Triple M top of the tree in Newcastle – GfK Survey 1

8 May 2026 Like Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast yesterday, Triple M has maintained its No 1 position in GfK Survey 1 of Newcastle, pulling further...

Jess Farchione & Rohan Edwards pair for Newcastle and regional NSW Hit Network Breakfast

19 January 2026 With her former co-host Nick Allen-Ducat kicking off as part of Nova 106.9 Brisbane's Nick, Luttsy and Susie O'Neill this morning, when Jess Farchione returns...

Triple M top again in Newcastle – GfK Survey 3

21 November 2025 The final GfK Survey of Newcastle for 2025 yielded little change overall, with sister stations 102.9 Triple M and Hit 106.9 dominating especially in SCA's...

‘Looks more like a proper radio station now than it ever did when it actually was one!’ – Former KOFM and NXFM building now a music lover’s haven

15 September 2025 For more than three decades Newcastle radio stations KOFM and NXFM lived at 252 Pacific Highway Charlestown. The stations moved harbourside in 2017 and KOFM...

Triple M reigns in Newcastle – GfK Survey 1

9 May 2025 The results of GfK survey 1 in Newcastle show again the dominance of 102.9 Triple M in the city with the station and its breakfast...

A visit to 2HD, as the radio station celebrates 100 years

23 January 2025 This week the two first commercial radio stations in Australia will celebrate their 100th birthdays. Sydney’s 2UE (January 26, 1925) one day before Newcastle’s 2HD.

Triple M on top in Newcastle, growth for Hit, 2HD and the ABC – GfK Survey 3

22 November 2024 102.9 Triple M is the leader in Newcastle in GfK Survey 3 with no change to its listening audience (21.1% for all audiences 10+). Around...

Congrats to Hit 106.9’s Ducko and well played Newcastle team

22 October 2024 In a beautiful bit of radio on Hit 106.9 Newcastle's Nick 'Ducko' Allen-Ducat brought his wife Morgan in for the game Quiz With a Twist,...

Triple M still on top in Newcastle, Hit catching up: GfK Survey 2

16 August 2024 102.9 Triple M is still the leader in Newcastle in GfK Survey 2, although down overall. Tanya and Steve (pictured) were steady on breakfast with...

2KO and NXFM radio building in Charlestown up for sale

27 May 2024 For nearly 30 years radio station 2KO was housed on the Pacific Highway in Newcastle. NXFM arrived five years later, in 1993, and in 2014...

Triple M Newcastle dominates GfK Survey 1

10 May 2024 Triple M 102.9 Newcastle's breakfast duo of Tanya Wilks and Steve Graham (pictured) celebrated a decade on air together last month. The pair and the...

Triple M still on top, Hit and NEWFM up in Newcastle survey

24 November 2023 102.9 Triple M is still well ahead in Newcastle, but Hit 106.9 and 105.3 NEWFM have considerably closed the gap in the latest GfK survey...

More Hit regional breakfast radio show shake ups

24 October 2023 After Maz Compton and Matty Baseley called it a day last Friday on their networked Hit 101.3 Gosford Breakfast show, more of the regional SCA...

Hit 106.9’s Nick, Jess and Ducko’s “materniteam” shoot

21 September 2023 With Newcastle’s Hit 106.9's Jess Farchione not far off giving birth to her first child, she wanted a maternity photo shoot with partner Angus. Not wanting...

102.9 Triple M on top in Newcastle: GfK Survey 2, 2023

18 August 2023 SCA’s 102.9 Triple M is well on top in Newcastle in GfK Survey 2 with breakfast duo Tanya Wilks and Steve G having a quarter...

No stopping Triple M 102.9 Newcastle in GfK Survey 1

12 May 2023 It was another successful survey for Triple M 102.9 Newcastle. The station went up 5 points to 22.0 for all people 10+, with all...

Ed Sheeran takes the fast lane to No. 22 with ‘Overpass Graffiti’: AirCheck

4 November 2021 Chart Highlights – November 4, 2021 Hot Debut: Ed Sheeran earns his fourth Top 40 debut of 2021 with 'Overpass Graffiti' Heating Up: Swedish House Mafia...

Pink certainly knows what she’s doing

20 May 2021 By Riarne Gale of AirCheck/RCS Australia Chart Highlights – 20 May 2021 Biggest Mover: Pink’s ‘All I Know So Far’ up 153 spins to No.11 Heating Up: Tom Grennan...

Harry Styles is sweet as Watermelon Sugar, reaching new peak at No.7: AirCheck

30 July 2020 Chart Highlights – 30 July 2020 High Point: Harry Styles reaches new peak at No.7 with ‘Watermelon Sugar’ New Music: Maroon 5 land at No.31 with ‘Nobody’s Love’...

Sia gets it Together and reaches a new peak at No.5: AirCheck

16 July 2020 Chart Highlights – 16 July 2020 High Point: Sia reaches No.5 with ‘Together’ earning 634 spins Biggest Mover: The Veronicas up 128 spins to No.29 with ‘Biting...

Topic & A7S make a ground-breaking jump to No 4: AirCheck

11 June 2020 Chart Highlights – 11 June 2020 High Point: Topic & A7S rise 10 places to No.4 with ‘Breaking Me’ Biggest Mover: Kygo & OneRepublic’s ‘Lose Somebody’ up 162...

Simon Baggs joins 1029 Hot Tomato

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...

Simon Baggs to depart Newcastle’s Hit106.9 Breakfast team

8 December 2019 After three years of waking up Newcastle, Hit106.9 Breakfast Announcer Simon Baggs will be departing the show Nick, Jess & Simon at the end of...

Triple M Newcastle tops its first survey, ABC 1233 makes solid gains

22 November 2018 Triple M Newcastle has topped its first survey after rebadging from KOFM with 13.1%, down by 0.9% in the final GFK Survey for Newcastle this...

Hit 106.9 reveal the secret to making popular music

20 November 2018 More and more, music is being made by teams of people hell bent on making something as popular as possible but, are they all following...

Bernard Tomic exits I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here

30 January 2018 Hit 106.9, breakfast hosts Nick, Jess and Simon speak to the reality show's producer. Bernard Tomic is the first celeb to walk off the set of...

Hit 106.9 unleashes the dragon for SSM

21 September 2017 Hit106.9 Newcastle’s breakfast show Nick and Sophie with Simon Baggs are showing their support for marriage equality with plans to stage Newcastle’s biggest Drag Show...

Andy Lee confronts breakfast announcer about hooking up with his sister

12 June 2017 Breakfast team Nick and Sophie at Hit 106.9 Newcastle spoke to Andy Lee from Hamish and Andy, to spruik their latest TV show ‘True Story’. After a...

2JJJ fights back in first survey for the year in Newcastle

18 May 2017 KO FM has retained their number position All People 10+ in the latest GfK survey for Newcastle. Despite shedding 1.4% from the previous survey, KO FM...