On Air with Brandon Atkins
On Air with Brandon Atkins is an Australian night radio show hosted by Brandon Atkins and Helena Esposito on Coast FM 963 in Gosford. The show is podcasted, with the radio show’s content uploaded on iHeartRadio.
Coordinates: 33°31′26″S 151°07′20″E / 33.5240°S 151.1222°E
| Genre | Celebrity, comedy, talk, music |
|---|---|
| Running time | 120 minutes (6:00 pm–8:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Coast FM 963 Gosford |
| Original release | 8 May 2015 – present |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Website | www |
| Podcast | www |
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History
The On Air with Brandon Atkins show first aired in May 2015 with Brandon Atkins and Lachie Raeside. It started out as a fortnightly one hour show on a Friday, before moving to a 2 hour timeslot in late 2016.
The show features the hottest hits at night, plus an array of Australian and International guest interviews each week.
The show moved into a weekly slot in 2019 after success in ratings and positive feedback.
Lachie Raeside left the show at the end of 2019 to pursue a career in music, with Helena Esposito assuming the co-host role in March 2020 after various fill-in hosts co-hosted the start of the 2020 season.
Time
The show airs on a Friday night, between 6pm and 8pm. The show is then uploaded as a podcast to iHeartRadio and Spotify.
Segments
The Feed
Lena dissects the week in news, presenting five stories we should know about the week.
The E-3
At 6:20pm, Brandon presents the latest celebrity gossip.
Powerpick
At 6:35pm, Brandon and Lena each have a song they want played on the radio. Listeners decide which song they’d like to hear via Instagram. Usually the Powerpicks are songs from a particular year or decade.
First Date Confessions
Listeners submit First Date Confessions on social media, and Brandon reads them out on air.
True Confessions
Brandon, Lena or guests pose a true and fake scenario that has occurred in their life. They have 60 seconds to ask as many questions and determine which is the True Confession.
New Music Friday
Brandon presents the latest music that was released on Friday in a bite-sized segment.
Am I Wrong?
Brandon and Lena read out a listener’s debacle and offer feedback or resolutions, with listeners weighing in on the debate via social media or by calling the show.
The Old Skool Rewind
Brandon plays a 10 second snippet of a song and Lena (or guests) have to guess the song correctly.
5 Second Rule
Derived from the famous board game, each host has 60 seconds to rattle off 3 items of a category.
Define Dat Word
Lena puts Brandon’s word knowledge to the test by rattling a series of obscure words within 60 seconds, and Brandon has to define them as best as he can.
Google Predicts
Brandon reads out half a sentence he’s typed into Google and Lena has to guess the top answer.
Notable celebrity guests
The show has had many notable guests during its time on air, including
- Ava Max
- Loud Luxury
- Regard
- Brando
- MKTO
- Echosmith
- Jonas Blue
- Joel Corry
- Krewella
- Trevor Daniel
- KLP
- Evie Irie
- Eves Karydas
- Joel Creasey
- Wil Anderson
- Bella Hunter
References
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