{"id":2032,"date":"2025-11-20T06:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:24:05","slug":"4bc-afternoons-with-carla-bignasca-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/4bc-afternoons-with-carla-bignasca-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"4BC Afternoons with Carla Bignasca in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CarlaBignascaMR-778x438.png\" alt=\"4BC Afternoons with Carla Bignasca in 2026\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brisbane\u2019s&nbsp;<em>4BC&nbsp;<\/em>has today announced&nbsp;Carla Bignasca&nbsp;as the host of&nbsp;<em>4BC Afternoons<\/em>&nbsp;in 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A familiar voice to the&nbsp;<em>4BC&nbsp;<\/em>audience, Bignasca will officially take the<em>&nbsp;4BC Afternoons<\/em>&nbsp;chair from January 19, 2026, completing&nbsp;<em>4BC\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>new live and local lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bignasca first joined&nbsp;<em>4BC&nbsp;<\/em>as an Executive Producer in 2024 and has been a regular and trusted fill-in on&nbsp;<em>4BC Afternoons<\/em>. She is a highly respected industry all-rounder, bringing a wealth of knowledge and decades of experience across all areas of broadcasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her warmth, energy and insight, Bignasca will continue with the in-depth, community driven conversation that matters to Brisbane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be stepping into&nbsp;<em>Afternoons&nbsp;<\/em>on&nbsp;<em>4BC<\/em>, and I don\u2019t take it lightly for a second\u201d, said Bignasca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis show will embrace what matters to the people of Brisbane and South East Queensland community and the real experiences that shape our everyday lives. I\u2019ve devoted my entire life to working in radio. I love the craft of authentic storytelling, and I enjoy nothing more than listening to people and giving them space to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s shining a light on local issues and honest chats about the pressures we\u2019re all facing, celebrating small businesses or my other great loves of food and culture \u2013 I can\u2019t wait to roll up my sleeves and get connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur city is full of heart and promise, unlike any other capital in Australia, and it\u2019s a privilege to play a part in reflecting that back to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to have some fun with our listeners and bring some joy to their afternoons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>4BC<\/em>&nbsp;Station Manager&nbsp;<strong>Siobhain McDonnell<\/strong>&nbsp;said: \u201cFrom breakfast radio to national radio shows and TV, Carla has done it all. I am thrilled to be introducing her to our audience and to the Brisbane airwaves full time. Carla has already connected with the&nbsp;<em>4BC Afternoons<\/em>&nbsp;audience this year both on and off air, and I am delighted that she will now be bringing her warmth, sense of humour and zest for life to our station daily. Carla calls them like she sees them, isn\u2019t one to shy away from the big issues and is guaranteed to bring some joy to Brisbane\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith Carla\u2019s appointment our&nbsp;<em>4BC&nbsp;<\/em>2026 lineup is complete.&nbsp;<strong>Dean Miller<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Sofie Formica<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>Breakfast<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>Jason Matthews<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>Mornings<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>Carla Bignasca&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<em>Afternoons&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<strong>Gary Hardgrave<\/strong>&nbsp;remaining as our&nbsp;<em>Drive&nbsp;<\/em>announcer \u2013 all fiercely passionate about celebrating Brisbane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>4BC&nbsp;<\/em>is dedicated to celebrating our wonderful city, whilst campaigning to make it even better every day. We want our listeners and the wider Brisbane audience to be informed, entertained and feeling good about the city we live in and the communities we are a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune in to&nbsp;<em>4BC Afternoons with Carla Bignasca<\/em>&nbsp;from 12pm-3pm, weekdays from January 19, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brisbane\u2019s&nbsp;4BC&nbsp;has today announced&nbsp;Carla Bignasca&nbsp;as the host of&nbsp;4BC Afternoons&nbsp;in 2026. A familiar voice to the&nbsp;4BC&nbsp;audience, Bignasca will officially take the&nbsp;4BC Afternoons&nbsp;chair from January 19, 2026, completing&nbsp;4BC\u2019s&nbsp;new live and local lineup. Bignasca first joined&nbsp;4BC&nbsp;as an Executive Producer in 2024 and has been a regular and trusted fill-in on&nbsp;4BC Afternoons. She is a highly respected industry all-rounder, bringing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/4bc-afternoons-with-carla-bignasca-in-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;4BC Afternoons with Carla Bignasca in 2026&#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-2032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032","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=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/2033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}