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Renee Criddle:


Born and bred in the Blue Mountains, Renee traded the bush for the beach in '96 to pursue her passion for writing (and talking).

The Kiama High School girl bestowed with the "Could Talk Under Wet Cement" award graduated as a Dean's Scholar from the University of Wollongong with a BA in Communications/Journalism and English, which included a semester in the United States.

She then worked as a journalist for UOW's Media Unit, where she also wrote education pieces for the Illawarra Mercury and was accepted into the coveted Fairfax Media Editorial Traineeship program in Sydney.

A few years later she took the plunge into radio...and within months at i98FM had broken several major news stories.

Renee's goals include one day understanding the game of cricket and the physics of the chocolate brownie, conquering her fear of moths and perfecting her French to the point where she can present a complete news bulletin "en français."

 

Mia Agius:


As a huge fan of sleeping, Mia finds it quite ironic that she has to wake up every morning at 4am to read the news for Marty and Bianca at i98FM.

Born and bred in South Western Sydney, Mia studied Journalism at Macleay College and Southern Cross University in Sydney before beginning her media career with C91.3FM in Campbelltown, and then i98FM.

Mia attended McDonald College of Performing Arts for her high school studies, and is quite proud in saying she topped the class in HSC Drama.

Before moving to "The Gong"  Mia had, and without a word of a lie, never swum at the beach, but now considers herself quite the expert.

She spends her spare time watching Wollongong Hawks games (well the players anyway), jogging around Belmore Basin, and partaking in one of her favourite past times, a nanna nap.

 

Nicole Charlton:


Always looks at the desert menu before choosing main course!

Graduated from the University of Wollongong with a BA in Communications in 1996 and starting working in the i98FM and WIN TV newsrooms.

Nicole is married to Paul and has two children Jake and Lily.

She loves the Illawarra and thinks there's nothing better than a good laugh.