They were a hit on the airwaves for almost 20 years.
And now there is speculation that Kate Langbroek, 58, is preparing to reunite with her former radio co-host Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes to reboot their popular show Hughesy and Kate.
The pair last hosted the popular Hit FM show in 2019, before Langbroek stepped away from the show to move to Italy.
On Monday, the Herald of the Sun Melbourne is reportedly abuzz with rumours that Langbroek and Hughes, 53, are preparing to bring back the show.
The rumour is fuelled by falling ratings for Hughes’ current 2Day FM breakfast show, Hughesy, Ed and Erin.
The show, which Hughes hosts alongside Ed Kavalee and Erin Molan, achieved a mere 3.6 percent audience share in the latest ratings poll.
Meanwhile, Hughes recently appeared as a guest on Triple M’s The Rush Hour in Melbourne, which was a huge hit with listeners.
Hughes and Langbroek first worked together in 2001 for Nova 100’s breakfast show in Melbourne.
Kate Langbroek, 58, is speculated to be preparing to reunite with her former radio co-host Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes to reboot their popular show Hughesy and Kate.
Langbroek currently co-hosts the popular podcast The Buck Up with Nath Valvo after leaving her last commercial radio job at KIIS FM’s The Pick Up two years ago.
Last year she hinted at a possible radio reunion with Hughes.
“We are full of love for each other and nothing is off the table for us,” she said. Herald of the Sun last August.
The pair last appeared as a duo on the popular Hit FM show in 2019, before she stepped away from the show to move to Italy.
“I love Hughesy. I’m not doing radio at the moment, but I’ll always love radio because it’s a natural medium for me.”
In March 2023, Langbroek issued a lengthy apology after publicly exposing a gender-based pay dispute between her and Hughes on The Project.
She claimed she earned 40 percent less than Hughesy during their time hosting Hughesy & Kate on the Hit Network for nearly two decades.
Clarifying her shocking admission on Instagram, Langbroek said she had not explained the full context of the situation due to “time constraints” on the Channel 10 show.
“I also didn’t explain that when he found out, Hughesy was mortified, appropriately shocked, and immediately tried to rectify the situation,” he admitted.
“I had already achieved parity, by the way, but his instincts were so honourable that he immediately offered to take a pay cut,” he added.
Langbroek currently hosts the popular podcast The Buck Up alongside co-host Nath Valvo after leaving his last commercial radio job at KIIS FM, The Pick Up, two years ago. He is also a regular panellist on Channel 10’s The Project. (Pictured)
“He also promised that from that point on, we would always negotiate together on the show we had created together, and so we did the following year when we moved to SCA. Knowing that we could speak freely about our negotiations and that we were treated as equals on our new radio network was the best thing.”
She confessed that Hughes had been “hurt” by her comments on The Project, so she felt the need to clarify them.
She also said she and Hughes were “not estranged” and that she was “mortified” that she had led people to believe that.
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