Rumours run rife that Kate Langbroek and Dave Hughes will reunite and reboot their popular radio show

By A. James For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:22 BST, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 01:26 BST, 15 July 2024

They were a ratings hit on the radio airwaves for almost 20 years.

And now there is speculation Kate Langbroek, 58, is getting set to reunite with her old radio co-host Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes to reboot their popular Hughesy and Kate show.

The pair last appeared as a duo for Hit FM’s popular show in 2019, before she took a step back from the program to move to Italy.

On Monday, the Herald Sun reported that Melbourne is abuzz with rumours that Langbroek and Hughes, 53, are readying to bring back the program.

The publication said fuelling the rumour was the tumbling ratings for Hughes’s current 2Day FM breakfast show,  Hughesy, Ed and Erin.

The program, which Hughes co-hosts with Ed Kavalee and Erin Molan, managed a mere 3.6 audience share in the latest ratings survey.

Meanwhile, Hughes recently did a guest spot on Triple M’s The Rush Hour in Melbourne, which was a big hit with listeners.

Hughes and Langbroek first teamed together in 2001 for Nova 100’s Melbourne breakfast show.

Speculation is running rife that Kate Langbroek, 58, is getting set to reunite with her old radio co-host Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes to reboot their popular Hughesy and Kate show

Langbroek currently co-hosts the popular podcast The Buck Up with Nath Valvo after leaving her last commercial radio gig on KIIS FM, the Pick Up, two years ago.

She teased a potential radio reunion with Hughes last year.

‘We’re full of love for each other and nothing is off the table for us,’ she told the Herald Sun last August.

The pair last appeared as a duo for Hit FM’s popular show in 2019, before she took a step back from the program to move to Italy 

‘I love Hughesy. I’m not doing radio at the moment but I will always love radio because it’s such a natural medium for me.’

In March 2023, Langbroek issued a lengthy apology after publicly exposing a gender pay gay dispute between herself and Hughes on The Project.

She claimed she earned 40 per cent less than Hughesy during their time hosting Hughesy & Kate on the Hit Network for almost two decades.

Clarifying her shock admission on Instagram, Langbroek said she hadn’t explained the full context of the situation due to the ‘time constraints’ of the Channel 10 show.

‘Nor did I explain that when he found out, Hughesy was mortified – properly shocked – and immediately sought to rectify the situation,’ she admitted.

‘I had already procured parity for myself, by the way, but his instincts were so honourable he offered instantly to take a pay cut,’ she added.

Langbroek currently hosts the popular podcast The Buck Up alongside co-host Nath Valvo after leaving her last commercial radio gig on KIIS FM, the Pick Up, two years ago. She is also a regular panelist on Channel 10’s The Project. (Pictured)

‘He also vowed that from that point on, we would always negotiate together on the show we had built together, and we did, the following year, when we moved to SCA. Knowing that we could speak freely about our negotiations, and that we were treated as true equals at our new radio network was the best.’

She confessed that Hughes had been ‘hurt’ by her comments on The Project, which is why she felt the need to clarify them.

She also said that she and Hughes weren’t ‘estranged’ and that she was ‘mortified’ she had led people to believe that.

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Rumours run rife that Kate Langbroek and Dave Hughes will reunite and reboot their popular radio show

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