Mike Van Acker News Today

Ali Plath joins Zinc 96 Breakfast show following talent search The Grant Broadcasters’ station had been on the hunt for a new addition to the lineup since Nugget & Al moved to Hot 91’s Drive show. Zinc 96’s Drive host Steve ‘Bilko’ Bilokin then moved into Breakfast and kicked off a search for an on-air partner. The station’s listeners had the chance to apply to join the program, as well as ultimately deciding who got the g...

Longtime radio star and current co-host of Hit 90.9 Breakfast on the Gold Coast, Bianca Dye, has revealed the challenges and crises of confidence which can occur when radio hosts are just lumped together and asked to make it work. Dye said she loves her new co-hosts, Dan Anstey and Ben Hannant, but not everyone’s so lucky. Most of the time the people within radio shows aren’t actually friends, she said, and chemistry doesn’t ‘just happen’. She said she’s been particularly vulnerable...