{"id":485101,"date":"2026-02-17T05:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485101\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:35:07","slug":"im-proud-to-be-back-on-perth-radio-fred-mafrica-joins-6ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485101\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to be back on Perth radio.&#8221; Fred Mafrica joins 6IX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/radiotoday.com.au\/category\/whats-new\/\" class=\"tag color-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s New<\/a> February 17, 2026                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-3562-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A Perth radio favourite is returning to the airwaves, with former 6PR announcer Fred Mafrica joining Forever Classic 6IX.<\/p>\n<p>Fred had been with 6PR for fifteen years \u2013 hosting Overnights and then Saturday nights \u2013 when the axe fell.<\/p>\n<p>Nine Radio made the decision to network the programs out of Melbourne, leaving Fred\u2019s loyal listeners outraged.<\/p>\n<p>In January, with a heavy heart, Fred said goodbye to his audience, vowing that he would always be \u201c100% local and 100% Perth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-3563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Fred says he\u2019s thrilled to begin a new chapter at 6IX, where he\u2019ll host Jukebox Saturday Night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so honoured to be offered a role at 6IX, a station I grew up listening to as a teenager, filled with tradition and great classic music,\u201d says Fred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you do radio for Perth listeners, then you must be in Perth. I\u2019m so proud to be back on Perth radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fred will commence on-air at 6IX on February 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Images supplied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New February 17, 2026 A Perth radio favourite is returning to the airwaves, with former 6PR announcer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[245621,189953,64,63,134,245622,136,98705],"class_list":["post-485101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-6ix","tag-6pr","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-fred-mafrica","tag-music","tag-nine-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}