Kate Ritchie formally introduced as the brand new host on Fitzy & Wippa’s radio present

If there’s one factor for positive, that is definitely “the worst saved secret” on the airwaves in the intervening time.

Alas, the rumours are true, Kate Ritchie has been introduced as the brand new co-host on Fitzy & Wippa, Nova’s top-rated breakfast radio present.

Hosts Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli, introduced the information on the air, and shared a model new photograph of the three of them with the caption, “Look who’s come to breakfast.”

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Ritchie’s mega swap from Nova FM’s Kate, Tim and Joel, which she’s hosted for a complete of eight years, proves a significant shock. However already, her alternative on the present with Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey has been introduced.

The job’s gone to Aussie singer Ricki-Lee Coulter.

With Ritchie, 44, of their firm, Fitzy and Wippa took the prospect to welcome her formally to the function.

“We’ve got a brand new workforce member becoming a member of the Fitzy & Wippa present,” Wippa introduced.

“I can not consider this, I’ve simply picked up the sheet right here and it would not say the Fitzy & Wippa present, it says Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie!” Fitzy added.

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“Oh my goodness,” the actress stated, “I’ve been on this studio earlier than, there are such a lot of issues which can be recent about this, however you are outdated mates,” she stated.

In an official press launch, Ritchie stated of the transfer: “I’m so excited to be becoming a member of Fitzy and Wippa within the very aggressive breakfast slot. I am an enormous fan of the present and I have been nice mates with the boys for years.

“The previous eight years on Drive has been an necessary a part of my life however I am thrilled to tackle this new problem by returning to breakfast radio in my hometown. I can not wait to get up Sydneysiders beside two of the trade’s much-loved breakfast announcers.”

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Fitzy and Wippa stated of the information, “We have been annoying Kate across the workplace for over ten years, now we get to do it each morning. We’re excited for our viewers to listen to how humorous Kate thinks we’re. Nova listeners have all the time beloved Kate and now she’ll be served up each weekday.”

The announcement comes only a week after KIIS FM hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson claimed that the rumoured shake-up at Nova was inflicting rigidity.

One week prior it was broadly reported that to make manner for Ritchie on the Fitzy & Wippa breakfast present, its present anchor Sarah McGilvray was pushed to the facet.

The transfer upset the unique present co-hosts as they’re good mates with McGilvray.

“They’re all topsy-turvy over at Nova, apparently. All s–t’s gone free over there,” Sandilands speculated on the time. “I feel they’re placing that chick from House and Away on the breakfast present is what I’ve heard.”

He added: “That is what I heard, proper? We in all probability should not even be speaking about this on air, however we are going to ‘trigger everybody cares about these things. I heard that Kate wasn’t…” he started however was briefly censored by producers seemingly for authorized causes.

“… and Nova had her on a contract and did not know what to do together with her, so a–e-holed Sarah, who’s doing an ideal job, to squeeze Kate in with Fitzy & Wippa – and so they weren’t a fan of that both.”

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