Keegan Brown joins Star Mackay and the Whitsundays

26 March 2025 After departing Dubbo Super Radio Network station ZooFM in February, Keegan Brown has moved up north and landed a job with Star 101.9 Mackay...

Kaley-Jade Baker: It’s a love story

7 October 2024 A little Radioinfo shoutout to Star FM Mackay and the Whitsunday's afternoon announcer Kaley-Jade Baker. Kaley has been upping her profile on social media saying...

ABC Brisbane and the lighter side of the radio ratings

12 July 2024 After this week, all across Australia, many radio people and networks are going to need a bex and a good lie down. Tuesday was GfK...

Star on top in Mackay: Xtra Insights

11 July 2024 What a difference a year makes. ARN's Star 101.9 have leapt from third to first in the latest Xtra Insights survey of the Mackay and...

SCA’s Hit and Triple M on top in Mackay: Xtra insights

18 July 2023 In the latest Xtra Insights survey of Mackay, the first since July 2022, the two SCA stations, Hit Mackay & The Whitsundays and Triple M Mackay &...

Sam Blacker leaves Star 101.9 and heads south

17 December 2021 Sam Blacker is leaving Star 101.9 and the Mackay region to head to Newcastle and will reunite with his fiancee Tina and develop his Podcast...

Star 101.9 is the new shining light in Mackay

8 July 2021 Hit Mackay and the Whitsundays took a hit, dropping 6.1, down to 16.4 in the latest Xtra Insights survey for Mackay, losing their number one...

Grant Broadcasters reveal Mackay’s newest Star

2 May 2016 Mackay and The Whitsundays have this morning welcomed the latest star to the local media galaxy, Star 101.9. Formerly known as Zinc 101.9, the...