News about Amanda Keller

Longtime Brisbane radio host sets the record straight as she breaks her silence on her shock exit from popular breakfast show amid ratings decline

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2024
Brisbane radio host Laurel Edwards has set the record straight about her shock exit from her popular 4BC breakfast show. The station announced announced on Friday afternoon it was axing Laurel Edwards, Gary Clare and Mark Hine from the coveted breakfast timeslot. Laurel, 57, took to Instagram on Friday to share a heartfelt farewell to listeners, admitting there was no 'kicking and screaming' involved in the trio's exit.

Radio star Amanda Keller breaks down as she is asked a very simple question during TV interview

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2024
Amanda Keller broke down when she was asked an emotional question in an episode of the ABC TV series The Assembly. The WSFM radio host, 62, was asked whether she 'loves her husband' by an autistic journalism student during a recent episode of the new chat show hosted by Leigh Sales. She became teary-eyed as she discussed her husband Harley Oliver's long-time battle with Parkinson's disease and how it had affected them both.

Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac shares heartwarming tribute to wife and newborn after welcoming second child

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 16, 2024
Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac has shared a lengthy and touching tribute to his fiancée following the birth of their second daughter.

Guess who? TV and radio fan favourite stuns with hilarious throwback video with 'no eyebrows'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
She's a famous TV and radio star who has been a fan favourite for nearly two decades. And the Adelaide -born beauty and Gold Logie winner took to her Instagram on Sunday to share a throwback video of her earliest days in television. In it, the famed presenter and funnywoman can be seen delivering a series of hilarious skits on Network 10's top rating chat show Rove Live.

Kate Ritchie announces shock career move as she's set to take on the role of a lifetime

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 18, 2024
Nova radio star Kate Ritchie is heading back to the small screen. The 45-year-old former Home and Away actress is set to star in a new ABC reality series The Role Of A Lifetime. Hosted by Amanda Keller the five part series explores the difficulties of parenting in today's fast-paced world.

Lucinda Light's $8000 celebrant service revealed in shock video of the MAFS star complaining about wind all through a wedding

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 16, 2024
She was a wedding celebrant before she starred on Married At First Sight Australia. And now a video has emerged of the former bride, 44, officiating a wedding and complaining about the wind. Taking place on a coastal farm, Lucinda appeared to be having a hard time keeping her hat on her head while on celebrant duties.

Legendary Australian radio presenter Ron E Sparks dead at 73 - as Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones lead the tributes

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 13, 2024
Legendary Australian radio personality Ron E Sparks has died aged 73. Ron's former WSFM101.7 colleagues Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones announced the heartbreaking news on Instagram on Saturday. Alongside a photo of Ron hard at work in his radio booth, they wrote some tragic words: 'We are devastated to announce the heartbreaking news. 

Amanda Keller reveals her 'anger' as she struggled to accept her husband's  Parkinson's diagnosis: 'I was fighting it'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 22, 2024
Amanda Keller has bravely admitted that she was 'angry' when she learned her husband was seriously ill.  The WSFM radio host tells this week's issue of Stellar Magazine that it took her a long time to accept that her husband Harley was battling Parkinson's disease.   'I've gone through a phase of being angry because I'd say things to him like, 'Oh, come on, stand upright', or 'Your voice…'; I knew what it was, he'd been diagnosed' the 62-year-old said. 

Radio stars reveal the shocking ease with which a single photo can be used to create moving AI likenesses of a person

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 19, 2024
Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones have taken part in an Artificial Intelligence experiment. The WSFM stars of the Jonesy and Amanda breakfast show were recreated by AI from a simple photo. In a video loaded to the duos socials digital representations of Brendan, 56, and Amanda, 62, can be seen 'dancing' hip hop style to the 2006 tune Rock Your Hips.

Radio hosts left outraged as 'world's number one divorce lawyer' reveals the most shocking and sexist prenup he has ever seen

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 29, 2024
Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones were left stunned on Tuesday after 'the world's number one divorce lawyer' James Sexton exposed an 'outrageous' story about one of his clients. The radio hosts were discussing how Sexton revealed one of the worst prenup deals he has ever seen in a recent podcast. Sexton told Steven Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO Podcast that one couple's provision stated that 'for every 10lbs (4.5kgs) the wife gained in the marriage, she would lose $US10,000 (around $15,000AUD) in alimony'.

Amanda Keller breaks down live on-air as she shares family news after revealing her husband husband Harley has Parkinson's disease

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 20, 2024
Amanda Keller became emotional on Monday's episode of WSFM's 101.7 Jonesy and Amanda show as she shared a major family announcement live on-air. The radio star, 62, told her co-host Jonesy, 55, that it was a difficult time planning her son Jack's 21st birthday party, while her husband Harley struggled with Parkinson's disease. 'It was a hard week for me leading up to it because I wanted to put a slide show together to play throughout the night. Normally that is Harley's domain,' she began.

Lauryn and Jake lost hope on marrying after tragic events forced them to cancel their big day twice. Then came the unbelievable generosity from strangers

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 19, 2024
Lauryn and Jake, from the NSW Southern Highlands, had accepted they may never experience a wedding after a series of family tragedies and a home robbery led to them abandoning their special day on more than one occasion. The pair agreed that they wanted a casual and fuss-free wedding when they got engaged in 2022. Lauryn said they decided to decided on a whim to get married on Moreton Island, just off south east Queensland , in July 2023.

Wild moment radio host Amanda Keller is attacked by a bird during live broadcast: 'That didn't end well'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 16, 2024
WSFM radio star Amanda Keller had an unwelcome run-in with a bird live on-air during the Jonesy and Amanda this week.  Amanda, 62, and co-host Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones are 'babysitting' a 19-year-old  rainbow lorikeet for a listener. She was trying to get the bird out of its cage to give it bath when it decided to bite Amanda on her hand, drawing blood.

The insane amount MAFS star Lucinda Light is set to make during 10-day UK speaking tour

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 15, 2024
Married at First Sight star Lucinda Light is ready to embark on a UK speaking tour in August. And the fan favourite is set to make an astronomical amount at the box office. The show, which is called An Evening with Lucinda Light, is estimated to net the 43-year-old reality star an eye-watering $250,000.

Married At First Sight 2024 fan favourite Lucinda Light set to hit the road in one woman show

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 12, 2024
Lucinda Light is hitting the road.  The Married at First Sight fan favourite, 43, is set to embark on a UK tour in August, called An Evening with Lucinda Light. Lucinda couldn't contain her joy as she shared the news with her Instagram followers.

REVEALED: The eye-watering sum Married At First Sight's Lucinda Light is charging to officiate weddings: 'Who is she, Frank Sinatra?'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 8, 2024
She was a wedding celebrant before she starred on Married At First Sight Australia and returned to the job following her stint as a reality TV star.  And now the exorbitant fee Lucina Light charges for her services has been revealed.   Breakfast show hosts Amanda Keller and Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones discovered how much Lucinda, 43, charged as they planned a wedding for two listeners.

Radio star Brendan Jones opens up about his own Baby Reindeer experience with an obsessive fan: 'She knew where I lived'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 7, 2024
WSFM breakfast host Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones has opened up for the first time about his very own stalker experience. The radio host, 56, was discussing the new Netflix series Baby Reindeer, based on a comedian's experience with an obsessive fan, when he revealed he once had two female stalkers. 'You know, I had a stalker once. I had... two ladies. There was one many years ago, and she just wouldn't let go. She just kept under a different name. It was very freaky. Very scary,' he told co-hosts Amanda Keller and Emma Gillespie.

Amanda Keller reveals she had to go into therapy when her kids left home: 'We have to resist the urge to strap ourselves to them and never let go'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 6, 2024
Amanda Keller has opened up about the emotional rollercoaster of motherhood. In an extract from Mel Wilson's new book Parenting in Progress, the radio personality, 62, spoke to the author about the difficulty she faced as her sons Liam, 22, and Jack, 20, grew older.  'I found when they're little and when they're squidgy, you express your love physically. Cuddles, holding hands. Once they're taller they don't wanna be hugged and played with anymore. I found that very difficult,' she said in an excerpt from the book published by Woman's Day magazine on Monday. 

Radio stars call out 'ridiculous' Gen Z trend that claims to prevent wrinkles: 'It looks like it belongs in a fish tank'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2024
Radio stars Amanda Keller and Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones have called out a Gen Z anti-ageing trend live on air. Speaking on their popular WSFM 101.7 breakfast show Jonesy and Amanda, the pair addressed a controversial new drinking straw. The straw bends toward the end and has a hole in the top so users can suck without pursing their lips and causing wrinkles.

Amanda Keller names the female radio stars she finds her most mates with, but leaves out one terribly common name

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 1, 2024
Amanda Keller has told the world that she is the person she is closest to, but her list had a glaring omission. Deb Knight, Nova's Kate Ritchie, and Hit's Erin Molan as women - and peers - who appear as some of her closest friends on WSFM 101.7 Sydney's Jonesy & Amanda's list. Amanda was one of the few women on the airwaves who didn't mention one radio titan - KIIS FM's Jackie 'O' Henderson, who co-stars the Kyle and Jackie O show, is the industry's best known celebrity and highest paid woman on the airwaves.

During Australia Day's segment, radio presenter Amanda Keller breaks down on air after broadcasting troubling news about her husband's health

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2024
Amanda Keller died on Friday during a WSFM breakfast show. When she shared a personal note about her husband Haley, who is fighting Parkinson's disease, she was in the middle of an Australian Day segment with co-host Brendan Jones. Amanda burst into tears while discussing 'great Aussie songs that make you feel well' for their Australia Day-themed Fight for Your Flashback segment.

After the KIIS FM host was axed from breakfast radio, Lauren Phillips shares the love of his baby: "Our hearts are just bursting with love."

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 27, 2023
Lauren Phillips has found her silver lining after being barred from KIIS FM's breakfast program. Sienna, the radiant host, took to social media to announce her niece's arrival, calling it "the best Christmas gift we could ever imagine." Lauren's Instagram was brimming with glee as she posted an endearing snapshot of her cradling the little tot.

When she announces her latest online business venture, Jackie 'O' Henderson showcases her $3500 Christmas gift

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 24, 2023
Jackie 'O' Henderson has officially joined TikTok. On Sunday, the KIIS 106.5 radio host took to Instagram to reveal that she has finally given in and installed the app. The 48-year-old radio queen expressed a video of her latest shopping spree, which featured high-end Prada purchases worth more than $400.

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson, both of KiIS FM, gain final radio ratings for the year after defeating 2GB's Ben Fordham in 2GB's final radio ratings for the year

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 19, 2023
In the year's final radio polls, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson have shined. The Kyle and Jackie O Show in Sydney defeated 2GB's Ben Fordham, gaining a whopping 16.7 percent audience share, up 0.4 percent from the previous poll. Fordham's show dropped by 0.2 percent, giving the overall share of 16 percent.