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Hughesy & Kate was an Australian radio station drive show on the Hit Network. The show was hosted by Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek with anchor Jack Laurence. In addition to the national radio drive show, an inflight version was also produced and available in audio podcast section of inflight entertainment on Qantas fleets.

History

Nova 100

Hughesy, Kate and Dave first began on 3 December 2001 on Nova 100 as the inaugural breakfast show for the newly launched radio station. Dave O'Neil was formerly a presenter of the show from its inception in December 2001, when it was known as Hughesy, Kate & Dave, but in July 2006 he moved to the breakfast show on Vega 91.5 (now smoothfm 91.5). Tim Blackwell replaced O'Neil although his name was not credited in the show's title.

In 2009, Ed Kavalee, formerly of The Wrong Way Home drive show with Akmal Saleh and Cal Wilson, replaced Tim Blackwell as silent anchor. In August, news presenter Carrie Bickmore announced that she was leaving Nova 100 to focus on her role at The 7 pm Project and spend time with her son. Bickmore finished at Nova 100 on 25 September 2009 with Lauren Brain replacing her.

In December 2011, Ed Kavalee resigned to focus on TV and film work, along with Jeff Tyler. Ian Cohen replaced Tyler and Daniel Gawned was announced as Kavalee's replacement for the beginning of 2012. In July 2012, Gawned was replaced by Dan Anstey who was moved from Nova 100's sister station Nova 106.9 in Brisbane.

On 10 September 2013, Hughes and Langbroek announced that they would be leaving Nova 100 after 12 years with the final show on Friday 29 November. In October, it was announced that drive host Meshel Laurie and comedian Tommy Little would replace Hughes and Langbroek. The new breakfast show Meshel & Tommy started in early December.

Mick Molloy, Peter Helliar, Gretel Killeen, Livinia Nixon and Jane Hall all filled in for Kate Langbroek when she was away or on maternity leave.

KIIS Network

In November 2014, Australian Radio Network announced the show would relaunch on its KIIS Network of stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide in the drivetime slot, replacing Rosso on Drive on KIIS 106.5 and Mix 101.1, and local announcers on 97.3 FM and Mix 102.3. The show commenced on 27 January 2015, anchored by former 90.9 Sea FM and 2DayFM announcer Matty Acton.

Along with The Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power, the show expanded to Perth via 96FM in June 2015, replacing Darren de Mello in the drive slot.

In December 2016, Matty Acton left the show to join HIT 105 in Brisbane. Jack Laurence (JK) replaced Acton as anchor of the show from 2017. The show was pulled from the KIIS Network on 24 November, a week prior to their final show. Hughes and Langbroek were unable to farewell listeners.

Hit Network

In September 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek would join the Hit Network in 2018 to replace Hamish and Andy.

In January 2019, Kate Langbroek and her family moved to Bologna, Italy and Langbroek continued to host the show until June. In August 2019, it was announced that Kate will file reports for the show for the remainder of the year. Ed Kavalee filled in as co-host until December.

In December 2019, Kate Langbroek resigned from the show confirming that she will extend her time in Italy. Ed Kavalee was announced as her replacement from January 2020 and the show was renamed Hughesy & Ed. It was also announced that the show will air from 5 pm until 7 pm.

In November 2020, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Dave Hughes, Ed Kavalee and Erin Molan would replace Jamie Angel to host The 2Day FM Morning Crew with Hughesy, Ed and Erin Molan from Monday, 18 January 2021. A one-hour highlights package will air nationally at 6 pm across the Hit Network.

References

1. Brain, Anna (30 November 2013). "Kate Langbroek plans to hit snooze after the end of her breakfast radio wake-up call". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. "A part of the Nova t | radioinfo.com.au". radioinfo.com.au. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
3. "KIIS 1011 Melbourne".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "HUGHESY & KATE TAKE THE WHEEL FOR NATIONAL DRIVE SHOW ON THE KIIS NETWORK FROM TODAY" (PDF). Australian Radio Network. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
6. "Kiis 101.1 announces multitude of appointments". Radioinfo.com.au. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
7. "Hughesy and Kate now driving Perth Listeners Home". Australian Radio Network. 15 June 2015.
8. "Matty Acton Departs ARN, Back to SCA". radiotoday.com.au. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
9. Cooper, Nathanael; Carmody, Broede (9 October 2017). "Huge shake up in radio as Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek switch networks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
10. "Kate Langbroek Is Moving to Italy with Her Family!". Hit Network. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

External links

• Hughesy & Kate

• Australian comedy radio programs
• 2000s Australian radio programs
• 2010s Australian radio programs
• 2020s Australian radio programs