{"id":2955,"date":"2026-11-12T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:06:06","slug":"carrie-bickmore-oam-joins-arn-for-kiis-national-drive-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/carrie-bickmore-oam-joins-arn-for-kiis-national-drive-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Bickmore OAM Joins ARN For KIIS National Drive in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ARN has announced that one of Australia\u2019s most loved and successful broadcasters, Carrie Bickmore,<\/strong> will join the KIIS Network from January 2027 hosting a brand-new national Drive show, Carrie for the Drive Home<\/em>, in a familiar time slot for her fans, but with an exciting new drive adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie Bickmore\u2019s trademark honesty, warmth and humour will be at the centre of Carrie for the Drive Home,<\/em> which will showcase Australia\u2019s much-loved queen of Australian media in real, raw and hilarious conversations with her co-hosts and listeners across Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red hot comedian Bron Lewis<\/strong> is the first confirmed co-host joining Carrie each week. One of Australia\u2019s most exciting comedy stars currently selling out shows globally, Bron will bring her sharp, relatable and unmistakably Australian humour to the national Drive audience alongside Carrie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie Bickmore is an iconic broadcaster and multi-media star, charity founder, 2026 Victorian Australian of the Year and one of the most recognisable and trusted faces and voices in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Stephenson, ARN CEO,<\/strong> said: \u201cCarrie is one of the biggest stars in Australian media, and I couldn\u2019t be more excited that\u2019s she\u2019s coming to ARN. She has spent the past decade at the top of national Drive and built an extraordinary connection with audiences right across Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the start if a new era and Carrie is an important part of our plan. Together with our new Breakfast shows in Sydney and Melbourne, we\u2019re bringing together some of Australia\u2019s biggest stars with exciting new talent to create a powerful content proposition for audiences and advertisers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerri Elstub, ARN Chief Content Officer,<\/strong> added: \u201cCarrie is simply brilliant on air. She\u2019s warm, curious, incredibly funny and has a rare ability to make listeners feel part of the conversation. We can\u2019t wait to hear Carrie make KIIS Drive her own, alongside Bron and the rest of the team. It will be smart, funny, unpredictable and exactly the kind of show you want to be part of on the way home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie\u2019s appointment completes a major new KIIS line-up, following the launch of KIIS Breakfast with Ash, Issie & Elliot<\/em> in Melbourne on 26 October and KIIS Breakfast with Chris, Amy & Jack<\/em> in Sydney on 9 November. The new shows join Robin, Kip & Corey<\/em> in Brisbane and Ben & Liam<\/em> in Adelaide, along with Kent \u2018Smallzy\u2019 Small, Craig \u2018Lowie\u2019 Lowe, and Gordie Waters rounding out the KIIS Network\u2019s line-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie for the Drive Home<\/em> will air nationally from 3pm-6pm, followed by The Smallzy Show<\/em> from 6pm to 9pm, as Smallzy moves into the all-important late Drive slot and expands to more stations across the KIIS Network in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new line-up reflects ARN\u2019s continued investment in premium Australian talent and content, creating new opportunities for brands to connect with audiences across breakfast and Drive, on air and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie for the Drive Home<\/em> will launch across the KIIS Network in January 2027, with further show details to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ARN has announced that one of Australia\u2019s most loved and successful broadcasters, Carrie Bickmore, will join the KIIS Network from January 2027 hosting a brand-new national Drive show, Carrie for the Drive Home, in a familiar time slot for her fans, but with an exciting new drive adventure. Carrie Bickmore\u2019s trademark honesty, warmth and humour … Continue reading “Carrie Bickmore OAM Joins ARN For KIIS National Drive in 2027”<\/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-2955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2957,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2955\/revisions\/2957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}