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Neil Mitchell announces departure from 3AW Mornings to focus on podcast
Longtime 3AW presenter Neil Mitchell has announced he’s leaving Mornings to focus on other roles, including his podcast Neil Mitchell Asks Why.
Mitchell says he will remain involved with 3AW (where he’s worked since 1987 and won his timeslot for the last 219 surveys) and Nine, wanting to adapt his skills to maintain relevance:
“Apart from my family, this has been my life and it has been a huge privilege.
When a radio audience allows you into their lives you can’t help but feel the responsibility and the honour. As a broadcaster you cry with them, laugh with them, get angry as they do, and always fight for their interests.
“I have been acutely conscious of that privilege of the microphone every day I have been on air for over 36 years. It is a tough decision to step away from the daily program. It is the best job I have ever had. But I promise I will continue my philosophy and attitude through this new role. It is one I have crafted carefully with the approval of 3AW and Nine management because I want to continue to have an impact and continue to work for the audience as the media landscape changes.”
3AW Station Manager, Stephen Beers, said:
“Neil has been an enormous part of 3AW for decades, he reinvented talkback radio in Melbourne and the power of the audience in shaping our lives. No one story or campaign can sum him up, we can only thank Neil for his ongoing desire to deliver the best radio every day. I am excited for our next chapter with Neil across many of the Nine platforms. Neil has shaped the entire radio station, he is and always will be 3AW.”
Neil Mitchell announces departure from 3AW Mornings to focus on podcast
Longtime 3AW presenter Neil Mitchell has announced he’s leaving Mornings to focus on other roles, including his podcast Neil Mitchell Asks Why.
Mitchell says he will remain involved with 3AW (where he’s worked since 1987 and won his timeslot for the last 219 surveys) and Nine, wanting to adapt his skills to maintain relevance:
“Apart from my family, this has been my life and it has been a huge privilege.
When a radio audience allows you into their lives you can’t help but feel the responsibility and the honour. As a broadcaster you cry with them, laugh with them, get angry as they do, and always fight for their interests.
“I have been acutely conscious of that privilege of the microphone every day I have been on air for over 36 years. It is a tough decision to step away from the daily program. It is the best job I have ever had. But I promise I will continue my philosophy and attitude through this new role. It is one I have crafted carefully with the approval of 3AW and Nine management because I want to continue to have an impact and continue to work for the audience as the media landscape changes.”
3AW Station Manager, Stephen Beers, said:
“Neil has been an enormous part of 3AW for decades, he reinvented talkback radio in Melbourne and the power of the audience in shaping our lives. No one story or campaign can sum him up, we can only thank Neil for his ongoing desire to deliver the best radio every day. I am excited for our next chapter with Neil across many of the Nine platforms. Neil has shaped the entire radio station, he is and always will be 3AW.”