Less than a year after undergoing life-saving brain surgery, Aaron Chilcott has achieved a long-held dream, taking on a new, network-wide role with the Capital Radio Network.
Aaron is now hosting a night-time show across all Forever Classic stations: 6iX Perth, XLFM Snowy Mountains, 2CA Canberra, GNFM Goulburn and his home turf – 3GG in Gippsland.
In addition to 3GG Afternoons, Aaron had already been hosting 6iX Nights since starting at the network in 2024.
The new gig expands on this.
“There’ll be giveaways and interviews, and we’re planning some listener interaction too as we get up to speed,” Aaron tells Radio Today.
The network show ticks not one, but two radio bucket-list items.
“A couple of my goals, early in my radio career, were to one day host a night show, and to be an announcer for a capital city radio station. So, to have the chance to achieve those things now is amazing. Especially when it’s a show going out across some of my favourite regions in Australia.”
“It’s got me just as excited as I was when I first started in radio all those years ago!”
In May last year, Aaron underwent a major operation to remove a cyst from his brain.
Aaron – previously an announcer and Operations Manager with the ACE Radio Network – had been having intense headaches and problems with his vision.
Doctors located the cyst in the middle of his brain, causing a potentially deadly build-up of fluid.
At that time, Aaron said he had no fear about what lay ahead.
“I just knew I had to get this thing cut out so that my life could return to normal … so that I can keep being a dad to my amazing kids, to continue being a husband to my incredible wife, and overall being a functioning member of society.”
Fast forward to today, and everything is looking good on the health front.
“I’ve had follow-up scans, and the surgeon has confirmed that the cyst is not growing back,” Aaron says.
“I think there’ll be one more appointment with him eventually, and then he said I’m fully discharged from the outpatient service.”
Aaron has now been in radio for more than 20 years.
A Gippsland boy through and through, he loves living, working and raising his kids in the same region where he grew up.
And if Aaron’s radio future hadn’t been written in the stars, it was certainly written in the little keyring with a built-in AM radio which he used to carry around with him as a child.
The only station it could pick up? 3GG.
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