Nova FM to launch a new weekly music show dedicated to local artists

A new weekly music show dedicated to local talent will launch on Nova from Sunday.

Hosted by Brisbane 106.9 presenter Maddy Rowe, the debut of the Aus Music Show on March 19 will feature tracks from Jessica Mauboy, Blusher and Mashd N Kutcher.

Rowe, who is also a pop artist who performs under the name GENES, will also be interviewing Zimbabwean-born Melbourne based RnB performer Kye.  

Nova’s music director Jodie Williams said that the new show will aim to bring emerging artists and new tracks to music fans.

Meanwhile, Rowe, who joined Nova at the end of 2021 after two years in Townsville with Southern Cross Austereo, has a burgeoning career as a pop star.

The bubbly redhead has a new single Cold Summer out now, and last year she wowed the crowd at a packed Suncorp stadium in a gig with Vance Joy.

It comes after the first radio ratings survey results were released this week.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show held its spot as Sydney’s top-rating FM breakfast radio program in the first ratings survey of 2023.

The show, hosted by long-time duo Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, drew a 15.9 per cent audience share.

The KIIS FM dream team attracted an impressive 842,000 listeners, continuing their reign as Australia’s most listened-to radio show in history.

According to the latest Australian Podcast Ranker results, published on Wednesday, Kyle and Jackie O was downloaded 4.7 million times in February and had more than one million listeners – numbers no podcast has seen since Casefile in October 2021.

Local Aussie artists including Kye (pictured) will be featured on the new show

The bubbly red head has a new single Cold Summer out now under her artist name GENES

Hosted by the iHeartPodcast Network, the KIIS FM show has been the number one radio catch-up podcast since records began, and is now top in all categories.

Jackie O and Kyle smashed their Sydney competition in the podcast rankings, with Jonesy & Amanda coming in at number 20, Ben Fordham Live at 24, and Fitzy & Wippa lagging behind at 76.

Life Uncut, hosted by Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne, charted at number five and Abbie Chatfield’s It’s A Lot came in at number 16.

The Maddy Rowe Aus Music Show will debut on Nova at 6pm on Sunday March 19 

Maddy’s radio career includes gigs with JOY Melbourne and the SCA network in  Townsville