Game Changers Radio: Melbourne Radio Wars
Game Changers Radio: Melbourne Radio Wars
It’s the question that every radio pundit wants to know the answer to - can the world’s best radio show be number 1 in Australia’s biggest radio market? The Melbourne Radio Wars hosted by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme is a podcast dedicated to the most exciting battle in radio history. Kyle and Jackie have conquered the Sydney airwaves for close to 20 years, now they’re taking on their biggest…Social links:
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Number 1 - Hamish and Andy. The people’s show.
Australia’s favourite media brand. Hamish and Andy are universally loved. Starting at the Fox in 2001, Hamish and Andy have created a mountain of funny moments for listeners all around Australia. Hamish and Andy are the global benchmark for what radio is capable of. Game Changers is sponsored by …
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Number 2 - Kyle and Jackie O. Breakfast with the stars.
No other show has dominated a single market quite like Kyle and Jackie O. With over 140 number 1 FM survey results in Sydney, they are show that has defined Sydney Fm radio for the last years and along the way have made Australian radio famous. Kyle and Jackie O are Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Hend…
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Number 3 - Merrick and Rosso. Preparing for chaos.
They were Nova’s first breakfast show who set the tone for the Nova brand both in Sydney and around the country. Always funny, always taking the piss, Merrick and Rosso were at the forefront of a new sound of radio in the early 2000’s that other followed. Merrick and Rosso are Merrick Watts and Ti…
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Number 4 - The Matt and Jo show. Gotcha real good.
Matt and Jo dominated the Melbourne breakfast market through the 00’s and 10’s, notching up 60 number 1 surveys. Funny, smart, hard working and they had the biggest, most talked about benchmark in the country - Gotcha calls. The Matt and Jo show were Matt Tilley, Jo Stanley, Adam Richards and Troy…
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Number 5 - The Christian O’Connell breakfast show. Into the lions den.
From an unknown radio host becoming the number 1 breakfast show in Melbourne in less than 2 years. There is no radio story quite like this one. Christian shares with us those dark early days and how he managed to hold an and eventually triumph in the toughest radio market in the county. The Chri…
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How to make ratings.
In this episode we celebrate Jase and Lauren’s survey 8 result which is the highest in Nova Melbourne’s history. What now for Kyle and Jackie? How will they approach the monumental challenge of rebuilding in Melbourne after the failures of 2024. And we finish the year on a high with a musical num…
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Number 6 - Kate, Tim and Marty. Proudly Kardashian free since 2014.
Everyone doing a radio show back in the 2010’s wanted to sound as chilled and carefree as Kate, Tim and Marty on Nova. We talk with Tim Blackwell who set the thermostat for a show that made some of the funniest banter on radio. Kate, Tim and Marty were Kate Ritchie, Tim Blackwell and Marty Sheargo…
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Number 7 - Jonesy and Amanda. Time to wrap it up Fonzie!
Jonesy and Amanda have just celebrated 20 years together on WS FM with their best survey 7 result in the show’s history. The best is yet to come for a show that is the heart and soul of Sydney FM radio. Jonesy and Amanda are Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller. Game Changers is sponsored by Audata Co…
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Number 8 - The Hot Breakfast. Everything Melbourne.
When Eddie McGuire and Luke Darcy started the MMM Hot breakfast in 2009, it was bottom of the FM ranking and rating a 3 share. Enter Mick Molloy at the end of year one and soon after it notched up the first of 26 number 1 survey results. The Hot Breakfast was Eddie McGuire, Luke Darcy and Mick Mo…
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Number 9 - Get This. The cult of personality.
Ed Kavalee was in his early 20’s and working as a Black Thunder pilot at MMM Sydney when he got the call that would change his life. It was Tony Martin, asking him to be a part of a brand new radio show. Get This was Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland with sound design by Matt Dower. Ga…
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