Jonesy and Amanda reveal their radio future
Longtime radio duo Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones and Amanda Keller have made a major announcement about their radio future.
The pair, who host the Gold FM breakfast show in Sydney, have confirmed that from next year they will host a show in the afternoon instead.
'Brendan and I are going to go to the drive shift,' Keller said at the beginning of Friday's show.
The hosts said they were hoping to keep the news quiet for a bit longer, but felt compelled to make the announcement on today's show because rumours of the move had been published in the press this week.
'Radio's about being authentic and real and that's what we are,' Jonesy said.
Keller added, 'to be authentic and real, we could have stayed doing the breakfast hours for longer, but as long as you guys come with us and listen to us in drive … we're excited!
'To be given a chance after a 20-year-old show to try something new, I'm looking forward to that,' Keller said.
Amanda and Jonesy.
Christian O'Connell.
Breakfast replacement
It's all but confirmed that The Christian O'Connell Show, which airs on Gold FM in Melbourne, will be networked into Sydney breakfast as well from 2026 onwards.
O'Connell was a huge radio star in the UK before he emigrated to Melbourne in 2018 to host the Gold 104.3 breakfast show.
It didn't take long for listeners to warm to the Brit, and within 18 months his show was number one.
His show, which features Patrina Jones and ex-Channel 9 presenter Alex Cullen, is currently rated the number two FM breakfast show in Melbourne behind Nova's Jase and Lauren.
Former radio executive and host of the Game Changers podcast, Craig Bruce, told Media Week that O'Connell should be able to win over Sydney listeners.
'If anyone can come into a market and really embrace it, we've seen what Christian has been able to do in Melbourne, and I'm sure that will happen in Sydney,' he said.
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