Ace Radio Network

Ed Thomas the new 102.5 Triple M Karratha breakfast host

10 April 2024 Ed Thomas will become the new 102.5 Triple M Karratha breakfast announcer replacing Pablo Miller who had been doing that role at the station for...

70 years old today: Happy birthday 3NE

27 March 2024 A mega day of celebrations has kicked off in Victoria’s north east as Wangaratta’s iconic AM radio station 1566 3NE turns 70.To mark the occasion, 3NE – part of the ACE Radio Network – will host a nine-and-a-half-hour outside broadcast today, from the doorstep of the station at 19 Templeton Street.Well known 3NE alumni include… Read More

Did you work at 3NE? Join the 70th birthday celebrations

5 March 2024 If you’re a former employee of Wangaratta’s 3NE, you’re being invited to take part in the station’s 70th birthday celebrations later this month.Announcer Matt Hobbs – who’ll be doing a marathon live broadcast outside the Templeton Street studios on Wednesday, March 27 – is putting out the call to everyone from former 3NE announcers to… Read More

Gender pay gap data shows radio still has a long way to go

28 February 2024 I'm not sure if the Workplace Gender Equality Act Data Explorer information about the gender pay gaps for 5000 odd Australian companies was deliberately released...

The final siren for Coodabeen Champions’ 43 year run on radio

25 February 2024 After four decades, thousands of Champs' songs, two Grand Final performances and still no premiership for St Kilda, the Coodabeen Champions, Australia's longest running weekly...

3HA newsreader Daniel Brewer heading to TRFM and Gold 1242

22 February 2024 3HA/Mixx FM newsreader Daniel Brewer is on the move.Daniel announced via social media that he will be leaving Hamilton in Victoria’s Western District to head to Traralgon and take up a journalist role at ACE Network sister stations TRFM and Gold 1242 in late March.

World Radio Day 2024: Looking forward, looking back and unwrapping presents

12 February 2024 The themes of 2024’s World Radio Day on February 13, is shining a broad floodlight on Radio’s remarkable past, relevant present and promise of a...

Radioinfo’s Manager’s Special: 2QN and EDGE FM’s Ange Parker

6 February 2024 This year Radioinfo will go across the country and networks to catch up with General Managers on the state of the industry, their role within it...

MIXX FM blitzes the field in Hamilton: Xtra Insights

1 August 2023 In the first Xtra Insights survey of Hamilton in five years MIXX FM Hamilton is well ahead (33.6 for all audiences 10+, up 1.1) with...

102.5 FM Edges out 2QN in Deniliquin survey: Xtra Insights

27 June 2023 ACE Radio Network’s 102.5 Edge FM has come out ahead of stablemate 2QN in Xtra Insights' Deniliquin Survey 1, 2023. Edge FM’s cumulative audience (near...

Dedication to a radio career yields Thomas Hughes an Edge FM gig

15 May 2023 Do you wonder if Gen Z still aspire to a radio career? 18 year old Thomas Hughes does, and that dedication has seen him land...

SCA will represent the ACE radio network in an exclusive deal from 2023

12 December 2022 SCA has taken up an exclusive sales representation and program supply agreement with ACE Radio and its 21 FM and AM radio stations in regional...

ACE radio moves to FM in Ararat

28 July 2022 The ACE Radio Network will transition its 3WM AM station to FM frequency next month meaning listeners in the Ararat district can tune into 96.1FM...

MIXX tops the Horsham survey: Xtra Insights

24 May 2022 MIXX FM is the station listened to most according to the latest Xtra Insights survey for Horsham, the first for the area since 2018. With...

Ace Radio has a new Group News Director

15 December 2021 Monique Taylor has joined the ACE Radio News Team as Group News Director. Monique will be based in the Albury newsroom and has spent the...

Nine Radio aces a move with its music stations

28 October 2021 Nine and the ACE Radio Network have confirmed they have signed an option for ACE Radio to operate Nine Radio’s music stations 2UE, 4BH and...

George Sargent is headed to Rockhampton

17 May 2021 Radio young gun George Sargent is on his way to Rockhampton after being named as the workday announcer at Hit Central Queensland. Winner of the Australian...

Ace Radio has been shuffling the deck in the past month

24 February 2021 There has been plenty of movement within the Ace Radio Network in the past month. Haylee Potts has commenced her radio career at Ace Radio's 3HA/Mixx...

ACE confirms TRSN representation

28 January 2021 CEO of the ACE Radio Network, Mark Taylor, has confirmed that The Radio Sales Network (TRSN) has been officially appointed to represent the network's Melbourne...

Ace Radio gets The Hype

25 September 2020 Australia’s Dance Music night show The Hype has been picked up by the entire ACE Radio FM Network. In what has already been a...

Two ACE radio stations celebrate coming of age

31 July 2020 ACE Radio have celebrated the 18th birthdays of both its Coast FM Warrnambool and Mixx FM Hamilton stations. That’s right, they’re both now old enough...

ACE Radio brings back 3MP

5 July 2020 An old friend of the airwaves is making a comeback tonight as 3MP returns to Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula at 6 pm; set to target...

ACE Radio has purchased 1377AM in Melbourne

5 June 2020 ACE Radio owners Rowly and Judy Paterson announced the purchase of the old 3MP frequency, 1377 AM and its Stereo DAB+ associated spectrum in Melbourne...

AFTRS’s students Zoom around regional stations

23 April 2020 When AFTRS’s Graduate Diploma Radio students weren’t able to visit regional stations this year as part of their course, it was decided instead to bring...

Game Changers: Radio is back with an ‘at home’ version for 2020

22 March 2020 Craig Bruce has resurrected Game Changers: Radio with a 2020 version that looks at radio’s role in the current COVID-19 crisis. How is radio broadcasting...

Amanda Keller to feature on ACE Radio’s Women of Influence Podcast

11 February 2020 The Women of Influence podcast, hosted by Kate Meade of ACE Radio’s network breakfast show The Morning Rush, continues its streak of impressive guest interviews. The...

Vale Geoff Handbury

26 November 2019 Ace Radio Founder Geoff Handbur, passed away today and the Ace Radio Network released the following statement. It is with great sadness that the ACE...

Sean Cullen is the new ace for The Morning Rush

8 November 2019 The ACE Radio Network has appointed Sean Cullen to its flagship network breakfast show The Morning Rush in 2020. Sean will replace long-time host Jon Vertigan...

Vertigan to become Group Content Director at ACE Radio Network

25 October 2019 ACE Radio’s Jon Vertigan will move from hosting network breakfast show 'The Morning Rush' into the Group Content Director role in 2020. Mat Cummins, who...

Ace Radio creates 1000-piece ‘Jon & Kate Morning Rush’ jigsaw puzzle …

20 July 2018 ... becomes most sought-after giveaway in the show's history. During the school holidays, Ace Radio Network's Jon Vertigan spoke on 'The Morning Rush' about how...