102.9fm Hot Tomato

With nearly 200 local updates each week it's no wonder 1029 News has become the leader for information delivered on time. Every half hour - or if need be to air as it happens - 1029 News prides itself on being first with breaking news for the Gold Coast and Tweed.

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Please meet the team who work 1029 News every day...

	MICHELLE PRICE My journey to HT I had worked in radio for 6 years when I heard there was a job on the Gold Coast and went for it. Seemed like the perfect place to live and work. Likes/dislikes I like vegetarian food and dislike people who name drop. The best thing about the Coast Has to be the lifestyle - sand, surf and restaurants. My perfect day off Would be sitting on my back patio with a good book. Last couple of months Started working the brekky shift - coping with the early morning starts.
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	RACHEL JUNGE My journey in radio, so far? Straight out of uni I started at 4AK/4WK in Toowoomba writing and producing commercials. I then got a job in the newsroom at i98fm in Wollongong, to be closer to my now-husband who lived in Sydney. Worked for just over a year at 2GB/2CH in Sydney before making the move back to Queensland. After a lot of pestering phone calls Hot Tomato finally gave me a full-time job in the newsroom. The best thing about the Coast The friends I've made here! My close work collegues are the most amazing group of people. And it's just a short drive to visit family in Toowoomba. What's the highlight of your career so far? Would have to be reading a news bulletin announcing our country's first female PM (despite what happened for her to get there). My perfect day off A morning yoga class, bbq lunch with friends, afternoon walk with my husband and dog and then a good movie. My likes/dislikes Likes: I have a thirst for all things pop culture - love good TV shows (Friends, Modern Family), movies (The Notebook, The Color Purple, Pretty Woman) and music (Matchbox Twenty, Guy Sebastian, Motown classics) Dislikes: Can't stand the smell or taste of coffee, also really don't like corriander and people who don't enjoy life.
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	MOYRA MAJOR My journey in radio, so far? Having spent 8 years in Breakfast Radio getting up very very early, the new change to Afternoons has been a blessing. I love radio and am finding my new role as a newsreader such an enjoyable experience. Before I started in the Breakfast shift I studied Journalism at Uni, but haven’t had the chance to use my degree until now! After having our baby, Jaxon, my life has changed so much and this new job is such a blessing! The best thing about the Coast I’ve grown up on the Gold Coast and there are so many things that I love. I love seeing the area grow, whilst still retaining the good old places that were part of my childhood. Burleigh Heads is such a beautiful area. Robina Town Centre is an amazing development for the Gold Coast. And I am a bit of sporting tragic so the introduction of the Titans and The Suns has brought us so much. I’m still friends with a lot of people who I grew up up here on the Coast, its so wonderful to still be surrounded by people who knew you when you were in Grade 8! What's the highlight of your career so far? I’m a Will Ferrell tragic, so interviewing him twice so far has been a definite highlight. Meeting Bono was also one of the coolest moments in my life; after the interview I watched their sound check with only about 20 other people at ANZ Stadium... yes I did cry. My perfect day off Spending time with Jaxon and my husband, Paul. A perfect day would be having a bit of a sleep in (lucky for us Jaxon loves his sleep) and then heading out to Breakfast together. Then catching up with friends and maybe catching a movie. I don’t mind what we would do, just as long as we are together, that’s all that’s important! My likes/dislikes Likes: I love coffee, wine, movies and time with family and friends. There is nothing like an afternoon surrounded by friends and family, chatting away on our balcony and watching our little boy discover new things. Dislikes: I have a real problem with rudeness and arrogance. I also don’t like the people at the lights who come up to you trying to clean your windscreens!
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	TAMRA BOW My journey in radio, so far? I owe so much to our local community radio station where I spent hours of hard work perfecting the art of announcing and news reporting. I also snagged an exciting 6 month internship at Channel 9 News and was then picked up by Hot Tomato where I’m playing out my dream as a broadcast journalist. The best thing about the Coast I love being close to the beach so I can live a healthy lifestyle and also the fact my close little family are all here. Originally a country girl, I’ll never take for granted the smell of the ocean and the ability to walk along our beautiful beach fronts. What's the highlight of your career so far? My first time ever time presenting a live news bulletin was almost heart stopping and I was over the moon to be the reporter to announce the Coast had won the bid for the Commonwealth Games. My perfect day off A rarely snatched breakfast with my fiancée Mat and our little boy due to Mat always working early mornings through the week and myself working the breakfast shift on the weekends. Follow this with a session at the gym finished off with a yummy family dinner and I’m more than satisfied….FAMILY, FAMILY, FAMILY! My likes/dislikes Likes: Adore going out for dinner (cause I’m a horrid cook), walking, going to the gym (never thought I’d say that- new found love for exercise) and a good old family BBQ. Dislikes: Hard to dislike much when life’s so good!! Oh... have never been a big fan of coffee... until Moyra made me one, now things are different!
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MICHELLE PRICE

RACHEL JUNGE

MOYRA MAJOR

TAMRA BOW