What's New
BY Sarah Patterson June 27, 2026
What's New January 23, 2025
Jason Staveley becomes Gold Network music director
Jason Staveley has added another string to his bow becoming the Music Director for ARN‘s newly established Gold Network. After 30 plus years in the industry, and 11 with ARN, Jason has progressed from on-air, to music director for WSFM (now Gold101.7), then for WSFM and Melbourne’s Gold 104.3 and now for the entire Gold Network which also includes Adelaide’s Cruise 1323. The DAB+ WSFM 80s station has switched over to Gold too.
ARN are also in the process of sprucing up their website. The KIIS and Gold networks will only (at this point) have a social media presence on Instagram (that link is not yet functional for either) and for LinkedIn. Not on X or Facebook, which is a sign of the times. On Facebook, Jonesy and Amanda are still listed as WSFM with Jonesy and Amanda, although changes have been made to the address to Gold101.7.
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BY Sarah Patterson June 26, 2026
Congrats to Jason but does this mean he won’t be the host of “The Café” from 9am-12pm on a Sunday?
I also can’t help but feel that the graphics department at 101.7 had a lack of oversight with the WSFM logo in the top left-hand corner of the picture. They’re either WS or Gold but I feel they may have an identity crisis or an issue with living in the past (which I don’t think is necessarily a bad thing unless they’re absolutely committed to their new name).
Well done Jase, a true talent and a great move by ARN
@KK
This is an old press image (outdated even by 2024 standards), the new image (except in the changeover process in Sydney) will likely not have any reference to WSFM. This image stems from the days of the ‘pure gold’ network, renamed to the ‘gold’ network.
Thank you. Amended.
@KK this is an old image and old edit from around 2017
Aside from the now-updated image used for this article, 101.7 actually is in something of an identity crisis at the moment. They’re still using the “WSFM, now Gold 101.7” transitionary brand on-air even though you would’ve thought they might’ve switched to Gold 101.7 fulltime from the start of ratings on Sunday.
@KK: I thought the main show Jason Staveley does is “This Week in Music” on Saturday afternoons & Sunday mornings. Bill Weaver has previously been on 101.7 after the Sunday airing of TWIM (in addition to various fill-in shifts on weekdays + VO work), but I’m not sure if he still is this year!
What I’d like to know: Is Bryan Madigan still around 101.7?
Thank you everyone for the clarification, I had no idea the original photo was as old as it was!
@SydneyCityTV
The show I was referring to is (or maybe was) a show on 96FM titled “The Café”, broadcast 9am-12pm local time and it is/was hosted by Jason Staveley. It was a pretty good show where he would have themes, e.g. year, and base at least a portion of his show on said theme, with facts about music, charts and artists along the way. It was actually pretty insightful and a good listen.
Not sure Gold or is it WS are doing the right thing with the music.
Trying to sound funky could cost them listeners to Smooth or UE.
@KK: Ahh, I see. Haven’t really heard anything from 96FM for obvious reasons!
@Tim Salmon: Only time will tell how this prediction goes, but I think the WSFM > Gold rebrand will be enough to ensure Smooth 95.3 gets around a 13% share in Survey #1.
2UE’s ratings might go up slightly with its repositioned Classic Hits format, however I’m not expecting particularly big things from them until/unless the station gets external advertising and possibly an ex-101.7 voice or two as Gold becomes a networked product.
Maybe you can update the playlist from 50 songs to 2000, you should have enough
@Tim Salmon
I thought all idea for Gold was tryingto competewith Smooth…but the music they playing now it’s very confusing… too much rock, not enoughpop from 80s…. it looks like they aiming for MMM….
Few days ago I still heard promo for breakfast with “on WSFM” not mentioned Gold….
Don’t know if anyone has notice it but at midday both Gold stations play the same music between noon and 1pm with individual announcers announcing the songs I.e. same play list.