Popular KIIS 97.3 radio newsreader Monique Dews quits ARN

One of Brisbane’s most familiar voices of breakfast radio has announced she is leaving the airwaves after more than 11 years.

Popular newsreader Monique Dews has quit the Australian Radio Network and will leave KIIS 97.3 breakfast show Robin, Terry and Kip.

Monique Dews is the newly appointed director of Adoni Media.

Ms Dews, also recently acting national news director for ARN, will join Adoni Media PR, media training and crisis management company.

Ms Dews has been with 97.3 for more than 11 years and said she would miss her radio family including Robin Bailey, Terry Hansen and Kip Wightman but Brisbane was entering an exciting phase.

“Brisbane is going through such an incredible time of change and development as we countdown to the Olympics, so it feels right to make a move now,” Ms Dews said.

Robin Bailey said Ms Dews was “one of the hardest working, kindest, most credible journos I know”.

“She not only reports the news but she truly cares how it’s received. She is also super fun.

“There was nothing she didn’t have a response to, no matter how absurd or unexpected it was, and we put her on the spot a lot.”

KIIS 97.3 Kip, Robin and Terry. Picture: Jerad Williams

Adoni Media’s managing director Leisa Goddard said Ms Dews was “one of the most recognised names and voices in Australian radio” and her experience would be invaluable in advising clients on managing the media.

Ms Dews will finish at ARN on April 21 and start her new job in May.

At Adoni she will join other former journalists including former Ten News Brisbane news manager Jane Henschke and former A Current Affair producer and 2GB reporter, Clare Christensen.