Fitzy, Wippa & Kate is an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 96.9 in Sydney, Australia. It is hosted by Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli, and Kate Ritchie. The show airs in Sydney from 6 am to 9 am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests.
A daily podcast 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.[1] News, sport, weather, and traffic updates are presented by Ash Gardner.[2]
It has also been syndicated nationally from 6-7pm weeknights, apart from a period from 2024 to 2025 when they were replaced by Ben, Liam & Belle.
History
The show commenced broadcasting on 17 January 2011,[3] 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.[citation needed]
Aside from the Nova Network, the show was once syndicated to 38 additional FM stations across Australia, including those operated by Ace Radio and the Grant Broadcasters network, as well as Red FM, Eagle FM and Snow FM.[5] The broadcast time varied from station to station, and the syndicated version was typically condensed into one‑ or two‑hour highlight packages featuring the best moments from the show.[6][7]
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.[8]
In March 2023, it was reported that McGilvray had been dropped from the show.[9] After weeks of speculation, Nova announced that Kate Ritchie would join the show permanently from 14 March 2023.[10][11]
In February 2024, it was announced that Nova 100Melbourne'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.[12][13]
In January 2026, it was announced that the show would depart Nova 96.9’s Sydney breakfast lineup after 13 years to lead the network’s new national drive program.[14] The rebranded show will be known as Fitzy, Wippa & Kate.
Television special
On 27 November 2015, Fitzy and Wippa hosted a one-off special Up Reasonably Late with Fitzy & Wippa on Network Ten.[15] It was watched by 114,000 viewers.[16]
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