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The Hit Network have announced some major changes to their on-air line-up as the winter ratings war with their rivals KIIS FM heats up.
The radio station confirmed they will be making some hosting changes over the two-week winter break in an exciting shake-up.
Fan favourites Jimmy Smith and Nath Roye will be shifting to the drive time show, jumping into the driving seat with their 3pm-6pm show.
Meanwhile, Lucy Jackson and Nikki Westcott will make their weeknight radio debut by taking over the prized Monday to Friday 7pm-10pm slot.
Previously, the fan favourites have been heard on their popular Saturday Nights show.
The Hit Network have announced major changes to their on-air line-up as the winter ratings war with their FM rivals heats up. Jimmy Smith and Nath Roye will be shifting to the national drive time slot (Both pictured)
The Hit Network are spruiking the changes as part of their coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, which commence on July 26.
Jimmy and Nath will be featuring Aussie Olympians ‘past and present’ while offering fans a preview of the Summer Games in their 3-6pm national slot.
The hosting duo said of the changes: ‘Well, this is nice that they keep asking us to do this, I guess it means we haven’t screwed it up yet!
‘We love bringing our show to national Drive and gently warming the earlobes of the Winter 3-6pm listeners around the country.’
The Hit Network is also home to Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little’s hugely popular drive show, and Kyle and Jackie O’s rival show Fifi, Fev and Nick.
The changes come as Kyle and Jackie O (pictured) are attempting to forge ahead of Hit Network’s top rating rival the Fifi, Fev and Nick Show on Melbourne’s Fox FM
The Hit Network continues to do battle with arch FM rival KIIS, the home of Kyle and Jackie O’s breakfast show, which expanded into the Melbourne market in April.
Fans were left shocked when the Sydney based ratings titans lost to their Melbourne rivals Fifi, Fev and Nick.
The trio’s show gained their 12th consecutive win as Melbourne’s most listened to breakfast show in the last radio survey which was released in June.
But in Sydney, Kyle and Jackie O triumphed, coming out on top after previously winning the Sydney breakfast FM radio wars for 40 surveys in a row.
Meanwhile, Lucy Jackson and Nikki Westcott will make their weeknight radio debut by taking over the prized Monday to Friday 7pm-10pm slot after previously featuring on Saturday nights
The show did suffer a slight dip in listenership this time around, dropping 1.4 points to a 14.7 per cent market share.
On April 29, Kyle and Jackie O took their breakfast radio to Melbourne in a huge multimillion dollar expansion deal.
The move saw Jason ‘Jase’ Hawkins and Lauren Phillips’ breakfast show get shafted.
An unapologetic Kyle recently said he felt indifferent to his competitors getting axed, as it ultimately came down to who was attracting the most listeners.
The Hit Network is also home to Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little’s hugely popular drive show, and Kyle and Jackie O’s rival show Fifi, Fev and Nick (pictured)
‘No, I don’t care. That’s why we went for Melbourne, we were like, ‘We’ve given this Jase and Lauren on KIIS FM a good run, it can’t get over fourth in the radio ratings, so we’ll take it” he told news.com.au.
He added that The Kyle and Jackie O Show was moved to Melbourne because there was a ‘market in trouble’ and it was thought their program could help regain listeners.
However, Kyle’s co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson took a different approach, adding while she didn’t like competitors getting axed it was unfortunately the reality of the business.
‘No one ever wants to move someone out of a job. I wouldn’t want that to happen to me. It’s a double edged sword, it really is,’ she said.
