In a significant radio shakeup, Bachelor alums and Life Uncut podcast hosts Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne will likely be internet hosting KIIS FM’s The PickUp, after it was all of a sudden axed final 12 months, together with it is former hosts Kate Langbroek, Yumi Stynes and Monty Dimond.
Taking to social media, each Hockley and Byrne announced their new positions on the radio present, which will likely be airing 3-4pm each weekday from Monday, January 30.
“I thought my days of picking up were over… BUT THIS IS WILD!!! I’m so excited to be able to share with y’all that I will be co-hosting THE PICKUP with these two fabulous humans,” shared Byrne on Instagram, referring to her new co-hosts Hockley and Churi.
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“Been out here tryin’ to pick up for a while.. so seemed like a natural progression. Well this is a pinch me moment if I ever did have one!! So excited to say that 3 of us will be in your ears Nation wide, Monday to Friday from 3-4pm!” wrote Hockley on her Instagram profile.
“This is genuinely my dream team and there’s no one else I would rather have amazingly deep, meaningful and very public conversations with,” she wrote about Byrne and Churi.
Speculation in regards to the new appointments began circulating in October final 12 months, nicely earlier than the earlier iteration of the present The 3pm Pickup was even formally axed.
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“All the speculation was before anything was even locked in. It was almost like the cat was out of the bag before we even knew,” Hockley commented to The Herald Sun.
“I think that’s why it’s been a really easy transition for us and there haven’t been any nerves or worries about can we do it or how we’ll do it.
“We’re all legitimately actually good pals and we all know that the chemistry is there. We know we’ve simply the very best instances. So it was only a no-brainer.”
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The 3pm Pickup, hosted by Langbroek, Stynes and Dimond, was suddenly axed by KIIS FM’s parent company ARN in October last year.
In a statement at the time, ARN Chief Content Officer Duncan Campbell thanked Langbroek, Stynes and Dimond for their commitment to the show.
“Their infectious humour and relatable tales have seen 3PM PickUp take pleasure in continued scores success. We are really unhappy to see them end up.”
“Their departure is under no circumstances a mirrored image on the abilities of these extremely regarded presenters nor the success of the present,” he added.
However, Langbroek later slammed KIIS for prioritising Kyle and Jackie O’s radio show.
”What they do with their radio station is their enterprise and it is no secret that KIIS may be very geared round Kyle and Jackie,” she told the podcast I’ve Got News For You in November last year.
“Kyle and Jackie are wonderful, I completely perceive that, however if you’d like different stars in your secure it’s important to be ready to deal with them like stars and in case you do not need to do this, that is high quality.”
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