Hit Network drops Scoopla and extends Hamish & Andy show in evening programming reshuffle

Scoopla's axing ends Freedman and Lund's partnership

Scoopla’s axing ends Freedman and Lund’s on-air partnership

Southern Cross Austereo’s Hit Network has overhauled its evening schedule, dropping Jules Lund and Emma Freedman’s The Scoopla show and extending Hamish & Andy’s drive program for an extra hour.

Lund, who co-hosted the ill-fated 2DayFM breakfast show in 2014 alongside Merrick Watts, Sophie Monk and Mel B, will now take up a strategic role working on digital marketing initiatives with agencies and advertisers in the business.

His co-host on the Scoopla, Emma Freedman, has already been named as a new host of an as-yet-to-be-revealed evening show with Angus O’Loughlin, to replace the recently axed Shazam Top 20 program.

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