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4KQ has Brisbane's most comprehensive radio news.

With longer bulletins every half hour during Breakfast and hourly across the day we’re committed to keeping you informed.

We’ll keep you up to date with what’s happening in your City, across the country and around the world.

Whether it’s breaking news, politics, money matters, showbiz, sport, traffic or weather - our experienced team of journalists and presenters will bring you the right balance of information.

At 4KQ we take news seriously.

4KQ News Presenters

Renee Smith

Sydney/Brisbane News Director

Renee Smith has worked with 4KQ and the Classic Hits network since 2006.

It’s her 2nd time around with the Australian Radio Network – after starting her radio career at our sister station 4KQ in Brisbane.

Renee studied at the University of Qld, graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism.

She's worked for several stations in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney.

After years of early starts doing the breakfast shift, Renee is right where she wants to be presenting and editing drive news on 4KQ.

Beth Link

To follow her dream of becoming a Journalist, Beth left Sydney at the end of school and threw herself into a degree in Communications (Journalism) at Charles Sturt University in the NSW country town of Bathurst.

Beth instantly found a passion for the immediacy of radio news… and landed herself a full time job as News Editor in nearby Orange before she had even graduated.

Since the Beth has worked in Wollongong and Campbelltown but is now happy to call the Australian Radio Network newsroom home.

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Hope Fabillar

Hope has worked for major metropolitan radio stations in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as a journalist and news presenter for 20 years. During the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games she commentated the Australian Men’s and Women’s basketball matches for the Main Press Centre.

Her foray into commercial radio began in 1993 at 4BC. The following year she moved to Sydney where she spent five years at 2UE reading the national morning news for the Sky satellite network news service for more than 76 stations across Australia, as well as on-the-road reporting for 2UE news. She has also worked for Fox FM and Triple M, Melbourne and Gold 104 and Mix 101.1, Melbourne.

She graduated from the University of Southern Queensland , Toowoomba with a Journalism degree and is fluent in Tagalog, (Filipino) and knows French.

You can hear Hope read the week-day afternoon news from 12pm to 6pm.

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Jim Dolan

Jim is often heard to say he has the best job in the world and many would agree.
He gets to watch sport for a living! And talk to all the stars from all the codes.

Then he gets talk about it! Giving you all the news, scores and those bizarre moments that can happen in sport; Every half hour from 5-9am Monday to Friday as part of breakfast with Laurel, Gary and Mark in the morning.

Jim started in radio as a joc in 1984, when they still played records, in Mackay and moved to Sydney in 1996 ‘because the Olympic Games weren’t on in Mackay.’

After stints working with 2UE and 2GB Jim joined the team at 4KQ and loves the early starts. (Not just so he can play golf most afternoons of the week!)

Jim freely admits his 4 favourite days of the year are State of origin 1,2 and 3 and the first morning of the Gabba test every November!