Steve Price is the latest to be shown the door at Nine amid a massive shake-up at the station. The straight-talker has been ousted from his 2GB radio show – a move that he said was not his decision.
WATCH: Deborah Knight and Tom Steinfort give Georgie Gardner awkward send-off following Karl’s return
He told The Daily Telegraph: “We just couldn’t agree to what I was going to do next year.
“Channel 9, the new owners (of Macquarie), decided to go on a different direction, which just frees me up to do other things, like more of The Project.”
On suggestions Deb Knight will replace him after filling in on the shift, he said: “She is very competent. She has had a hard year on the Today show so if she gets a new opportunity, that’s great for her.”
Of course she is no stranger to Nine’s devil-may-care attitude at the moment.
She was also pushed out of her role as Today host alongside Georgie Gardner to make way for the return of Nine’s former cash cow-turned-fallen son, Karl Stefanovic.
Stefanovic will return to Nine’s Today in 2020 with Allison Langdon by his side.
“I am as shocked about this as everyone else,” Karl told The Sydney Morning Herald at the time.
“It’s not something I thought would ever come up again. I thought my time was up, but then, when I was sounded out about it, it got me thinking. It’s a big job with enormous pressures and I know only too well some of those pitfalls, but it is also without question the best live TV job in Australia.”
Responding to the news, Gardner said: “I was consulted two weeks ago about the future direction of the Today Show and naturally I’m disappointed with the outcome.”
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