{"id":826125,"date":"2026-07-27T03:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826125\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:06:15","slug":"mark-smiley-pascoe-departs-perths-96fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826125\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark &#8216;Smiley&#8217; Pascoe departs Perth&#8217;s 96fm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-5878.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After more than three decades on the Perth airwaves, 96fm Mornings host Mark \u2018Smiley\u2019 Pascoe has parted ways with the ARN station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARN has confirmed Pascoe\u2019s position was made redundant last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-5877.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145211\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sue Carter, Head of Content \u2013 GOLD Network, said \u201cAs one of Perth\u2019s longest-serving on-air personalities, Smiley has made an enormous contribution to the station and our listeners over many years. True to his nickname, he is one of the most genuine, warm and positive people you could ever have the pleasure of working with.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis passion, professionalism and connection with the audience have made him a much-loved member of the team. He leaves with our sincere gratitude and best wishes for the future.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/radiotoday.com.au\/96fm-mark-pascoe-30-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pascoe revealed to Radio Today<\/a> that from the age of twelve, he had just one dream: to be an announcer on 96fm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to live out that dream.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-5876-1024x646.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145210\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After studying at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, Pascoe got his start in radio at 6MD, before going on to work at 6PR, 6iX and Spirit Radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, he took 96fm Mornings to #1 in the ratings for the first time in two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images: ARN and Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than three decades on the Perth airwaves, 96fm Mornings host Mark \u2018Smiley\u2019 Pascoe has parted ways&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[141772,64,63,134,399032,399033,136,163259],"class_list":["post-826125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-96fm","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-mark-pascoe","tag-mark-smiley-pascoe","tag-music","tag-smiley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826125","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=826125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}