Breakfasters

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Breakfasters
GenreBreakfast radio
Running time180 minutes (6:00 am 9:00 am)
Country of origin Australia
Language(s)English
Home station 3RRR
Hosted bySarah Smith
Geraldine Hickey
Daniel Burt
Original release1984 (1984)
Audio format Stereophonic sound
Opening theme"People Everywhere (Still Alive)" by Khruangbin
Website www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters
Podcast www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/breakfasters

Breakfasters is a long-running Australian breakfast radio show broadcast on 3RRR in Melbourne. First broadcast in 1984, the current presenting line-up of Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey and Daniel Burt commenced on 13 May 2019. [1]

Contents

At launch, the program was presented by volunteers Chris Hatzis and Stratos Pavlis. In a departure from the station's usual freeform radio style, the program was more tightly presented and aimed at a broader audience than 3RRR's specialised music programming. [2] Today, it is the station's flagship weekday program.

Notable presenters

2010–present

NoPresentersFromToDurationSource
1Fee B-Squared, Tim Shiel & Ben Birchall 1 February 201010 September 2010221 days [3]
2Fee B-Squared, Ben Birchall & Jess McGuire24 January 20117 December 20121 year, 318 days [4]
3Fee B-Squared, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell4 March 201313 December 2013284 days
4 Jacinta Parsons, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell3 February 20147 November 2014277 days [5]
5Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Declan Fay9 February 201511 May 201591 days [6]
6Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Josh Earl 6 June 201511 December 2015188 days [7]
7Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Jeff Sparrow22 February 201610 May 20193 years, 77 days [8]
8Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Daniel Burt 13 May 2019present4 years, 166 days [1]

An excerpt from a May 1986 interview between Breakfasters hosts Chris Hatzis and Stratos Pavlis and Countdown presenter Molly Meldrum is featured in the song "Volare" by TISM.

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References

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  3. "Breakfasters Are Back". 3RRR. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. Breakfasters 3RRR [@breakfasters] (23 January 2011). "Hell yeah! @feebsquared, @benbirchall & @jessmcguire back on air tomorrow. Apart from that whole early alarm thing, we can't wait" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  5. Eliezer, Christie. "Jacinta Parsons Joins Triple R's Breakfasters". The Beat. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. Breakfasters 3RRR [@breakfasters] (9 February 2015). "It begins. Our first morning of the Breakfasters with @declanf, @SteveWide and @aliciasometimes with her fart pants" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  8. "The Triple R Breakfasters start next week". Radioinfo.com.au. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.