Nova 100’s Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips have revealed what they really thought about leaving their old jobs while offering a heartfelt thank you to their fans.
The radio duo were celebrating one year of Jase and Lauren having breakfast on the Nova network, after being dropped by KIIS FM in 2023.
‘We just want to thank everyone for listening to our show. “One year ago today we were told that no one wanted to hear us on the radio,” Lauren said on air during the broadcast Friday morning.
“We got screwed exactly a year ago,” Jase added.
Radio stars were shocked when their Melbourne morning show was axed last year to make way for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s big expansion to the city from Sydney.
“We love waking up with you in the morning,” Lauren continued.
Nova 100’s Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips have revealed what they really thought about leaving their old jobs while offering a heartfelt thank you to their fans. The radio duo were celebrating one year of Jase and Lauren having breakfast on the Nova network, after being dropped by KIIS FM in 2023. Both pictured.
‘We just want to thank everyone for listening to our show. It was a year ago today that we were told that no one wanted to hear us on the radio,” Lauren said on-air during the broadcast Friday morning. “They fooled us exactly a year ago,” Jase added.
‘It’s been a rollercoaster year for us. We love it here. This has been the best professional year of my life.
‘Thank you all for making this change and staying with us. I think a year ago, if you had told us that we would be here right now doing this, our little minds would have exploded. “We wouldn’t have believed it,” he added.
His comments come as radio’s dreaded November and December months, known informally by those in the industry as “outage season,” began with two shocking announcements last week.
Popular radio star Mark ‘MG’ Geyer was blissfully unaware that his days at Triple M were numbered – until Wednesday afternoon, when the Sydney breakfast show co-host was sensationally sacked.
Meanwhile, KIIS FM presenter Mitch Churi collapsed live on Wednesday at around the same time, confirming to listeners that he had been fired from the network.
The radio star, who co-hosted the hosting show The Pick Up alongside Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley, was emotional as she revealed the heartbreaking news to her co-stars.
“Late last week, the powers that be informed me that they had identified my role here as one that will not return in 2025,” Mitch said.
The Daily Telegraph reported that the lead star had been given marching orders for “financial reasons”, similar to Lauren and Jase’s experience in 2023.
Radio stars were shocked when their Melbourne morning show was axed last year to make way for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s big expansion to the city from Sydney. Kyle and Jackie O pictured.
‘It’s been a rollercoaster year for us. We love it here. “This has been the best professional year of my life,” Lauren said.
Kyle and Jackie O brought their radio breakfast show to Melbourne in April in a huge multi-million dollar expansion deal, which saw the axing of Jase and Lauren’s KIIS FM breakfast show.
At the time, Kyle unapologetically said he felt indifferent to the dismissal of his competitors, as it ultimately came down to who attracted the most listeners.
‘No, I don’t care. That’s why we chose Melbourne and thought, “We’ve given Jase and Lauren a good chance at KIIS FM, it can’t get above fourth place in the radio ratings, so we’ll take it.” he told news.com.au.
However, Jase and Lauren had the last laugh, with their new show on Nova 100 beating out The Kyle and Jackie O Show in Melbourne in September.
The comedy chat show took home the coveted number one spot in the results of GFK’s fifth 2024 radio ratings survey.
Jase and Lauren’s popular show gained 0.3 points and increased to 9.9 percent in viewership share, giving it a clear lead over rivals The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
Kyle and Jackie O trailed significantly with a 6.1 per cent share, after its premiere in Melbourne on 29 April, and was the city’s fifth most listened to breakfast show.
However, Melbourne newcomers Kyle and Jackie O still recorded a slight increase in the city’s ratings, from 5.9 to 6.1 per cent.