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The Hot Hits night-time show will end after 2026
Nic Kelly and Loren Barry announced their show is ending during a live broadcast on Tuesday night.
The pair host The Hot Hits, a night-time radio show on the Hit Network.
The show will not return in 2027, after launching in January 2025.
Kelly said they learned the decision the day before the announcement and were still processing it.
Barry said she plans to leave the company, while arrangements for Kelly and other team members are still being worked out.
Barry joked that her on-air comments about her earnings may have made her a target, but the hosts did not give a reason for the cancellation.
The decision ends a show that had been described as a loss for radio and emerging Australian artists.
The Hot Hits night-time show will not return in 2027, its hosts announced live on air.
Hosts Nic Kelly and Loren Barry said they had been told the day before the announcement.
Barry said she would leave the company, while arrangements for other team members and Kelly were still being worked out.
Kelly said the news was shattering and that they were still processing it.
The show debuted in January 2025.
- Who
- The Hot Hits hosts Nic Kelly and Loren Barry.
- What
- The hosts announced that the night-time show will not return in 2027.
- When
- They announced it on Tuesday night, 27 October 2026.
- Where
- On air; the article does not state the location.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The Hot Hits debuted.
Kelly said the hosts were told the show would end.
Kelly and Barry announced on air that the show would not return in 2027.
- Show
- The Hot Hits night-time show
- Hosts
- Nic Kelly and Loren Barry
- Debut
- January 2025
- Final year
- 2026
- Return
- The show will not return in 2027
What people are saying
Next year, this show won’t be coming back with us. I will be leaving the company completely at this stage – there are a few little bits and pieces to work out for other team members and Nic,
When you make outlandish jokes... maybe you get a target on your back!
We got told yesterday that this was happening. Obviously pretty shattering for both of us, but this is the radio industry and it happens to all of us at some point... it's tough,