Adam & Donny’s Townsville billboard takeover to find promotions manager a date

22 March 2026 Star 106.3’s Adam & Donny have left no rock unturned in launching a city-wide billboard campaign to find their promotions manager, Jake Lacey, a...

From Launceston to Townsville for Adam Davison – Star 106.3 breakfast with Adam and Donny starts today

1 December 2025 Townsville has a new addition to the breakfast menu with Get Up with Adam & Donny launching on Star 106.3 this morning. Adam Davison...

Premier David Crisafulli on the bounce with Star 106.3’s Archie and Donny

8 October 2025 Star 106.3 and Townsville's “Tramp Champ,” Donny Watkin finally got his wish. After just 455 days, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli took to the top...

Hit 103.1 takes the lead in Townsville

7 October 2025 There's been a changing of the guard in the latest Xtra Insights survey of Townsville with Hit 103.1 and their breakfast team of Bronte and...

Archie & Bretz join 92.7 MIXFM to host Drive

15 September 2025 Archie (Sam Arenson) and Henry Bretz have been announced to replace Todd & Sami on the Sunshine Coast's 92.7 MIX FM Drive. The pair have...

Archie and Donny lock up five duos to compete to win $10K

11 September 2025 Five duos. Five days.

Archie & Donny complete Townsville sign marathon and raise a motza for Ronald McDonald House charities

3 August 2025 Archie Arenson: “Did we train for this? Absolutely not! We weren’t sure what would give out first, our legs or our minds, but we knew...

Star 106.3’s Archie & Donny seek very special name for treasured travelator

18 June 2025 The retirement of the beloved travelator outside Woolworths and Boost Juice in the Townsville Shopping Centre was apparently a truly emotional affair. It was considered...

Star 106.3’s Kaley Baker meets Todd Woodbridge and sets up her own Tipping Point

29 May 2025 Kaley-Jade Baker who hosts Star FM Afternoons across Mackay, the Whitsundays and Townsville caught up with Todd Woodbridge ahead of a special episode of Tipping...

“We are making Cairns officially North Townsville” – ‘Donald Trump’ makes a call to Johnny & Inkie on Star 102.7

7 May 2025 In a a great piece of local radio this morning Star 106.3's Archie and Donny (main picture), heard from a friend of theirs, President of...

Jake Lacey returns to FNQ with Star 106.3 and Power 100

24 April 2025 Jake Lacey is heading back to Far North Queensland to join the team at Star 106.3 & Power 100 as Promotions Manager. After moving...

Townsville ARN radio stations get a line up revamp

28 February 2025 The two ARN radio stations in Townsville, Power100 and Star 106.3 have done some reshuffling of the deckchairs with both stations getting a new breakfast...

North Queensland radio stations going above and beyond to bring the latest flood updates to listeners

3 February 2025 A major flooding event is damaging parts of North Queensland with evacuation notices in place and water and power supplies affected. Several radio stations have...

SCA’s Triple M and Hit the top of Townsville: Xtra Insights

29 October 2024 SCA's two stations 102.3 Triple M and Hit 103.1 are still No 1 and 2 in the latest Xtra Insights survey of Townsville. ARN's Power100...

Big career plot twist for ARN’s Ryan Khay

5 April 2024 After more than two decades in programming, Ryan Khay’s radio career has taken quite the plot twist.The former Power 100 and Star 106.3 Townsville Content Director has joined ARN’s Engineering Department as a Junior Technologist at Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast.Announcing the news on LinkedIn, Khay says “I’ve been given a brilliant opportunity with… Read More

New Power100 breakfast pairing in Townsville

13 November 2023 Power100 have a new breakfast duo in Townsville with Archie and Donny starting on air together this morning. Archie Arenson’s previous co-host Henry Bretz has...

Triple M the new leader in Townsville – Xtra Insights

26 September 2023 There’s a new leader in the latest Xtra Insights survey of Townsville, with Triple M and their veteran breakfast announcer Steve “Pricey” Price who is...

Triple M toppled in the tropics

21 September 2021 Triple M Townsville has lost top spot in the tropics with stablemate Hit103.1 taking the mantle as the station listened to most. Triple M was...

Paul Woodhouse is Grant Broadcasters new GM in Townsville

17 June 2021 Paul Woodhouse will be moving back to Townsville to become the General Manager of Grant Broadcasters’ Radio stations, Power 100 and Star 106.3. Originally a...

Grants adds three big names to content teams

16 June 2021 Grant Broadcasters has added three big name signings to the QLD/NT content team. Ryan Khay, Keith Fowler and Billy McFerran are joining the company as Content...

Grant Broadcasters QLD say thanks to our nurses

12 May 2020 This International Nurses Day, Grant Broadcasters radio stations across Queensland have said a big ‘Thank You’ to the frontline workers who have been risking their...

Triple M still tops in Townsville, but Hit is on the rise

14 November 2019 Triple M Townsville, despite easing across all demographics, still leads as the station listened to most, and along with stablemate Hit103.1 Townsville, the pair dominate...

Heidi Latcham is joining 919 Sea FM

31 January 2019 Heidi Latcham is back in her home town of the Sunshine Coast and is joining 919 Sea FM to be BarRat’s new partner on ‘BarRat...

Radio stations unite to help Cyclone Debbie victims

7 April 2017 Sister stations from Townsville and Mackay have today joined together to bring relief to those impacted most by Cyclone Debbie. Grant Broadcasters radio stations from Townsville,...

Radio gets truckin’ for cyclone victims

30 March 2017 The Townsville arm of Grant Broadcasters, Star 1063 and Power100 are working together providing assistance to those residents of Bowen, Proserpine and Airlie Beach affected by...

Star 106.3’s 500 Grand on the Strand

11 November 2016 It's the once in a lifetime opportunity that has captured the imagination of Townsville as they wonder just how vastly their life would change if...

Australian Survivor’s Barry joins Star 106.3

5 September 2016 He may have been voted off the island on Australian Survivor, but the lovable larrikin with the big heart, Barry Lea, has found himself a...