ARN axes Adelaide breakfast show, Hayley and Max

Radio network ARN has swung the axe for the second time in a week, with a high-profile duo told their show won’t be returning.

For the second time in less than a week, ARN has axed one of its local breakfast radio shows.

The radio network confirmed today that Hayley & Max in the Morning, which airs on Mix 102.3 in Adelaide, will wrap up on Friday, December 12.

Max Burford and Hayley Pearson have been hosting the show together since January, with the pair making international headlines in July when Keith Urban hung up on them during an interview following a question about Nicole Kidman.

The program is currently the third highest rating FM breakfast show in Adelaide.

Hayley Pearson with Max Burford. Picture: Ben Clark.

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In a statement to Mediaweek, an ARN rep said: “In 2026, the station will launch a new live and local breakfast show as part of a refreshed whole station strategy focused on bolder content and bigger moments that really set the station apart.”

The “live and local” reference seemingly rules out the possibility that ARN stablemates Kyle and Jackie O will be networked on Adelaide radio next year.

The news about Hayley and Max comes less than a week after ARN announced that the KIIS 97.3 breakfast show in Brisbane, Robin, Kip and Corey Oates, will be axed at the end of the year.

They too are set to be replaced by a “live and local” show.

Kip Wightman, Robin Bailey, and Corey Oates. Picture: Liam Kidston

The trio addressed the news on air on Monday morning, saying they had no idea who will fill their slot in 2026, but had been told by management that it would not be Kyle and Jackie O.

“This is probably it for me,” an emotional Robin Bailey said on KIIS 97.3. “I don’t think I’ll get another radio contract, and that’s heartbreaking because I love this business and I really love you guys.

“The thing is, that having done this for so long, this show had a bloody good chance, and I know that for all the shows that I worked on which didn’t, this one did, and it’s a shame.”

ARN will announce its 2026 plans for Adelaide and Brisbane on Wednesday during an ‘upfronts’ event in Sydney.