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Make no mistake. ARN is in full rebuild mode.<\/p>\n
Kerri Elstub and Dave Cameron have been working together for six weeks now and one thing is certain \u2013 they\u2019re on the same page when it comes to the company\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe dovetail really well together,\u201d says Elstub, ARN\u2019s Chief Content Officer. \u201cI talk to Dave more than I talk to my husband!\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron, ARN\u2019s Metro Director of Content, agrees they\u2019re making progress.<\/p>\n
And they make no bones about the fact they\u2019re expecting turbulence ahead.<\/p>\n
But not only have they buckled up for the ride \u2013 they\u2019ve practically armed the doors and cross-checked.<\/p>\n
In their post-survey <\/a>interview with Radioinfo\u2019s Steve Ahern, Elstub and Cameron are quizzed about Kris Fade<\/a> \u2013 widely touted as the man who might replace Kyle Sandilands on KIIS.<\/p>\n Asked whether ARN has the Dubai-based announcer in its sights, Cameron\u2019s response is as forthright as it is cryptic.<\/p>\n \u201cSuffice to say, we\u2019re always well advanced in our thinking, in our conversations. You won\u2019t expect to see any announcement from this company any time in the short to medium (term) future, but we are well advanced on what the future looks like and how we will continue to grow the KIIS brand out.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite all the changes \u2013 and all the upheaval following the collapse of the Kyle & Jackie O Show \u2013 Elstub says Survey 2 of 2026 has delivered pleasing results for ARN.<\/p>\n KIIS in Sydney lost one share point in Breakfast this book but went up in cume.<\/p>\n Elstub says \u201cFirst off the bat, I really would like to give shout outs to Brooklyn, Pete, Nat and Mike E, who have been absolutely stellar in what they have delivered, despite the headlines, despite the turbulence, to have to jump into a longstanding Breakfast show and deliver how they have \u2013 and as you point out, a one (point) share drop \u2013 full absolute credit and kudos to that team.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe understand that this is a period of change. We know that there is turbulence coming. And we\u2019re prepared for that. But right now, today, I really just wanted to focus on the incredible work of not only those four people, but DB and that entire KIIS Breakfast team behind them, who are delivering under immense scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n Cameron isn\u2019t sure we can read too much into today\u2019s KIIS result.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019ll be an audience wash over the next six months, and that is natural, and we will rebuild a relationship with what I believe will be a high level of audience that we\u2019ll be able to sustain in that market with a new approach and some fresh voices, a new strategy \u2026 and highly commercial.\u201d<\/p>\n Cameron believes we\u2019ll see some audience churn, but what\u2019s being built will ultimately be of great benefit to the company, the audience and shareholders.<\/p>\n Of that, he is confident.<\/p>\n As to his thoughts on getting a local Breakfast show up and running on KIIS in Melbourne, Cameron says they\u2019re not going to rush anything.<\/p>\n \u201cI will say this \u2013 you\u2019ve absolutely seen the bottom of that brand in this market and you are yet to see the top of that brand in this market. We will reconnect it back to the market as it should be, and it\u2019ll be connected highly likely through its own breakfast show.\u201d<\/p>\n But any announcements will come in the medium term future, he says.<\/p>\n Any suggestion that Christian O\u2019Connell\u2019s Melbourne audience on Gold 104.3 may have been disadvantaged by his expansion into Sydney \u2013 particularly given we\u2019re now into footy season \u2013 is met with a passionate response from Cameron.<\/p>\n \u201cLet me say something \u2013 Christian owns this market. Christian is loved in this market. And it is a Number One station and a Number One show and a Number One workday brand new Number One Drive with Jonesy & Amanda.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou couldn\u2019t get a stronger station in Australia right now than Gold in Melbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s well loved in Melbourne and soon to be well loved in Sydney because, as you can see, the cume in Sydney has gone up a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cChristian is only going to continue to build,\u201d says Elstub.<\/p>\n As for Jonesy and Amanda leading the way in Melbourne Drive, Elstub says \u201cThey have settled into that slot. The figures are already there \u2026 they are one of the best acts in town.\u201d<\/p>\n And so for now, it\u2019s a case of steady as she goes \u2026<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re taking our time to make the right decisions for ARN,\u201d says Elstub.<\/p>\n Image supplied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Make no mistake. ARN is in full rebuild mode. 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