Popular radio star quits after more than a decade on air: 'It feels right to make a move now'
Popular KIIS 97.3 radio newsreader Monique Dews has quit the Australian Radio Network to join Adoni Media PR.
The newsreader and acting national news director will join the media training and crisis management company after 11 years on the air.
She said she will miss working with radio stars Robin Bailey, Terry Hansen and Kip Wightman but it was time to move on, reported The Courier Mail on Wednesday.
'Brisbane is going through such an incredible time of change and development as we countdown to the Olympics, so it feels right to make a move now,' she said.
Robin, 54, praised Monique after working on the airwaves with the newsreader for the past decade.
Popular KIIS 97.3 radio newsreader Monique Dews has quit the Australian Radio Network to join Adoni Media PR
She said her colleague was 'one of the hardest working, kindest, most credible journos' she had ever known.
Robin added: 'She not only reports the news but she truly cares how it's received. She is also super fun.
'There was nothing she didn't have a response to, no matter how absurd or unexpected it was, and we put her on the spot a lot.'
The newsreader and acting national news director will join the media training and crisis management company after 11 years on the air
Leisa Goddard, Adoni Media's managing director, said she was ecstatic to be bringing aboard 'one of the most recognised names and voices in Australian radio'.
Monique will wrap up her career at ARN on April 21 before starting her new job in May where she will be advising clients on managing the media.
The KIIS FM star isn't the only journalist to jump ship for Adoni Media.
Former Ten News Brisbane news manager Jane Henschke and former A Current Affair producer and 2GB reporter Clare Christensen also work at the company.
She said she will miss working with radio stars Robin Bailey, Terry Hansen and Kip Wightman (all pictured) but it was time to move on, reported The Courier Mail on Wednesday
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