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...

Nick Allen-Ducat to depart the Hit Network’s Jess & Ducko show

12 November 2025 Nick ‘Ducko’ Allen-Ducat has announced he will be leaving the Hit Network’s Jess & Ducko Breakfast show, heard across New South Wales. Ducko will depart at the end of this year. He’s promised listeners that, until then, there’ll still be plenty of laughs and fun with his good mate and co-host, Jess Farchione. Broadcasting from… Read More

The Hit Network’s Jess & Ducko find a romance for the ages

30 September 2025 The Hit Network’s Jess & Ducko have uncovered a wonderful love story that has captured the hearts of Newcastle listeners after Nick “Ducko” Allen-Ducat overheard...

Triple M top in Newcastle – GfK Survey 2

15 August 2025 102.9 Triple M has remained the clear leader in Newcastle in GfK Survey 2 with other stations seeing growth in key demographics. 105.3 NEW FM...

Hit99.7 rules the Riverina – Xtra Insights Griffith

30 April 2025 In up and down results for most stations, Hit99.7 Riverina MIA is the No 1 station in the latest Xtra Insights survey of Griffith NSW....

It’s Moffee and Triple M’s Coffs Harbour – Xtra Insights

15 April 2025 In the latest Xtra Insights survey of Coffs Harbour in NSW, 106.3 Triple M and Michael ‘Moffee’ Moffett on breakfast are top of the crop....

Star on top on the Central Coast, Triple M gaining ground – Xtra Insights

17 December 2024 The final survey of the year, Xtra Insights of the NSW Central Coast, has the Nova Network's Star 104.5 top of the tree as they...

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, 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...

New breakfast line-up for Hit106.9

20 December 2017 Nick, Jess & Simon to wake up Newcastle in 2018. Following the departure of Sophie Tiller from the Hit106.9 breakfast team last month, co-hosts Simon...