any ideas on who the replacement will be? Wouldn’t be surprised if Dan Anstey pops up again, he’s doing Brekky radio on the GC but was there when Ash and Luttsy came back in 2011 as “stand in Dan” before Kip returned January 2012
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Buzz was anchoring today and I imagine will be for the foreseeable future as the only jock based in Brisbane.
On air they were IDing as “Ash, Lutsy & Susie”, but it appears that message still hasn’t made it to the digital team.
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Did they address Kip’s departure on air today?
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I listened from about 6:15 to 8:00 local time and there was no mention. It just sounded like business as usual.
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They devoted their 6:10 break this morning to Kip. They spoke warmly about him, wished him all the best and said that they’ll continue to mention his name and that he “won’t become a ghost” like on other shows. Also made reference to the fact that he’d be “around the landscape”.
I’m guessing he’s told Nova that he’s signed with SCA or ARN and they’ve walked him immediately. Interestingly, all the imaging still carried Kip’s name this morning.
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My thoughts exactly. Gavin Miller’s role in Melbourne perhaps… 
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More detail on Kip Wightman’s departure from Nova to be published in tomorrow’s Sunday Mail.
Speaking to The Sunday Mail, Wightman admitted he had been considering leaving radio since he last negotiated his contract three years ago.
Having since become a father and endured a marriage breakdown, Wightman, a founding member of the Nova breakfast show, said it was a “perfect storm” that convinced him to walk away from the lucrative job.
With contract negotiations coming up for next year, Wightman met with Nova bosses on Friday, October 15 to discuss his contract for the following year and by that afternoon they had decided he wouldn’t return to the show.
He has already had conversations with radio bosses and admits there is “still an itch to scratch” in broadcasting, but any return to radio won’t be until mid-2022. With the financial support of his successful radio career, Wightman will take time to be a father until then.
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Just the right time for him to lead breakfast on KIIS97.3 
Either that, or he’ll end up in Triple M if Marty ever retired mid-2022.
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Why would he end up in Melbourne? Nobody knows him.
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Maybe he meant Marto? From MMM Brisbane Breakfast?
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Oh I’m a bit ignorant of Brisbane radio, cheers
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Correct, sorry, I meant Marto.
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6 month non-compete and away we go.
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Perhaps he can do some podcasts with Jay until then 
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Imagine if Kip & Jay turned up on another Brisbane radio station?
I’m thinking 97.3?
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For what shift? Dump Will and Woody and do local brisbane drive?
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Well, I’m pretty sure they’ve worked together before - back when Southern Cross first bought 96.1 Perth from Austereo and converted it back to 96FM.
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Oce again, Radio Yesterday serving up the old news.
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What a baffling non-news story. I know that RadioToday was already lightweight, but this is something else.
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