''Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 96.9 in

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, Australia. It is hosted by Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli, and

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. The show airs in Sydney from 6 am to 9 am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. It was previously syndicated nationally from 6-7pm weeknights; however, they were axed from their slot at the start of 2024, and were replaced by ''Ben, Liam & Belle''.

History

The show commenced broadcasting on 17 January 2011, replacing ''Ryan, Monty and Wippa'' on the drive shift. Ryan Shelton left Nova to focus on his television career and Katie "Monty" Dimond moved to Sydney to join Merrick Watts and Scott Dooley at Nova 96.9 on the breakfast show. In August 2011, it was announced that Fitzy & Wippa would move to Nova 96.9 breakfast and replacing Merrick Watts and Scott Dooley. ''Meshel, Tim and Marty'' (now '' Kate, Tim and Marty'') took over the national drive show. Aside from the Nova network, the show is also syndicated to 38 other FM stations in Australia, including

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and

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FM Network of stations, along with Red FM, Eagle FM and Snow FM. The time of day that ''Fitzy & Wippa'' is broadcast is different for each of these stations and they shorten it to 1 hour or 2-hour long episodes featuring the best bits only. In January 2018, Sarah McGilvray joined the show after previously making regular appearances in her role as Nova 96.9 program director. In October 2019, executive producer Tom Ivey, who also makes on-air contributions as part of the broader team, was officially recognised in promotions. Kate Ritchie 2a

In March 2023, it was reported that McGilvray had been dropped from the show. After weeks of speculation, Nova announced that

would join the show permanently from 14 March 2023. In February 2024, it was announced that Nova 100

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's breakfast show hosts ''Ben, Liam & Belle'' would move to a national timeslot, from 6-8pm weeknights, subsequently replacing ''Fitzy, Wippa and Kate's'' national slot.

Television special

On 27 November 2015, Fitzy and Wippa hosted a one-off special ''Up Reasonably Late with Fitzy & Wippa'' on

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. It was watched by 114,000 viewers.

Description

The show hosted by Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli, and Kate Ritchie. It airs in Sydney from 6 am to 9 am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. A daily

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featuring the best bits from each show is available on the Nova Player, as is the podcast for all other Nova FM shows in Australia. News, sport, weather, and traffic updates are presented by Ash Gardner. The show also features rap battles with celebrities.

References

External links

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