Nation adds local breakfast and mornings to Nation Radio South with more old Wave presenters

Nation Radio South is moving Steve Power to breakfast and has hired Mark Collins for the mid-morning show.

It means from January, Nation Radio will have a line-up almost identical to Wave 105 of old.

Steve Power hosted Wave 105 breakfast for around 17 years, whilst Mark Collins was on mid-mornings for almost 20 years

Wave 105 turned into Greatest Hits Radio earlier this year and ever since, Nation has been hiring almost all of the presenters who left.

Only Rick Jackson remains on the former Wave 105 frequencies for the time being.

Steve Power said: “Listeners deserve a breakfast show from the South for the South. I’m delighted to return to a time of the day I know well.

“Since joining Nation Radio along with my longtime co-host Selina Ross, we have a renewed love for radio and can’t wait to bring Steve Power at Breakfast back to radio in the South.”

Mark Collins said ‘I can’t wait to be back on the radio across the South on the show I love doing best. I’ll have great songs, The Golden Hour at 9am and our fiendishly tricky quiz, the Weekday Link, back at 11:15 – love it or hate it!”

Current Nation Radio breakfast and mid-morning hosts Neil Fox and Russ Williams will continue to host their shows across the rest of the Nation Radio network of stations.

At Nation South, Andy Jackson will replace Steve Power on Drive.

Nation’s founder Jason Bryant said; “This is the next part of our plan to bring listeners across the South the station they deserve. With the South’s Best Variety of Hits, friendly and much loved local presenters, we have the perfect combination for audience figures to soar in 2025.”