The Triple M and Hit networks will kick off the new year with a week of Summer Breakfast, across non-metro markets, from Monday 6 January 2020.

Over on the Hit Network, Townsville’s Hit103.1 breakfast duo Cliffo & Gabi will be heard by listeners across non-metro markets from 6.00am-9.00am.
 

The Hit Network today confirmed its national 2020 line-up with Carrie Bickmore a confirmed starter, and Kate Langbroek replaced by Ed Kavalee

Last week we brought you the news that SCA's Adelaide stations were trialing a new system which allowed the local breakfast hosts to be heard across all the network's DAB+ stations, as well as on the main FM station in the market.

SCA has reached an important milestone, notching up more than one million listens to its digital News on Demand on smart speakers and apps, less than two years after launch.

SCA has begun an experiment in Adelaide that puts its live local breakfast show on each of its DAB+ stations in that city.

As of this morning, Hit 107 breakfast hosts Bec and Cosi are now being heard on all of Adelaide’s Hit Network DAB+ stations, using playout technology to sync the talk breaks with the different playlists of each station.

The Hit DAB+ stations previously carried automated music.

The first morning apparently went off without a hitch.

The Hit Network will expand its DAB offering, adding a fifth station called Hit Dance landing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide today.
 
Featuring the hottest commercial dance music from the 90’s to now, Hit Dance will be centered on the past two decades, featuring artists from Martin Garrix and Calvin Harris to Peking Duk and PNAU.
 
This new station will offer lovers of dance music an up-tempo and vibrant sound, guaranteed to be the essential summer playlist.
 

Southern Cross Austereo has provided shareholders with a trading update warning of a downturn in revenue following an 8.5% decrease in the September quarter figures when compared to the prior year.
 
All commercial radio dropped by 10.2% in the same period and SCA, the owner of the Triple M and Hit Networks, says EBITDA for the first half of this financial year is now expected to be in the range of $60M to $68M.

On Friday 8th November, two iconic brands on the Central Coast, 2GO and Sea FM disappear, rebranded Central Coast’s 107.7 Triple M and Central Coast’s Hit101.3 respectively.
 
Further up the coastline, The Gold Coast’s Gold 92.5 will become Goldie’s 92.5 Triple M.
 

Grant Denyer and Yvie Jones will join forces to host the Hit Network's national Summer Breakfast show across metro markets, from December 9 for two weeks.

Both are well-known to the Hit Network audience with Grant having recently hosted 2Day FM breakfast and Yvie covering Fifi Box’s maternity leave on Fox FM.
 
Head of the Hit Network, Gemma Fordham says;

The Hit Network has partnered with Business Chicks to be naming rights sponsor for the much-anticipated visit by Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker, to Australia next month.
 
Two Business Chicks events will be held with Sarah Jessica Parker, in Sydney on October 21 and Melbourne on October 22.
 
The Hit Network will have Australian radio exclusivity across 2Day FM in Sydney and 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne, including ticket giveaways plus Hit presenters will interview SJP on stage at each of the events.