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BY Sarah Patterson June 3, 2026
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Sarah Harris: “I wasn’t prepared for how much I’d love working in radio”
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Ricki-Lee & Tim with Sarah Harris. Image: NOVA Entertainment
Radio has turned out to be a joyous surprise for Sarah Harris.
In an interview with her former Studio 10 TV co-host Joe Hilderbrand for the Herald Sun (subscription required) Harris – now reading news on Nova Sydney’s Ricki-Lee & Tim Breakfast show – admits “I actually wasn’t prepared for how much I would love working in radio.”
“It’s really fun and just to be in a newsroom again, and to not have to focus on how you look, and to just get things to air, and work with a really great bunch of girls who all help each other out.”
“Look, it’s … it’s unreal.”
Quizzed about rumours of a possible co-hosting role on Nine’s Today Show – and asked if she’d do it for a Karl Stefanovic-sized salary – the mum-of-two makes it clear she’s quite happy right where she is: in radio.
“I reckon, 10 years ago, my answer would have been different, but I can honestly, hand on heart, say that I’ve never been happier.
“I have just hit the perfect balance with my life.”
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BY Sarah Patterson June 3, 2026
Sarah might not enjoy it so much when the ratings come out
During the first survey period of 2026 (the brekky/drive show changes took place halfway through), Nova 96.9 scored an 0.5% increase at brekky.
Keeping in mind that Nova’s rejigged lineup was on-air for the entire Survey #2 reporting period + there being a fairly major advertising push on Channel Nine for Fitzy & Wippa with Kate at Drive during March (not to mention the K&JO implosion), I reckon we’ll likely see a decent enough performance for 96.9 when Survey #2 numbers come out in a couple of weeks.
Now realistically, I’m not expecting Nova 96.9 to be the #1 FM station at brekky (that you’d think, should be Smooth 95.3 in coming surveys!) but probably still remaining ahead of Christian O’Connell.