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The replacements for Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam and Browny have been announced.<br>The top-rating  breakfast team is being replaced by Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton, who found success in the same time slot on Nova 919 in , and their long-time producer Belle Jackson.<br>The announcement was made on both stations on Friday morning.<br>      (image:  )    The replacements for Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam and Browny have been announced. (Pictured from left: Sam Pang, Chrissie Swan and Jonathan 'Browny' Brown) <br>Harvey and Stapleton, who were previously the hosts of Triple J's national breakfast show, were first linked to the Nova 100 gig earlier this week.<br>Other duos were reportedly considered for the Melbourne breakfast role, including KIIS FM national drive hosts Will and Woody, and Mike E and Emma from RNB Fridays.<br>  RELATED ARTICLES                                                                        Share this article                  Share                  60 shares                                  One radio insider told Daily Mail Australia it was 'inevitable' the Ben and Liam show would either go national or move to Sydney or Melbourne.<br>'They are number one in Adelaide and brought some of Triple J's biggest ratings for breakfast,' the source said.<br>      (image:  )    The top-rating Melbourne breakfast team is being replaced by Ben Harvey (left) and Liam Stapleton (right), who found success in the same time agen slot gacor -  https://cse.google.sr/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhttps://eyangsloto.com/%2F  - on Nova 919 in Adelaide, and their long-time producer Belle Jackson<br>'We are all so grateful for the opportunity to wake up with the people of Melbourne every day - we love the city and can't wait to call it our home,' Harvey said in a statement.<br>'Melbourne has Australia's most competitive radio market and we are looking forward to proving ourselves against some of the biggest shows in the country.'<br>Stapleton added of Jackson's promotion from producer to anchor: 'We're so stoked to be dropping the "producer" part from Producer Belle's title.<br>'She has done the hard yards with us for the last five years and we can't wait to have her on air more. Belle moved from Melbourne to Sydney, to Adelaide and back to Melbourne for the show. We introduced her to our hometown and now she's going to return the favour.<br>'We can't wait for Melbourne to fall in love with her and put up with us!'<br>      (image:  )    Ben, Liam & Belle (pictured) will continue to have a presence in Adelaide, hosting a local early breakfast show from 6am to 7am. Nova 919's new breakfast show will be revealed shortly<br>Jackson said: 'I can't wait to return to Melbourne after five long but incredible years away and, while coming back home is exciting, to be doing it on air alongside Ben and Liam is a dream come true.<br>'I have loved every minute of "looking after" the boys as their producer. I can't wait to step into this new role with them and teach them a thing or two about my hometown.'<br>Ben, Liam & Belle will continue to have a presence in Adelaide, hosting a local early breakfast show from 6am to 7am. Nova 919's new Adelaide breakfast show will be revealed shortly.<br>Harvey and Stapleton's partnership began in 2013, when they joined forces at Adelaide community radio station Fresh 92.7.<br>They moved to Triple J in 2016, where their breakfast show became one of the most popular in the station's history.<br>      (image:  )        (image:  )  The announcement will be made on both stations before 9am on Friday, according to sources familiar with the reshuffle. (Pictured left: Chrissie Swan, and right: Jonathan Brown)<br>In October 2019, the duo left the ABC's youth broadcaster for Adelaide's Nova 919.<br>Listeners of  were shocked when hosts Chrissie Swan, Sam Pang and Jonathan 'Browny' Brown announced last Friday they were quitting their top-rating breakfast show after seven years on the air.<br>The news came less than a day after their Sydney-based colleague Kate Ritchie revealed she was also stepping down from Nova's national drive show.<br>      (image:  )    Harvey and Stapleton, who were previously the hosts of Triple J's national breakfast show, were first linked to the Nova 100 gig earlier this week<br>According to an insider, the announcement also stunned Nova staff, with all employees at the station receiving an email at 8.30am from CEO Peter Charlton with a press release attached.<br>The final Chrissie, Sam and Browny show will air on December 2.<br>Nova pulled the plug on the show because Pang 'wanted out' and radio bosses felt dropping the trio altogether would be an easier option than finding a replacement.<br>While there's no word yet on Pang and Brown's future plans in the radio industry, Swan will be hosting her own national afternoon show on Nova from January 2023.<br>      (image:  )      Nova pulled the plug on Chrissie, Sam and Browny because Pang (pictured) 'wanted out' and radio bosses felt dropping the trio altogether was an easier option than finding a replacement<br>      (image:  )    While there's no word yet on Pang and Brown's future plans in the radio industry, Swan (pictured) will be hosting her own national afternoon show on Nova from January 2023 <br>            adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement                    data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links">  Read more:                  DM.later('bundle', function()        DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');    );