Breakfasters
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 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 | |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| audio_format | Stereophonic sound |
| opentheme | "People Everywhere (Still Alive)" by Khruangbin |
| website | |
| podcast | |
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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.
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. Today, it is the station's flagship weekday program.
Notable presenters
- Stratos Pavlis
- Chris Hatzis
- Denise Hylands
- Santo Cilauro
- Richard Neil
- Kate Langbroek
- Leaping Larry L
- James (The Hound Dog) Young
- Kate Paton
- Stuart Round
- Stephen Downes
- Dave O'Neil
- Julian Schiller
- Tony Moclair
- Chris Venville
- Marieke Hardy (Holly C)
- Michaela Boland
- John Safran
- Mark (Crackman) O'Toole
- Fee B-Squared (Fee Bamford-Bracher)
- Angus Sampson
- Tony Wilson
- Sam Pang
- Michael Williams
- Ben Birchall
- Tim Shiel
- Jess McGuire
- Steve Wide
- Sarah Smith
- Geraldine Hickey
- Jeff Sparrow
- Daniel Burt
- Nat Harris
- Monique Sebire
2010–present
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| No | Presenters | From | To | Duration | Source | Fee B-Squared, Tim Shiel & Ben Birchall | Fee B-Squared, Ben Birchall & Jess McGuire | Fee B-Squared, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell | Jacinta Parsons, Lorin Clarke & Stew Farrell | Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Declan Fay | Steve Wide, Alicia Sometimes & Josh Earl | Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Jeff Sparrow | Sarah Smith, Geraldine Hickey & Daniel Burt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | title=Breakfasters Are Back | url=http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/breakfasters-are-back/ | accessdate=11 February 2020 | work=3RRR | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107100219/http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/breakfasters-are-back/ | archivedate=7 January 2011}} | |||||||
| 2 | author=Breakfasters 3RRR | user=breakfasters | number=28959385111764992 | date=23 January 2011 | title=Hell yeah! @feebsquared, @benbirchall & @jessmcguire back on air tomorrow. Apart from that whole early alarm thing, we can't wait.}} | ||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | last1=Eliezer | first1=Christie | title=Jacinta Parsons Joins Triple R's Breakfasters | url=http://beat.com.au/music/jacinta-parsons-joins-triple-r-s-breakfasters | accessdate=11 February 2020 | work=The Beat | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416145455/http://beat.com.au/music/jacinta-parsons-joins-triple-r-s-breakfasters | archivedate=16 April 2015}} | |||||
| 5 | author=Breakfasters 3RRR | user=breakfasters | number=564505054955044864 | date=9 February 2015 | title=It begins. Our first morning of the Breakfasters with @declanf, @SteveWide and @aliciasometimes with her fart pants.}} | ||||||||
| 6 | title=Josh Earl joins Breakfasters | url=http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/josh-earl-joins-breakfasters/ | accessdate=10 May 2019 | work=Triple R | date=1 June 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001304/http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/josh-earl-joins-breakfasters/ | archivedate=4 March 2016}} | ||||||
| 7 | title=The Triple R Breakfasters start next week | url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/triple-r-breakfasters-start-next-week | accessdate=8 January 2019 | work=Radioinfo.com.au | date=15 February 2016}} | ||||||||
| 8 | present | ||||||||||||
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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.
References
References
- (10 May 2019). "Jeff Sparrow Bids the Breakfasters Farewell".
- (2006). "Radio City: The First 30 Years of 3RRR". Vulgar Press.
- "Breakfasters Are Back". 3RRR.
- Breakfasters 3RRR. (23 January 2011). "Hell yeah! @feebsquared, @benbirchall & @jessmcguire back on air tomorrow. Apart from that whole early alarm thing, we can't wait.".
- "Jacinta Parsons Joins Triple R's Breakfasters". The Beat.
- Breakfasters 3RRR. (9 February 2015). "It begins. Our first morning of the Breakfasters with @declanf, @SteveWide and @aliciasometimes with her fart pants.".
- (1 June 2015). "Josh Earl joins Breakfasters". Triple R.
- (15 February 2016). "The Triple R Breakfasters start next week". Radioinfo.com.au.
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