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Tina Sparkle Has Lost Her Executive Producer!

1:25PM Jess McGuire | Tough times over at Mix 106.5, it would seem. Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney have lost their breakfast show’s executive producer after he “clashed” with Australian Radio Network management and left on Friday. Call them the Teflon twosome of Sydney radio – after a year of personal publicity disasters Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney have survived a recent ratings slide at Mix – while their executive producer has been axed. Brenden Wood left the embattled breakfast show last Friday, reportedly after clashing with Australian Radio Network bosses over a lack of marketing support for the pair. The Daily Telegraph points out that some of the breakfast team’s woes during this year cannot exactly be blamed on Brenden Wood. More »

An Open Letter To Channel Ten

1:15PM Jess McGuire | Dear Channel Ten, I HATE YOU. I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU. Why oh why have you just taken away my only reason for living (on Monday nights)? Is there some sort of SICK BASTARD who works for you who spies through my window at night and makes notes on my viewing habits, using the knowledge gained from their peeping tom activities to continue broadcasting programs if I think they’re absolute rubbish, but scrap incredibly and enjoyably shit television shows which make my superficial heart sing with glee? The reincarnation of TV’s most famous zip code for teenagers, 90210, has been pulled from the screen by Channel 10 after just four weeks. There are no words… other than profanities. Oh, you claim to have good reason for removing 90210 from your schedule, but they don’t cut the mustard with me… More »