Wil & Lehmo

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Wil & Lehmo
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GenreComedy (drive time)
Running time120 minutes
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station Triple M Sydney
Syndicates Triple M Melbourne
Triple M Brisbane
Triple M Adelaide
Starring Wil Anderson
Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann
Created by Wil Anderson
Original release2 April 2007 
21 November 2008
Opening theme Blue Orchid The White Stripes
Website Official Sydney Site
Podcast Wil & Lehmo

Wil & Lehmo was an afternoon drive time radio program broadcast nationally on Triple M and was hosted by Wil Anderson and Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann. It began broadcasting on 2 April 2007. [1] [2]

Contents

The timeslot for this show was previously held by The Shebang who had moved to the breakfast slot on Triple M Sydney. [3] Liz Ellis was the first guest on their first show.

The sponsor for the show was Holden.

On 3 November 2008 it was announced that Wil & Lehmo would not be returning in 2009. The Wil & Lehmo show had its last show on Friday 21 November 2008. [4]

Segments

Ratings

In the radio ratings for November 2007, Wil & Lehmo finished 5th in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and third in Brisbane. [5]

Awards

Wil Anderson was nominated for "Best Radio Newcomer" in the 2008 ACRA awards. As the awards are for work on commercial radio, Anderson's five years of work on government funded radio station Triple J did not count, making him a newcomer to commercial radio. [6]

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References

  1. – One for the Road (via Sydney Morning Herald)
  2. Drive-time fast track (via The Courier Mail)
  3. Will radio pick up Anderson – smh.com.au
  4. Triple M kick Wil and Lehmo, Shebang out the door "via www.news.com.au 4 November 2008"
  5. "GfK RADIO AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. Newcomer award baffles Wil "via www.news.com.au 24 July 2008