Lauren Phillips replaces PJ Harding on KIIS 101.1 breakfast
July 22, 2021 10:01
Australian Radio Network (ARN) has finally announced its new-look breakfast show on KIIS 101.1 Melbourne, with Lauren Phillips set to join Jase Hawkins on the show from 9 August.
Phillips’ appointment follows months of speculation after Polly ‘PJ’ Harding revealed she would be departing the show back in March.
She will join Hawkins as the full-time co-host of ‘Jase & Lauren in the Morning’, after spending time over last summer presenting the KIIS Melbourne Summer Breakfast show with Ryan Jon.
ARN chief content officer, Duncan Campbell, said: “KIIS 101.1 will now deliver Melbourne’s ‘show in the know’. Together with their love and passion for Melbourne, Jase & Lauren in the Morning will be fun and fresh, keeping listeners in the loop across all the news around town.
KIIS FM Melbourne s Jase Hawkins breaks down as he farewells co-host Polly PJ Harding
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You ve been great, by the way, you ve been amazing, he told her.
Hawkins family situation means Harding, who was set to leave the show in June, may have to delay her return to New Zealand.
Father and son: My dad isn t doing well, he admitted. He got cancer through asbestos cause he was a tradie back in the day. Hawkins is pictured with his father in January
An ARN spokesperson told Radio Today the network had been forced to delay its long-awaited unveiling of Harding s replacement. The announcement of the new co-host joining Jase Hawkins in Melbourne has been delayed while Jase and his family spend time with his family in Queensland, they said.