Moves
Robin Bailey is joining Greg Martin & Ed Kavalee on Triple M Brisbane Breakfast for 2017.
With Ben and Liam off to triple j, Fresh 92.7 in Adelaide have announced their new Breakfast show for 2017 Alex and Dally. Alex Lokan and Dally Nijjar joining from Grants Magic 93.1. Dally got his break at Fresh 92.7 and re-joins the station after a run in the Riverland and Alex also joins Fresh from Magic as well, where she covered News and Breakfast. Nova 919 has announced that Hayley Pearson will join Dylan Lewis and Shane Lowe on Breakfast in 2017.
Ciara McGuigan is the new Chief Financial Officer for MediaWorks in New Zealand.
Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast has announced that Dan Bradley will assume the role of Content Director with the station, replacing Brad McNally who has resigned due to illness. Bradley has consulted Hot Tomato for the past 4 years, working with the two previous Content Directors.
Fresh 92.7’s Breakfast team of Ben & Liam are set to leave the station. Ben and Liam’s last day on Fresh 927 breakfast will be Friday December 2. No word yet on where the team is heading at this stage.
Gaby Fitzgerald has joined 101.3 Sea FM on the Central Coast on arvos. She was on mornings at Hit Hobart.
After 4 years Matt Watson has resigned as Senior Journalist and Breakfast newsreader at C91.3fm. Before that Matt was Drive Editor and Newsreader at 4BC.
Dave Carter returns to the role of Content Director with Crocmedia after a four-year stint at the Sydney production company, Media Heads. Carter, who has more than 30 years of experience in radio and media, has previously spent more than a decade with MCM Entertainment in a variety of senior programming and management roles. Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola is joining Kyle & Jackie O after taking home the World’s Best Job comp.
Sally Kiernan is joining Pandora as Group Marketing Director. Kiernan, formerly Marketing Director at Presto, has more than 15 years experience in senior marketing roles including UBank, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Yahoo! And Farfax Media’s SOLD.com.au.
After two years on Drive with Perth’s 6PR, Adam Shand has resigned to return to Melbourne. Adam had been travelling to and from Melbourne where his family is based since taking on the shift. While 6PR is now searching for a replacement, word is Adam Shand is likely to continue working with MRN in Melbourne on other projects for the network.