This afternoon, Triple M radio host and podcaster Jack Archdale — better known as Jarch from Lu & Jarch — revealed he and his wife Steph are expecting their first child, due in June 2026. The pair tied the knot in March this year. Jack shared the happy news during today’s show. “I’m Daddy, by… Read More
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LiSTNR is jingling into the festive season, with Santa Radio returning for its sixth year by popular demand. Whether you’re driving around to see Christmas lights, decorating the house, or gathering the family around the table to celebrate the festive season, Santa Radio delivers Christmas Hits and Festive Feels with a curated soundtrack of holiday… Read More
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Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died.
His career in the UK spanned more than five decades and included some of the most influential speech radio output of its era. He became known for a direct interviewing style that helped define the sound of LBC’s formative years in the 1970s and 1980s.
Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1937, Hayes began working in newspapers and broadcasting before moving to Britain in the early 1970s.
He joined Capital Radio at launch in 1973 as a producer before moving on air, later being recruited by LBC to front its morning phone-in programme from 1976. The show became one of the station’s signature strands and made him one of the network’s most recognisable voices.
After leaving LBC in 1990, he moved to BBC Radio 2 where he presented the breakfast programme “Good Morning UK!” in 1992. Although his time on breakfast was short, he remained with the network and hosted the weekly phone-in Hayes over Britain, which won a Sony Radio Award for Best Phone-In.
His later work included presenting on BBC Radio 5 Live as well as returning to LBC in the 2000s.
Colleagues have often credited Hayes with helping establish the modern template for conversational and confrontational phone-in broadcasting.
Speaking previously about his approach, he once said he aimed to treat callers “as real people with something to say”, adding that the medium only worked “when it sounds like a conversation that matters”.
Hayes retired from full-time broadcasting after his final stints on LBC, though he remained a reference point for many in the industry who cited his influence on the development of UK talk radio.
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It’s been a jolly big weekend for Jase Hawkins, Lauren Phillips and Clint Stanaway from Nova 100’s Jase & Lauren Breakfast show, with the trio spending Saturday afternoon at Frankston’s Christmas Festival, offering free Santa photos to Melbourne families. After hearing that shopping centre sessions were booked out from early November, the team wanted to… Read More
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Townsville and North Queensland has a new-look Breakfast show to wake up to, with Get Up with Adam & Donny launching this morning on STAR 106.3. Joining Donny (Tom Watkin) on air is Adam Davison, from Launceston’s Chilli FM. It follows the departure of former Donny’s former co-host Archie (Sam Arenson), who now hosts the… Read More
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Lauren Joyce took on the most unenviable job in Australian radio – spinning the unspinnable and managing the unmanageable. When she accepted the newly-created role as ARN’s Chief Audience and Content Officer in January this year, Joyce became the public face of a trainwreck that was not of her making. Doing the baton change with… Read More
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