Silver lining for Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips as ousted Melbourne KIIS FM hosts finish with their best ratings of the year
Melbourne KIIS FM stars Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips received a bittersweet farewell this month as they left the network with the best ratings of 2023.
The radio hosts recorded their final show on December 1 before Sydney giants Kyle and Jackie O swoop in to steal their breakfast timeslot next year.
But it seems southern audiences don’t want to let their local stars go as Hawkins, 42, and Phillips, 41, landed in second place for Melbourne’s final radio ratings of the year.
After kicking off their show over two years ago, Hawkins and Phillips went out with a bang, capturing 9.1 percent of the audience share in this survey.
Their audience has increased by 63,000 since the last survey, shooting them straight to the top of the Melbourne leaderboard, just behind FOX FM’s Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody.
Melbourne KIIS FM stars Jase Hawkins, 42, (left) and Lauren Phillips, 41, (right) were given a bittersweet farewell this month as they left the network with the best ratings of 2023
Hawkins and Phillips newsreader Clint Stanaway said: “The support and kind words we have received from Melbourne since our last show aired have been quite overwhelming.
‘This is a nice Christmas present for the whole team.’
Meanwhile, in Sydney, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have triumphed again in the final radio ratings of the year.
The radio hosts recorded their final show on December 1 before Sydney giants Kyle and Jackie O swoop in to steal their breakfast timeslot next year
KIIS FMs The Kyle and Jackie O Show beat 2GB’s Ben Fordham in Sydney to take a huge audience share of 16.7 percent, up 0.4 percent from the last survey.
Fordham’s show fell 0.2 percent for a total share of 16 percent.
The survey also found that WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda became the third highest-rated breakfast show.
But it seems southern audiences don’t want to let their local stars go as Hawkins and Phillips landed in second place for Melbourne’s final radio ratings of the year
The programme, hosted by Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones and Amanda Keller, rose 1.1 points with a 9.5 percent share.
Last month, It was announced that KIIS FM presenters Kyle and Jackie O had signed a historic ten-year $200 million radio deal.
They will expand to Melbourne on their Sydney station, keeping them on air until 2034.
A spokesperson for ARN confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that the deal means their work friends Hawkins and Phillips will be out of a job.