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BY Sarah Patterson June 27, 2026
What's New February 20, 2025
BREAKING: Significant redundancies for SCA
Next week sees the half yearly results released for Nine Entertainment, ARN and SCA. Ahead of this SCA CEO John Kelly has announced further redundancies for the organisation, to maintain momentum and further position the business for sustainable growth.
Kelly said in an email to staff:
“My role as CEO and our role as a broader leadership team is to stand up and make difficult decisions by prioritising and investing in areas critical to our future, while optimising areas that do not directly support commercial outcomes. That said, this is the most difficult part of my job and of our leaders and my thoughts are with those impacted today.
We are focused on revitalising and future proofing our business and we are confident in our direction and progress to deliver on this commitment. Our people are critical to the realisation of our plan and we thank you for your ongoing support as we work together to ensure a strong and sustainable future for SCA.”
Impacted are some regional breakfast shows as well as metro 2Day FM, Hit Network and Triple M talent.
Triple M’s Luke Bona is among the casualties, sharing to social media “It’s with a heavy heart that we share the Night Shift will be coming to a close this week, but management have graciously given us the chance for one last hurrah.”
Reaction to Luke Bona’s post about the show’s axing was swift and strong.
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BY Sarah Patterson June 26, 2026
Let me guess, state wide triple m breakfast shows.
Not so “live and local”
Uh-oh. Getting rid of a Triple M stalwart by the name of Luke Bona is a big mistake.
How horrible for the innocent ones to lose their roles, all because of bad management decisions.
At least it’s not near christmas… this time.
Another case of weakening the links to make a stronger chain.
No thoughts that maybe the more people that get made redundant, the faster the ship sinks?
Lets assume each of those 40 people are making 80k each… is 3.2 mill going to save SCA? It only makes quality staff work harder to pick up slack, which leads them to breaking point, then they leave, and you’re left with more inefficient staff, and so you lose revenue, and have to cut.
Theres a reason the phrase ‘snowballs’ exists
Very sad what has become of the once great powerhouse Austereo.
Staff morale (and quality of product) has been at rock bottom for years now, at this point a redundancy is a blessing.
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Have not listened to Radio for over 2 years get in my Car and put Spotify on with the music I want to hear with no adds and especially a Radio Crew trying to push their agendas…Go woke Go broke !
Somebody tell Maroon they’re making room for John Waters.
Sad to see a once great network slowly disintegrating. Every cut to staff cuts my interest in Triple M.
I’m amazed Radio Today is reporting this as they spend a lot of time sugar coating what is an industry in decline.
I caught about an hour of the new Triple M Sydney breakfast show this morning – no wonder this company is in the toilet.
The same content and the same songs for what must be 20 years. No chemistry with the hosts, sounds like bargain basement radio.
‘Stale’ would be about the nicest thing to say about it.
It goes without saying that any time a network makes redundancies is no good. And thoughts go out to those who’ve lost their jobs, etc.
But surely, the Super Radio Network has to be thinking about acquiring Luke Bona’s services? An obvious choice for Afternoons on 2SM I’d think, especially given Luke’s previous experience in Sydney AM talkback radio.
Elsewhere, I wonder if Hit brekky shows in the East Coast regional markets might become a relay of what the city gets (B105 to Regional QLD, 2DayFM to Regional NSW and possibly the ACT, Fox to Regional Victoria/Tasmania) in-line with WA & SA which have already moved this way?
It’d be pretty bad if Triple M brekky became networked, but I can’t say it’d honestly be a surprise if SCA and other major commercial radio networks eventually considered Traffic, News, Sport & Weather + local ad breaks (along with a token daytime local shift in regional areas to keep ACMA on-side) the extent of their commitment to localism.
I think the problem is with the pay discrepancy between talent and everyone else. You have staff practically begging for raises that never come, meanwhile, big name talent pocket excessive amounts. What motivation is there for staff to work hard when they know there are people making their yearly wage in a couple days work?
I agree with Wolf. How anyone can listen to this garbage is beyond me. Ads, station-picked music, unfunny presenters, news, sports etc. I have the choice in this digital day and age to listen to my music. It’s so good.
It feels like SCA is doing everything it can to kill Triple M. Necking local breakfast shows, the only local thing in most of their regional markets. Diluting the brand so that Triple M in one market is vastly different to Triple M in another. Slashing staff numbers and standards as they go.
Love the CRA email today about never being in a better place in audio right now
Madness, you will be missed Luke, you’ve been a great listen over the late nights over many years
One of the worst radio station decision’s, made by beancounter’s of all time!
Well well well, lucky they managed to quickly get a contract to Ben Cousins before all this came through. Mind boggling
A friend of mine survived the cuts at Triple M Sydney and wishes he hadn’t. Was dying for the redundancy.
The joint is at absolute rock bottom.
Terrible news…. had a friend get a job only 3 weeks ago, relocate her whole life to a new town, and was let go yesterday… some forward thinking would have saved a lot of heart ache.
Did they give Elliott Lovejoy a new role on Dead Set Legends 3 weeks ago only to let him go yesterday? That can’t be right? Is he staying on that show?
Remember when stations like 2DayFM and Triple M ruled the roost?
Sadly SCA has been in decline fort almost 15 years as “content directors” appoint reality TV show hosts and sportspeople with no radio experience.
The once great network is paying the price for years of neglect,
@shocked
I probably assume that the all local dead set shows will get the axe. For example I assume the dead set in Sydney will get the axed given one of the hosts was axed as well.
Is the chief content officer still at SCA?