Ali Clarke has announced her shock departure from her Mix FM breakfast show.
The Adelaide radio star, who co-hosts Max & Ali in the Morning with Max Burford, shared the news with listeners on Monday morning.
‘This will be my last week on air with Mix 102.3 doing brekky,’ she began.
‘It’s really hard to say now and probably even harder to accept it as well but I was offered the opportunity to continue on and it’s really hard to say no to something like that because I love this.’
‘I love nothing more than connecting with people and I love radio so much, and I understand the privilege it is to be invited in to someone’s home or their car or their lives.’
Ali explained this year has ‘given her a new perspective’ after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in July.
Ali Clarke has announced her shock departure from her Mix FM breakfast show. Pictured Ali and Max Burford
‘I’ll miss our listeners terribly and can’t thank them enough for their support of not just me, but my family,’ she continued.
‘Man I love radio and will miss this incredibly hardworking local team, but I know they’ll keep bringing the laughs and will go from strength to strength.’
Ali returned to work in August less than one month after announcing a heartbreaking breast cancer diagnosis live on air.
During a show, Ali made a surprise return to discuss her recovery on air before revealing she would be back at work just a few days later.
‘Well what do you reckon now that you are starting to go stir crazy, are you feeling you want to come back to work?’ Max asked.
‘Tomorrow morning at 6am I will be back on the air,’ Ali revealed, much to the delight of Max and her fill-in Hayley Pearson.
Ali admitted that she was excited to return to work as she was running out of things to do in her downtime.
She shocked listeners in July when she announced she will take a break from radio as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer.
The Adelaide radio star, who co-hosts Max & Ali in the Morning with Max Burford, shared the news with listeners on Monday morning
Ali’s announcement comes after three of Nine’s biggest breakfast radio stars have been fired, just days after Daily Mail Australia revealed bosses at the embattled network were sharpening their knives.
Brisbane’s 4BC announced in September it is axing Laurel Edwards, Gary Clare and Mark Hine from the coveted breakfast timeslot.
KIIS FM star Mitch Churi has also reportedly been given marching orders.
He will finish up at the end of the year, the Daily Telegraph claimed last week.
He has hosted The Night Show with Mitch Churi since 2019, and co-hosts The Pick Up with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne.
The decision was made for ‘financial reasons’ the paper claims, and Mitch, who has not been on the air since Thursday, was given the bad news on Tuesday.
‘Mitch is shattered and completely blindsided,’ the publication quoted a ‘colleague’ of the radio star as saying.
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