Breakfasters

Breakfasters
GenreBreakfast radio
Running time180 minutes (6:00 am – 9:00 am)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station3RRR
Hosted bySarah Smith
Geraldine Hickey
Daniel Burt
Original release1984 (1984)
Audio formatStereophonic sound
Opening theme"People Everywhere (Still Alive)" by Khruangbin
Websitewww.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters
Podcastwww.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]

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

No Presenters From To Duration Source
1 Fee B-Squared, Tim Shiel & Ben Birchall 1 February 2010 10 September 2010 221 days [3]
2 Fee B-Squared, Ben Birchall & Jess McGuire 24 January 2011 7 December 2012 1 year, 318 days [4]
3 Fee B-Squared, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell 4 March 2013 13 December 2013 284 days
4 Jacinta Parsons, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell 3 February 2014 7 November 2014 277 days [5]
5 Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Declan Fay 9 February 2015 11 May 2015 91 days [6]
6 Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Josh Earl 6 June 2015 11 December 2015 188 days [7]
7 Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Jeff Sparrow 22 February 2016 10 May 2019 3 years, 77 days [8]
8 Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Daniel Burt 13 May 2019 present 5 years, 229 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Jeff Sparrow Bids the Breakfasters Farewell". 3RRR. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ Phillips, Mark (2006). Radio City: The First 30 Years of 3RRR. Carlton North: Vulgar Press. ISBN 9780977504718.
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Josh Earl joins Breakfasters". Triple R. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "The Triple R Breakfasters start next week". Radioinfo.com.au. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.