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Fordhams join a long queue checking out Nine’s talkback stations

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Oct 29, 2025 – 5.22pm

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Last month, Nine Entertainment confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in the Australian media industry and acknowledged that its network of high-profile talkback radio stations was indeed on the market.

Since then, plenty of interested parties have kicked the tires of Nine Radio, which runs 2GB in Sydney, 3AW in Melbourne, 4BC in Brisbane, 6PR in Perth and other stations such as 2UE and Magic1278.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.