Duo revealed as new hosts for 4BC Breakfast

Dean Miller and Sofie Formica have been announced as the new hosts of 4BC Breakfast in 2026, replacing Peter Fegan, who helmed his last show three weeks ago.

The duo will present the show on the talk radio station, which, like this masthead, is owned by Nine Entertainment, from January 19.

Miller was previously a breakfast host at Triple M, and has appeared on lifestyle TV shows such as Creek to Coast, Queensland Weekender, and The Great South East.

The new hosts of 4BC Breakfast, Dean Miller and Sofie Formica.Credit: 4BC

There is yet to be an announcement on who will host the Mornings program next year — a seat left vacant by the departure of Bill McDonald in September — or Afternoons, where Formica had been host for the past four years.

Fegan anchored the 5.30am-9am show for a year, taking over after Laurel Edwards, Gary Clare and Mark Hine left in late 2024.

In a media release, 4BC station manager Siobhain McDonnell said she wanted listeners to start the day with “the latest news, the best conversation, and a smile on their face”.

“Their 20-year friendship is infectious, and it’s time for Brisbane to be invited in,” she said.

Sharing the news on this morning’s program, Formica said she would be sad to leave Afternoons, and acknowledged listeners had seen many changes to line-ups in recent years.

“Other than Salty [Peter Psaltis from Wide World of Sports], I’m the longest serving announcer,” she said.

But she said she was looking forward to the new challenge of a two-person breakfast show.

“This is a long friendship that is now going to turn into a friendship we’re wanting to share with our 4BC listeners and this city,” she said.

“We love this place ... [but] we don’t shy away from some of the challenges and the complexity of moving forward. I’m so looking forward to sharing breakfast time with the listeners who really want some joy in their morning, as well as some reality.“

The move comes after the show dipped in the latest ratings, with the audience share down to 3.6 per cent from 4.1 per cent. The station’s overall share rose slightly to 5.3 per cent, from its previous 4.8 per cent.

This is the time of year when radio stations reveal their line-ups for the new year, before their usual hosts take breaks over summer.

Last week, it was announced that comedian and writer Craig Low, known professionally as “Lowie”, would take over KIIS97.3’s breakfast show after the shock axing of Robin Bailey, Kip Wightman and former Broncos star Corey Oates.

Nova106.9’s morning offering with Ash, Luttsy & Nikki Osborne is Brisbane’s most listened-to breakfast radio show, with an overall audience share of 13.4 per cent.

It is followed by Stav, Abby & Matt on B105 (12.7 per cent), Marto, Margaux & Dan on Triple M (12.6 per cent) and Loretta Ryan and Craig Zonca on ABC local radio (10.1 per cent).

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