Monday June 15, 2015
ARN EXPANDS NATIONAL KIIS NETWORKHUGHESY & KATE NOW DRIVING PERTH LISTENERS HOME ON 96FM
Australian Radio Network (ARN) today announced theKIIS Network’s #1 Drive Showteam of Dave “Hughesy” Hughes and Kate Langbroek, known on-air as Hughesy & Kate,will be driving listeners home nationally with their additionon Perth’s 96FM from 4pm on June 22.
Today’s announcement comes hot off the heels of Hughesy & Kate taking out the #1FM network drive position, after just three radio survey ratings results.
Hughesy & Kate bring a fresh, fun dynamic to the drive slot and are heard nationally on KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne, KIIS 1065 in Sydney, 97.3FM in Brisbane,Mix 102.3 in Adelaide and now on 96FM in Perth.
To further strengthen the network offering ARN also announces that the Kyle & Jackie O Hour will also now broadcast in Perth, bringing the latest in celebrity and gossip each weeknight from 6-7pm.
ARN’s Chief Executive Officer Ciaran Davis, said:“The addition of Hughesy & Kate into the station’s line up marks an important and positive step for 96FM’s positioning in the market. Its integration, along with the Kyle &Jackie O Hour, into the KIIS Network provides the perfect foundation for ARN to offer a truly unique national offering across all five metro markets. With the largest listener reach andeasy to implement communication solutions, the KIIS Network offers more opportunities than ever for advertisers and agencies.”
ARN’s National Content Director Duncan Campbell said he was thrilled Perth audiences will soon be able to hear the nation’s #1 Drive Show and the Kyle & Jackie O Hour.
“I am very pleased that our audiences in Perth will now be able to drive home with the much-loved Hughesy & Kate, one of radio’s all-time great partnerships who have established themselves as the country’s most popular Drive show” Duncan said.
“In addition, including the Kyle & Jackie O Hour as part of our line-up is a key part of our strategy in delivering great shows, the best on-air talent and compelling content for our listeners.”
About the launch of their national drive show into Perth, Hughesy said: “I lived in Scarborough for two years. My comedy career started in Northbridge. I love Perth and can’t wait to be on-air with my mate Kate.”
“West is best! Can’t wait to make Perth suffer like the rest of the country,” Kate added.
ARN finalised the acquisition of Perth radio station 96FM from Fairfax Media earlier this year, completing a five capital city offering and making ARN the number one Metropolitan Radio Network in Australia*.
The acquisition created a unique offering for advertisers and drives further growth for the KIIS network, delivering Australia’s largest national radio audience in the commercially important 25-54 market.
DRIVE4-6PM – HUGHESY & KATE
6-7PM - KYLE & JACKIE O HOUR
FROM 22ND JUNEON SYDNEY’S KIIS 1065, MELBOURNE’S KIIS 101.1, BRISBANE’S 97.3FM, ADELAIDE’S MIX 102.3 and PERTH’s 96FM
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ARN is the #1FM radio network in Australia and one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations nationwide. ARN is the leading FM network for the commercially lucrative 25-54 demographic and its brands KIIS, Pure Gold, iHeartRadio, and The Edge96.ONEentertain and influence over four million listeners across Australia.
In 2014 KIIS 1065 was launched with Kyle & Jackie O in Sydney and immediately went to #1FM. In 2015 the KIIS network launched nationally with KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne with Matt Tilley & Jane Hall in Breakfast and Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes & Kate Langbroek in national Drive. The KIIS network now incorporates the Sydney and Melbourne stations, Adelaide’s #1FM Mix102.3, Brisbane’s 97.3FM and Perth’s 96FM.
ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in 2013 and the platform has had over 500,000 downloads.iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one digital radio service and live events platform that lets audiences listen to their favouritelive stations across Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Listeners can also create commercial-free custom stations, and find the best audio casts to create personalised daily custom talk stations.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
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*Source: GFK Metro Radio Ratings, Surveys 3, 2015, 10+ Share, M-S 05:30am-12 midnight (SMBAP)
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