20 years of Jonesy and Amanda but where to next?

17 March 2025 This month marks 20 years since Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones and Amanda Keller came together as a breakfast team on Sydney's 2WS, WSFM and now Gold...

What’s next for Cruise 1323 and ARN’s GOLD Network?

12 February 2025 With the announcement that John Dean is going to step back from his breakfast and morning duties on Adelaide's Cruise 1323 on Friday March 7,...

Jason Staveley becomes Gold Network music director

23 January 2025 Jason Staveley has added another string to his bow becoming the Music Director for ARN's newly established Gold Network. After 30 plus years in the...

Gold101.7’s Jonesy and Amanda strengthen their radio team

20 January 2025 Ahead of their 20th anniversary in March and alongside new branding, Gold101.7's Jonesy and Amanda have added to, promoted and welcomed the return of valued...

Paul Kelly teams up with WSFM for iHeartLIVE performance

28 October 2024 Paul Kelly is teaming up with WSFM and iHeartRadio Australia for the first ever iHeartLIVE in partnership with The Pure GOLD Network. Kelly will mark...

Kyle and Jackie O: MIA at the ACRAs

14 October 2024 Comment from Peter Saxon. If there was an ACRA for Most Conspicuously Absent On Air team, Kyle and Jackie O would have won it hands...

WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda put it on the tab for 150 commuters

27 September 2024 This morning WSFM's Jonesy and Amanda Put It On The Tab for 150 commuters at the BP Service Station in Kellyville. Vehicles queued patiently from...

Outtakes and offcuts for ARN podcasts

17 September 2024 ARN breakfast shows Jonesy and Amanda on WSFM Sydney and Gold 104.3's Christian O'Connell in Melbourne have both been dabbling with a different approach to...

Kyle and Jackie O #1 in Sydney, Jase and Lauren #1 in Melbourne: Survey 5 cumes

27 August 2024 KIIS 1065's Kyle and Jackie O have regained lost ground and are leaders in cumulative listening in Sydney in GfK Radio 360 Survey 5, 2024. Jase...

National Radio Day: The joy of an aircheck

22 August 2024 I'd really wanted to celebrate National Radio Day, August 20, in a positive fashion but was floundering, quite frankly, on the right story until, by...

It’s Jones and Keller, but not what you’re used to

6 August 2024 On WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda show while Amanda has been away, Jonesy has had the chance to enjoy several guest hosts with today's being a...

The sights, sound and commentary: Radio shines at the Paris Olympics

29 July 2024 Back in April YouGov released results of research into our investment in the Paris Olympics. A third of Australians said they were unlikely to tune...

Kyle and Jackie O still the most listened to on breakfast, smooth 95.3 on top: GfK Survey 3 2024

4 June 2024 Kyle and Jackie O are still the most listened to breakfast show in Sydney with a weekly cumulative audience of 758K, but that is only...

WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda, Lauryn and Jake, and Greg – who is NOT having a midlife crisis

5 May 2024 All eyes were turned to Melbourne radio last week where KIIS 101.1's sister station Gold 104.3 had to resort to bin stickers (not chickens) to advertise...

Jonesy and Amanda complete WSFM’s relocation to North Sydney

17 April 2024 After two decades in Macquarie Park WSFM's Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller have officially lifted off from ARN’s new state-of-the-art studios in North Sydney, the final...

Ugly Phil test drives the new WSFM radio studios

11 April 2024 This morning, April 11, Ugly Phil O'Neil launched the new WSFM radio studios in North Sydney for their first on-air test drive, after apparently a...

Is there a market for watching radio?

28 November 2023 Every time someone says, “I watched a podcast video” I inwardly smile at the juxtaposition, but then I watched two radio shows last week. I’ve...

Station of the Year and Best Individual Presenter among the ACRAs for ARN

16 October 2023 ARN’s impressive results at the 34th ACRA Awards ceremony saw the network take home a record 28 awards including station of the year for KIIS1065...

Sarah Macdonald, Jonesy and Amanda feature in new TV series Queen of Oz

25 June 2023 A new BBC/ABC show starring Catherine Tate features some of Sydney radio's top personalities in vignettes throughout the tv series. ABC Radio Sydney's morning presenter...

Tyran Stig joins Jonesy & Amanda

10 January 2023 Tyran Stig joins the self-dubbed WSFM ‘A-team’ as Senior Producer for Jonesy and Amanda , following 3-years producing breakfast shows in Newcastle with SCA. The role...

Jonesy and Amanda re-sign with WSFM

28 October 2022 Breakfast duo Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones and Amanda Keller have signed a multi-year deal to continue with WSFM. ...

Jonesy & Amanda to host the 33rd annual ACRA’s

4 October 2022 WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda will host the 33rd annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards when the event returns to Sydney this month after a three-year hiatus. Radio...

‘Radio the lifeblood of the community at times like this’

7 March 2022 As bad weather continues to batter the east coast of Australia, ARN stations across the country have pivoted their content to provide listeners with up-to-date...

Jonesy & Amanda go back in time on their new summer podcast

8 December 2021 This summer WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda will take listeners back in time with their brand-new podcast Jonesy & Amanda’s Time Travellers. The pair have been on-air...

Lessons in lockdown marketing from ARN

21 October 2021 As Australia’s two biggest cities take tentative steps out of lockdown, advertisers and marketers are wondering what WSFM Sydney and Gold 104.3 Melbourne will do...

Finding compelling, relatable, primal, trigger points: Jonesy and Amanda at AFTRS

18 June 2020 AFTRS recently had a class with WSFM's Jonesy and Amanda via zoom, on the topic Working in Duos. The multi-award winning pair have given permission...

Coronavirus: Does Radio have a Responsibility?

2 March 2020 Comment form Peter Saxon. Just a little over a year ago, I was at Darling Harbour near Sydney's China Town with WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda...

Pure Gold Live raises $100,000 for bush fire relief

21 February 2020 Now in its fifth year, the hugely popular Pure Gold Live, hosted by WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda, was a great success. In its biggest line-up yet,...

AFTRS Radio alumni clean up at the ACRAs

30 October 2019 AFTRS Radio alumni have swept the ACRAs, taking home 13 accolades in categories across country, provincial and metropolitan markets. Winning two awards on the night include: Kate Tim...

The ACRAs and beyond. Who’s missing?

20 October 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon In between the constant stream of tweeting the winners at Saturday night’s ACRAs, my wife Pauline, who remained home in Sydney dog...