FIVEaa talk radio host Amanda Blair steps down
One of Australia’s few female talk radio hosts is to hang up her headphones.
Amanda Blair of Adelaide’s FIVEaa announced yesterday she will leave the network to spend more time with her family.
Blair has hosted the afternoon shift from 1-4pm on the station for the past five years.
The announcer said: “I’ve loved my time at FIVEaa and have really enjoyed the challenge of talk back radio. It is with deep sadness that I leave the host’s chair, but I’d rather be looking at my children at 3.00pm each day than looking at Graham Cornes (no offence Graham!). Broadcasting will always be a passion and I’m sure I will pop up on FIVEaa from time to time, but for now, it’s important that I fulfil my most important task – to be a mother.”
The station’s boss Sean O’Brien said: “Amanda is a first class broadcaster and we’ll miss her expertise and enthusiasm in the afternoon shift. We understand family comes first and wish her all the best as she spends more quality time as a mum.”
Blair will be in the afternoon shift until mid year. The station said a replacement will be announced in due course.
In the last set of ratings, Blair’s afternoon show dropped from a 9.3% to 7.1% share.
