{"id":1894,"date":"2025-10-12T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:24:10","slug":"james-willis-takes-helm-of-nine-radios-money-news-as-brooke-corte-returns-to-2gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/james-willis-takes-helm-of-nine-radios-money-news-as-brooke-corte-returns-to-2gb\/","title":{"rendered":"James Willis Takes Helm of Nine Radio\u2019s Money News as Brooke Corte Returns to 2GB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine Radio today announced the appointment of&nbsp;<strong>James Willis<\/strong>&nbsp;as the new full-time host for its national finance program,&nbsp;<strong>Money News<\/strong>, and welcomed the return of presenter&nbsp;<strong>Brooke Corte<\/strong>&nbsp;to the<em>&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;<\/em>stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine Radio today announced the appointment of&nbsp;<strong>James Willis<\/strong>&nbsp;as the new full-time host for its national finance program,&nbsp;<strong>Money News<\/strong>, and welcomed the return of presenter&nbsp;<strong>Brooke Corte<\/strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>2GB<\/em>&nbsp;stable.Willis, a well-known voice in Sydney media, will host Money News from&nbsp;<strong>Monday to Thursday, 7pm-8pm<\/strong>&nbsp;across the Nine Radio network, including<em>&nbsp;<strong>2GB<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>3AW<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>4BC<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<strong><em>6PR<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move marks a return for Willis, who began his media career at<em>&nbsp;2GB<\/em>&nbsp;and is coming back after almost two years in a senior role with&nbsp;<em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>. In addition to his Money News duties, Willis will also step into the hosting chair on&nbsp;<em>2GB Breakfast<\/em>&nbsp;when&nbsp;<strong>Ben Fordham<\/strong>&nbsp;is on leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brooke Corte<\/strong>\u2019s return to&nbsp;<em>2GB<\/em>&nbsp;is another win for listeners. A highly respected broadcaster in the finance sector, Corte will host a new series of financial podcasts for the network and will take over the Money News hosting duties when Willis is filling in on Breakfast. Corte is returning to&nbsp;<em>2GB&nbsp;<\/em>after spending the past two years raising a young family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Nine Radio\u2019s National Content Manager, Greg Byrnes<\/strong>, said \u201cJames and Brooke are back where they belong. James, a fresh and respected voice in Sydney media, is a pivotal signing for Money News and a crucial addition to Ben Fordham\u2019s top rating breakfast show on 2GB.&nbsp;Brooke\u2019s highly anticipated return brings her finance expertise and respected industry standing back to the network. Alongside James, these two first class broadcasters are set to thrill our listeners once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvan Lucas has done an outstanding job filling in on Money News and I thank him for his work over recent months. Evan will continue in the role until James officially takes over in 2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>James Willis said, \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to work at The Daily Telegraph over the past two years and my sincere thanks to the team for their support, encouragement and advice. I\u2019m leaving with very fond memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUltimately my lifelong dream has been to be a radio host and so this was an opportunity too good to refuse. I\u2019m very excited to be coming back to 2GB.\u201dOn returning to 2GB, Brooke Corte said, \u201c\u201dI\u2019m incredibly excited to be back and to dive into the world of financial broadcasting once again. The opportunity to host a new series of financial podcasts and contribute to Money News is something I\u2019m truly passionate about, and I can\u2019t wait to engage with our listeners across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine Radio today announced the appointment of&nbsp;James Willis&nbsp;as the new full-time host for its national finance program,&nbsp;Money News, and welcomed the return of presenter&nbsp;Brooke Corte&nbsp;to the&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;stable. Nine Radio today announced the appointment of&nbsp;James Willis&nbsp;as the new full-time host for its national finance program,&nbsp;Money News, and welcomed the return of presenter&nbsp;Brooke Corte&nbsp;to the&nbsp;2GB&nbsp;stable.Willis, a well-known voice &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/james-willis-takes-helm-of-nine-radios-money-news-as-brooke-corte-returns-to-2gb\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;James Willis Takes Helm of Nine Radio\u2019s Money News as Brooke Corte Returns to 2GB&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}