Weekend Breakfast (radio show)

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Weekend Breakfast
Genre Radio show
Running time2 hours
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Syndicates Hit Network
Recording studioMelbourne
Original release17 February 2018 – December 2021
Website Weekend Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast was an Australian radio station breakfast show on the Hit Network.

Contents

The show aired from 7 am to 9 am on weekend mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests.

News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented throughout the show.

History

In September 2013, Southern Cross Austereo announced Sophie Monk and Dave Thornton as hosts of Weekend Breakfast with Michael Christian (MC) as anchor. [1] Monk and Thornton finished on Weekend Breakfast in December 2013 both moving to new roles on the network. Dave Thornton hosted Fifi & Dave on Fox FM in Melbourne and Sophie Monk hosted Breakfast on 2Day FM in 2014 but has since left the station to make way for The Dan & Maz Show in 2015.

In January 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced that the show will be returning with new hosts, former Fox FM breakfast co-host Jo Stanley, former SAFM breakfast co-host Michael Beveridge and Fox FM morning announcer Byron Cooke. [2]

In December 2014, Byron Cooke was appointed Sea FM Central Coast breakfast host and as a result left the show. [3]

In October 2015, Southern Cross Austereo announced that The Dan & Maz Show would replace Weekend Breakfast from 2016.

In February 2018, Weekend Breakfast returned to the Hit Network with new hosts former Hit104.7 breakfast presenter Tanya Hennessy and Danny Lakey. [4]

In November 2018, Angus O'Loughlin replaced Danny Lakey and in January 2019, Dylan Alcott joined the show. [5] [6]

In December 2019, Tanya Hennessy resigned from the show to pursue a career away from radio.

In January 2021, Juelz Jarry joined the show, previously she hosted Xavier, Juelz & Pete on 92.9 in Perth. [7] In October 2021, Alcott resigned from the show. In December 2021, O'Loughlin resigned from the show to pursue a career outside of radio.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sophie Monk to co-host Weekend Breakfast with Dave Thornton". mUmBRELLA. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Summer Breakfast". Fox. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sea FM's new breakfast team calls on a familiar voice". 12 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hit Network announces Tanya Hennessy for Weekend Breakfast". Radio Today. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Angus O'Loughlin joins Tanya Hennessy for Hit Weekend Breakfast". Radio Today. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Former triple j presenter Dylan Alcott joins Hit Network Weekend Breakfast". Radio Today. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Juelz Jarry joins Hit Network's Weekend Breakfast". Radio Today. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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