Breakfasters Explained

Breakfasters
Format:Breakfast radio
Runtime:180 minutes
Start Time:6:00am
End Time:9:00am
Country:Australia
Language:English
Home Station:3RRR
Presenter:Sarah Smith
Geraldine Hickey
Daniel Burt
Audio Format:Stereophonic sound
Opentheme:"People Everywhere (Still Alive)" by Khruangbin

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

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1Fee B-Squared, Tim Shiel & Ben Birchall[3]
2Fee B-Squared, Ben Birchall & Jess McGuire[4]
3Fee B-Squared, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell
4Jacinta Parsons, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell[5]
5Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Declan Fay[6]
6Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Josh Earl[7]
7Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Jeff Sparrow[8]
8Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Daniel Burtpresent

In popular culture

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeff Sparrow Bids the Breakfasters Farewell . 3RRR . 11 February 2020 . 10 May 2019.
  2. Book: Phillips . Mark . Radio City: The First 30 Years of 3RRR . 2006 . Vulgar Press . Carlton North . 9780977504718.
  3. News: Breakfasters Are Back . 11 February 2020 . 3RRR . https://web.archive.org/web/20110107100219/http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/breakfasters-are-back/ . 7 January 2011.
  4. Breakfasters 3RRR . breakfasters . 28959385111764992 . 23 January 2011 . Hell yeah! @feebsquared, @benbirchall & @jessmcguire back on air tomorrow. Apart from that whole early alarm thing, we can't wait..
  5. News: Eliezer . Christie . Jacinta Parsons Joins Triple R's Breakfasters . 11 February 2020 . The Beat . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416145455/http://beat.com.au/music/jacinta-parsons-joins-triple-r-s-breakfasters . 16 April 2015.
  6. Breakfasters 3RRR . breakfasters . 564505054955044864 . 9 February 2015 . It begins. Our first morning of the Breakfasters with @declanf, @SteveWide and @aliciasometimes with her fart pants..
  7. News: Josh Earl joins Breakfasters . 10 May 2019 . Triple R . 1 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001304/http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/josh-earl-joins-breakfasters/ . 4 March 2016.
  8. News: The Triple R Breakfasters start next week . 8 January 2019 . Radioinfo.com.au . 15 February 2016.