Hughesy and Kate to leave Nova breakfast show after 12 years
Hughesy and Kate
Melbourne’s long-established radio breakfast duo Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek have announced they will be leaving the Nova 100 show after 12 years.
The pair – Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek – were the first to host a show on the station when DMG radio launched Nova 100 in December 2001.
The final Hughesy & Kate show will air on Friday November 29, the pair announced on air this morning. Nova said in its announcement that the duo had been offered a new contract but had turned it down.
I wonder how many more long-standing breakfast teams won’t be back next year … Given the projected state of radio revenues, at the very least they’ll be offered less favourable terms to stay. For management, the question is: do we keep flogging the dying horse or do we bite the bullet and bring in a cheaper team that we can build up?
One of the few commercial offerings that’s bearable (if you cut out the ads & music…), largely due to the truly classy Langbroek.
Kudos to Nova for managing the announcement & departure with class too; on-air talent usually disappears without a word.
Any money they switch Meshel, Tim & Marty in & chase a new drive team.
Molloy not Malloy
They may be whatever they were behind Eddie Everywhere, but they were a million miles behind 3AW’s Ross Stevenson and John Burns whom you seem to forget are No1 in Melbourne.
AM radio? Mumbrella doesn’t believe it exists. Just look at the ratings headlines when they come out – they always highlight FM stations and ignore the simple fact that AM stations outrate them in most markets and most timeslots.
Hi Rrrosco,
It’s fair to say that we probably sometimes don;t give AM commercial stations due credit. In our defence, when ratings come out, we tend to look for battlegrounds and changes of leadership. Certainly in Melbourne and Sydney, things are extremely stable – 3AW in Melbourne; 2GB with a seemingly unassailable lead over 2UE.
Cheers,
Tim – MUmbrella