ARN starts to shake up its Melbourne Kiis station dumping breakfast presenter Jane Hall
The Australian Radio Network has announced Kiis101.1 breakfast host Jane Hall will not return in 2016 in what is thought to be a broader shakeup at the struggling Melbourne station.
While its Sydney counterpart is regularly at the top of FM charts Kiis’s offering in Melbourne has struggled since it rebranded at the beginning of the year with ARN management telling Mumbrella earlier this week that there would be change before year end.
Tuesday’s ratings survey had Kiis in Melbourne at sixth in the city with Duncan Campbell national content director declaring: “We are disappointed with Kiis in Melbourne, we are number two with Gold but the Kiis101.1FM has failed to really perform to expectations this year.”
“We have put in place plans that will unfold and execute as we get ready for 2016. I am confident that in 2016 KiisFM will perform much better than it has done.”
The performance of Melbourne’s FM stations this year
Hall hosted the breakfast show with Matt Tilley, who will remain in the breakfast role. In the last survey their show was down 1.3 points to an audience share of 5.7 per cent. Overall the station was also down 1.3 points to 5.9 per cent.
ARN claimed the move had been long planned but added that it was not yet in a position to announce the new breakfast presenter.
“Several months ago Jane let us know that she would like to take time out personally next year and also return to acting,” said Campbell, in a statement. “Since then, we’ve been planning her replacement to work alongside Matt Tilley. This person has now been confirmed and we will be announcing in the coming weeks.”
Hall said: “I have made this decision for several reasons, not the least of which is my desire to be more present on the home front, especially with the teenage years fast approaching.
“I am, and always will be, enormously grateful to ARN and to radio pro Matt Tilley for the faith they’ve showed in me, for the amazing opportunity to learn about radio and for the support they have demonstrated during this process.”
ARN said more announcements will be made in the coming weeks.
Nic Christensen
KIIS and a Kyle = Success
KIIS and no Kyle = Another hit station in a crowded market.
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It wasn’t Jane Hall that ruined Kiis. It’s Matt Tilley. The Amy Schumer issue did them no favours.
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I wonder if anyone believes the media release statements like this one when somebody gets canned. When have you ever heard of anyone choosing to leave a successful show so they can spend more time with their family?
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Hi lawyer lady.
You’re not from Melbourne are you. Matts loved here and is brilliant.
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Tip for your writers and editors – it’s KIIS not Kiis or KisS or any other alternative.
Please get it right.
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Hi Robert,
Thanks for the comment. With station/company names etc we take the view of standardising them, so oOh! Media becomes Ooh Media and KIIS becomes Kiis.
Cheers,
Alex – editor, Mumbrella
“Hall hosted the breakfast show with Matt Tilley, who will remained in the breakfast role. In the lat survey their show was down 1.3 points to an audience share of 5.7 per cent. Overall the station was also down 1.3 points to 5.9 per cent.”
Guys, this paragraph alone has two typos. C’mon.
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Hi Pet,
Thanks for flagging, changed now. Part of the reason we’re hiring for a chief sub.
Cheers,
Alex – editor, Mumbrella
ARN is so frustrating, they had such a good show with Chrissie and Jane – intelligent, funny and entertaining without being stupid – hit Number 1 at one point during their final year on the air. I’m a Melbourne girl and I used to love tuning into Chrissie & Jane if I was driving into work, with Matt Tilley I keep flicking between FOX and KIIS and often end up at FOX more than not.
Happy to see the proof is in the pudding, the ratings have gone down since they let go of Chrissie & Jane and should be doing whatever they can to get them back, but God forbid two women host a breakfast or drive show right?
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I do like Matt and did when on Fox FM Breakfast with Jo & Troy. I thought Chrissie and Jane were fantastic. I again however are turned off by Matts shows over how late they run and how long they take to get to advertised highlights making me late for work finding out while getting ready for work that the news is 8 minutes or so past the hour not on the hour. Sends me in to panic mode and miss the highlights I was waiting to hear. Also school holidays get worse. I don’t get the holidays and him with a partner, why so much time does he need off? Just my opinion!!!
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