Radio stations mix it up with hosts in 2018 broadcasts

PLENTY of radio networks will sound different from next year, with some famous voices already headed for the exit. See who’s staying and going at your favourite station.

THERE’S plenty of movement in Melbourne’s radio landscape with big names fading off the airwaves and fresh talent moving in.

After more than a decade on the radio, Fox FM’s drive hosts Hamish Blake and Andy Lee had their final show last week, and will start a weekly podcast from February.

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Dave “Hughesy” Hughes and Kate Kate Langbroek will have big shoes to fill as they step into the prime drive timeslot from hosting the afternoon program.

Red Symons will walk away after 15 years on the airwaves and will be replaced by broadcaster Jacinta Parsons and writer Sami Shah in the timeslot.

SEN 116 is keeping tight-lipped on its drive program hosts for next year after

David Schwarz and Mark Allen were axed from the airwaves in a shock move.

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Plus there’s plenty more chopping and changing, staying and leaving.

So here’s the rundown for your 2018 listening.

ABC Melbourne

Breakfast

Leaving: Red Symons

New: Jacinta Parsons and Sami Shah.

Mornings

Staying: Jon Faine

Afternoon

Leaving: Clare Bowditch

New: Richelle Hunt

Drive

Staying: Rafael Epstein

Fox FM

Breakfast

Staying: Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Byron Cooke

Leaving: Dave Thornton

Afternoon

Staying: Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little

Drive

Leaving: Hamish Blake and Andy Lee

New: Dave “Hughesy” Hughes and Kate Langbroek

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have called it quits on their drive program. Picture: AAP/Tracey Nearmy

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Nova 100

Breakfast

Staying: Chrissie Swan, Sam Pang and Jonathan “Browny” Brown

Drive

Staying: Kate Ritchie, Tim Blackwell and Marty Sheargold

Nova's Tim Blackwell, Kate Ritchie and Marty Sheargold. Picture: Ian Currie

KIIS 101.1

Breakfast

Leaving: Matt Tilley and Meshel Laurie

New: New Zealand duo Polly “PJ” Harding and Jase Hawkins

Afternoon

Staying: Katie “Monty” Dimond, Rebecca Judd and Yumi Stynes

Drive

Leaving: Dave “Hughesy” Hughes and Kate Langbroek

New: Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw

Smooth FM 91.5

Breakfast

Staying: Mike Perso and Jennifer Hansen

Morning

Staying: Ty Frost

Aftenoon

Staying: Simon Diaz

Drive

Staying: Bryon Webb

Gold FM

Breakfast

Leaving: Jo Stanley and Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann

New: Yet to be announced

Afternoon

Staying Craig Huggins

Drive

Staying: Gavin Miller

Triple M Melbourne

Breakfast

Staying: Eddie McGuire, Wil Anderson and Luke Darcy

Drive

Staying: Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy

Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy host a national drive show on Triple M.

SEN 116

Breakfast

Leaving: Hamish McLachlan

Staying: Garry Lyon, Tim Watson and Sam McClure

Drive

Leaving: David Schwarz and Mark Allen

New: Still to be announced

3AW

Breakfast

Staying: Ross Stevenson and John Burns

Morning

Staying: Neil Mitchell

Afternoon

Staying: Denis Walter

Drive

Staying: Tom Elliott