Christian O’Connell’s national move ‘to begin in Sydney’

Nathan Jolly

July 31, 2025 9:30

Christian O’Connell’s plans of taking his top-rating Melbourne breakfast radio program national might be in motion, with reports that his show is set to be networked into Sydney’s Gold 101.7.

According to a Daily Mail report, which cites “industry insiders”, O’Connell’s Gold 104.3 show will be syndicated on its Sydney sister station, while current Sydney Gold 101.7 breakfast host Amanda Keller and Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones will move into the drive slot. Steve Fitton is the current drive host on Gold 101.7.

Sydney’s Gold already airs a one-hour “best of” package of O’Connell’s show each weeknight at 7pm, which is also syndicated across other stations on parent company ARN’s network.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.