3AW Shuffles the Deck and Someone’s Chair Goes Missing
Radio stations reshuffle their footy panels the way the rest of us reorganise the sock drawer — occasionally, without much ceremony, and usually someone good ends up missing. 3AW has done exactly that for 2027, and a legendary commentator’s name is conspicuously absent from the new line-up, while a former Hawthorn great, a female icon and a well-known media figure have all been added to the fold.
I’ll admit, as a Richmond person, my instinct with these things is to shrug. We’ve had three flags this century and I’ve still spent most of my adult life waiting for the other shoe to drop, so a radio reshuffle barely rates. But footy broadcasting matters more than we like to admit — it’s the soundtrack to Saturday arvos, the voice in the car, the bloke or sheila you half-listen to while you’re meant to be doing something else entirely. So when 3AW moves the furniture around, it’s worth having a squiz at what’s changed and why.
The old guard gets the tap
Losing a legendary voice from any broadcast team is never just a scheduling decision — it’s a bit of a gut punch for the generation who grew up with that voice narrating their footy childhood. Whether this is a graceful changing of the guard or a more abrupt nudge towards the door, the station itself will frame it as evolution,
