiles Gary Roberts To become a licensed cab driver in London, you must first pass a rigorous exam called The Knowledge. It...
27 September 2019 Dave McClung has been appointed Nova 93.7 Perth Program Director following the move of Daniel Underhill to 96FM in July. With extensive radio experience, across...
14 July 2019 Perth holds a unique place in Australia – far away from the cities of the east. And most of Perth’s denizens prefer it that way. Indeed,...
8 July 2019 Russell Clark will be joining the on-air team at 96FM in afternoons, each weekday between 1pm - 4pm with his appointment completing 96FM’s new on-air...
5 July 2019 ARN has appointed Daniel Underhill to the role of 96FM Content Director. Underhill is a radio industry veteran with a strong history in Perth and enviable...
23 April 2018 10 grand prize goes off at first attempt. Usually, when a station puts up a $10,000 prize they hope to get maximum value from it...
23 October 2017 96FM's Carmen and 'Fitzi' discovered today their breakfast show would not return in 2018. Paul Hogan and Lise Fernandez, replacing Carmen Braidwood and Brad 'Fitzi' Fitzgerald in the...
3 August 2017 96FM Breakfast host Brad "Fitzi" Fitzgerald turned the big 40 yesterday, and all he wanted for the milestone birthday was some great buffalo wings. His favourite restaurant for wings is...
21 July 2017 Perth’s 96FM's Kick Start Summer Concert will return for 2017. Following 96FM’s shift at the start of the year to focus its music on modern rock, this...
31 May 2017 The collaboration between HT&E’s Australian Radio Network (ARN) and Adshel to deliver a mass-reaching community service campaign for the Road Safety Commission of Western Australia has achieved highly positive...
3 February 2017 Australian Radio Network and Macquarie Media have made changes to the sales representation agreement for their respective radio stations 96FM (ARN) and 6PR (MML). For the past two years, ARN has represented both 96FM...
30 December 2016 Sources to radioinfo suggest changes have been made to the 6PR newsroom for 2017. It's suggested from mid-January 6PR will no longer produce and present...
11 September 2016 Congratulations to 96FM breakfast presenter Brad “Fitzi” Fitzgerald on the arrival of his third child, a baby boy, Ethan. Born at 9.37pm on Friday, September 9, Ethan joins big brothers...
18 July 2016 This morning 96FM hosted the breakfast show with Carmen & Fitzi live from the new Perth Busport. The revolutionary $217 million underground busport officially began...