Our radios are feeling a little bit sad this week and a whole lot less entertaining.
They know that come Friday afternoon at about 4pm, there will be a special voice missing from the airwaves: Chrissie Swan‘s voice.
The radio host, who has become one of the most popular radio personalities while hosting Chrissie and Jane for Breakfast on MixFM (soon to be entirely re-branded as KIIS FM) with Jane Hall for three years, has been let go from the station.
This week, Chrissie and Jane will host their last breakfast show (the future of the 3 pm Pick-Up show is still undecided, though looking unlikely). In her typical straight-shooting way, Chrissie has posted a photo on Facebook, laughing at the station’s attitude to her leaving. A billboard of Chrissie and Jane was already taken down, before the show had ended.
Out with the old, in with the bubble wrap.
No explanation has been put forth as to why Chrissie has been let go. Chrissie told news.com.au “I don’t know what I’m going to do next, but I’m still going to be working… I’m just hunting and gathering information and I’m just getting it all on the table and probably in a couple of weeks I will make those big decisions.”
We look forward to it, Chrissie. Meanwhile, we’ll be clutching our radios like teddy bears, missing you.
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I think she was sacked because the station wants to appeal to more than just mothers. Most people don't want to talk about kids and that seems to be all that Swan does.
I've worked for radio stations most of my working life, from radio drama at the ABC to commercial breakfast radio.
My observation of on-air radio talent is this - you can have the same male on-air talent for years but the female talent will change aprox every 3 years.
This is because the alleged surveys will say that if there's "something" wrong with the show - it's probably the female component that must be changed.
Assertive, outspoken women are usually considered "difficult" by male management.
I've also noticed that you can usually tell a lot about the relationship the male boss has with his wife by the way he treats the women in his workplace.
I hope Chrissie pops up again really soon and spreads her brand of good-natured honesty to a community that really needs it...........she's warm, she's witty and she's AWAKE.
Beautifully said