Jonesy and Amanda radio show moving from breakfast slot to drive no Gold FM, hosts confirm
Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones and Amanda Keller have confirmed radio’s worst-kept secret: They are moving from breakfast to the drive slot on Gold 101.7.
The top-rating hosts shared the news with their shocked listeners this morning after the news broke ahead of time.
”You and I have some big news,” Keller, 63 began.
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“We have re-signed here at Gold. Re-signed. But there are going to be some changes. Brendan and I are going to go to the drive shift.”
Jonesy, 57, added that the pair “wouldn’t have otherwise mentioned this, but there’s a podcast that’s going to come out on Saturday about it” and the news has appeared “in the trade papers”.
That podcast is Game Changers, and other media outlets had already reported on the news, including Mumbrella.
“We weren’t going to announce this for some time,” Jonesy said, before Keller added that they felt they should “own the news”.
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“And we’re thrilled,” she continued, with Jonesy adding that radio is about “being authentic and real.”
“And to continue being authentic and real, we could have stayed doing the breakfast hours for longer,” Keller said.
“But as long as you guys come with us and listen to us in drive, all is right with the world.”
Moving into the lucrative breakfast radio slot will be Melbourne’s The Christian O’Connell Show.
While the Australian Radio Network’s decision to syndicate the Kyle & Jackie O Show from Sydney to Melbourne hasn’t produced the results they expected, there is a belief a similar move with O’Connell’s show from Melbourne to Sydney will be more successful.
The change will begin in 2026.
It is understood plans were underway for this major change for months.
In preparation, WS FM rebranded to Gold, paving the way for syndication opportunities between Sydney and Melbourne, where the Gold brand had already been established.
“At Gold, the station’s structure was specifically built around the expectation that Jonesy and Amanda would shift to drive,” a source told Mediaweek.
“Currently, all the shows besides breakfast on the station are networked out of Melbourne, with the sole exception of the drive show, which still comes out of Sydney, a set-up designed to allow a seamless transition whenever the shift happened.”
Jonesy and Amanda said they were “happy” and “excited” about the change.
The pair have worked together for over 20 years.
In the most recent FM radio ratings, the pair maintained their position of second place in Sydney behind KIIS’ The Kyle & Jackie O Show.
The Christian O’Connell Show is number two in the Melbourne FM radio ratings, behind only Jase and Lauren on Nova.
Celebrity fans of Jonesy & Amanda were quick to congratulate the radio duo on their exciting news on Instagram.
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“Congratulations on 20 years of morning breakfast and I’m sure your loyal followers will listen to you guys on the Drive shift. You won’t know yourselves having a sleep in,” Big Brother star Reggie Bird said.
“You two are the absolute best. Here’s to many more years!!!!” added Australian TV personality Ash London.
ABC’s Leigh Sales said: “Yay!!!! Youse are awesome any time, anywhere xx.”
And Nine’s Jayne Azzopardi commented: “Well this is great for me because now I can listen to you again!! Looking forward to it.”
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Azzopardi moved to the Today show on the Nine Network earlier this year.
Media personality Melissa Hoyer said: “Huge congratulations JAM!!!!! You may have to be like pilots, having to readjust your body clocks for awhile but hey, you’ll nail it! And what an extraordinary innings for two of the best! Salut.”
Although not all of Jonesy & Amanda‘s fans were happy with the news.
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“Not happy Jan,” one listener commented.
“I’ll miss getting up and listening to you on the morning walk with the dog but as long as the show continues,” another said.
“Definitely will miss you in the morning !, but so glad we will still get to listen to you in the afternoon!” another said.
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