{"id":943,"date":"2024-12-06T01:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=943"},"modified":"2024-12-06T01:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T01:59:16","slug":"susie-oneill-to-depart-nova-106-9-breakfast-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/susie-oneill-to-depart-nova-106-9-breakfast-show\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSIE O\u2019NEILL TO DEPART NOVA 106.9 BREAKFAST SHOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was announced today that Nova 106.9 Brisbane breakfast radio host and Olympic legend, Susie O\u2019Neill will be departing the Ash, Luttsy and Susie O\u2019Neill <\/em>breakfast show.<\/p>\n

After more than 10 years co-hosting Nova\u2019s flagship breakfast show, Susie confirmed on-air this morning that she has decided to step down.<\/p>\n

Said Susie, \u201cI do this with a very heavy heart, this decision wasn\u2019t easy. Ash and Luttsy are like brothers to me, they brought me into their world a little over a decade ago and they have always been my biggest supporters. We have formed an incredible bond over the years, which made this decision even harder. I\u2019m proud to call them my friends, as I am the entire Nova breaky team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to articulate exactly why I\u2019m leaving. I think turning 50 last year I realised I\u2019m at a whole new stage in my life. Our kids have grown up and I just feel the next chapter will see me pursue other goals, both professionally and personally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I want to get back to the grass roots of sport, and to involve myself more in the wider community. And while it\u2019s going to be an emotional final day on November 28 saying goodbye to everyone, including our listeners, I do know whatever this next chapter brings, that my Nova family won\u2019t be far away.<\/p>\n

\u201cNova has been amazing to me \u2013 a huge shout out to all of you who helped me navigate my way from the very beginning of my radio career, I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to front such an awesome show.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth on and off air, it\u2019s been a privilege and honour to learn a whole new set of skills and for people to get to know me beyond the sporting world.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to our listeners, you are who I am going to miss the most – I\u2019ve loved my time with you and nothing pleases me more than when one of you comes up and recount a story I have shared on air. You are the reason we get up at the crack of dawn, so thank you for the hundreds of wonderful memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Susie\u2019s on-air colleagues, Ash Bradnam and David \u201cLuttsy\u201d Lutteral have shared a studio with Susie since she joined the station as a casual sports reporter in 2013.<\/p>\n

Said Ashley Bradnam, \u201cAs a cadet sports journalist at 4BC in the mid 1990s, I had the privilege of first interviewing Susie. Her unique combination of shyness, resilience, candour and her quirky nature immediately impressed me, establishing her as my favourite swimmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Susie later joined our radio team, she brought these same qualities to her on-air presence. Our audience quickly embraced her genuine charm, much as I had years earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 11 years I have watched on as Susie has developed into an outstanding broadcaster, an experience that has been one of the highlights of my career. We have shared countless moments of laughter and created lasting memories. As Susie kicks off the next phase of her career I am filled with pride in her accomplishments and excited to witness her future endeavors.<\/p>\n

David \u201cLuttsy\u201d Lutteral added, \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible experience becoming great mates with Susie over the last decade. A wild adventure to say the very least and an opportunity I\u2019ll cherish forever. Whilst I\u2019ll obviously miss seeing her every day I also can\u2019t wait to see the next chapters of her life. I know whatever is next for Suse is going to be fantastic. We will no doubt stay in touch but at the very least I will see her lighting the cauldron at Brisbane Stadium in 2032.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Talking to Susie\u2019s future, Nova Network\u2019s Group Programming Director, Brendan Taylor said, \u201cSusie has been an integral part of the Nova Brisbane broadcasting family for 11 years, so we fully support Susie\u2019s decision to switch off the alarm and step away from the breakfast shift. We\u2019re also really excited about what\u2019s next for Susie. She\u2019s a supremely talented broadcaster who brings excellence to everything she does, so we hope to continue to work with Susie in 2025 and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOVA Entertainment\u2019s CEO, Peter Charlton, added, \u201cSusie is an enormous talent who, alongside Ash and Luttsy, has built a unique connection with the Brisbane audience for over a decade. Seeing her transform from medal winner to consistent ratings winner has been an absolute pleasure and Susie will always be a part of the NOVA family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Susie will present her final Nova 106.9 breakfast show on Thursday, November 28. Nova 106.9\u2019s breakfast show lineup for 2025 will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n

Ash, Luttsy and Susie O\u2019Neill airs weekdays from 6am on Nova 106.9 in Brisbane<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listeners can also stream the show live or catch up with the daily podcast by downloading the Nova Player<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was announced today that Nova 106.9 Brisbane breakfast radio host and Olympic legend, Susie O\u2019Neill will be departing the Ash, Luttsy and Susie O\u2019Neill breakfast show. After more than 10 years co-hosting Nova\u2019s flagship breakfast show, Susie confirmed on-air this morning that she has decided to step down. Said Susie, \u201cI do this with … Continue reading “SUSIE O\u2019NEILL TO DEPART NOVA 106.9 BREAKFAST SHOW”<\/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-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","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=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}