One of Australia’s biggest stars is joining ARN’s KIIS Network in 2027.
Carrie Bickmore will be hosting a brand-new national Drive show, Carrie for the Drive Home, in a familiar time slot for her fans, but with an exciting new drive adventure.
Bickmore is leaving SCA’s Hit Network, where she has had a 10-year run as a presenter, at the end of this year.
Comedian Bron Lewis is the first co-host that will join Bickford’s show.
Bickmore’s trademark honesty, warmth and humour will be at the centre of Carrie for the Drive Home, which will showcase Australia’s much-loved queen of Australian media in real, raw and hilarious conversations with her co-hosts and listeners across Australia.
Carrie Bickmore is an iconic broadcaster and multi-media star, charity founder, 2026 Victorian Australian of the Year and one of the most recognisable and trusted faces and voices in the country.
Michael Stephenson, ARN CEO, said: “Carrie is one of the biggest stars in Australian media, and I couldn’t be more excited that’s she’s coming to ARN. She has spent the past decade at the top of national Drive and built an extraordinary connection with audiences right across Australia.
“This is the start if a new era and Carrie is an important part of our plan. Together with our new Breakfast shows in Sydney and Melbourne, we’re bringing together some of Australia’s biggest stars with exciting new talent to create a powerful content proposition for audiences and advertisers.”
Kerri Elstub, ARN Chief Content Officer, added: “Carrie is simply brilliant on air. She’s warm, curious, incredibly funny and has a rare ability to make listeners feel part of the conversation. We can’t wait to hear Carrie make KIIS Drive her own, alongside Bron and the rest of the team. It will be smart, funny, unpredictable and exactly the kind of show you want to be part of on the way home.”
Carrie’s appointment completes a major new KIIS line-up, following the launch of KIIS Breakfast with Ash, Issie & Elliot in Melbourne on 26 October and KIIS Breakfast with Chris, Amy & Jack in Sydney on 9 November. The new shows join Robin, Kip & Corey in Brisbane and Ben & Liam in Adelaide, along with Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small, Craig ‘Lowie’ Lowe, and Gordie Waters rounding out the KIIS Network’s line-up.
Carrie for the Drive Home will air nationally from 3pm-6pm, followed by The Smallzy Show from 6pm to 9pm, as Smallzy moves into the all-important late Drive slot and expands to more stations across the KIIS Network in 2027.
