The Continuous Call Team is an Australian radio sports program, covering the news and live games of the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

. It is produced and broadcast by 2GB

2GB

2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...

 Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, and is relayed to stations in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 and Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

.
The team have exclusive commercial radio rights to the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 (apart from Monday Night matches) until the end of the games are broadcast on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, with a talkback/humour programme broadcast on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Current Team Members

• Ray Hadley
  Ray Hadley
  Raymond Morris Hadley OAM is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster. He presents 2GB Sydney's morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.-Early Life:...
  
   (football commentator, and 2GB's morning show presenter).
• Steve "Blocker" Roach (football commentator, and former Balmain
  Balmain Tigers
  The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
  
   player and Australian representative)
• Bob "Bozo" Fulton
  Bob Fulton
  Robert "Bob" Fulton AM is an Australian rugby league football identity. Fulton played, coached, selected for and has commentated on the game with great success at the highest levels and has been named amongst Australia's greatest rugby league players of the 20th century.As a player Fulton won...
  
   (analyst, Australian and New South Wales selector, former Manly
  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
  The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
  
   coach, former Australian
  Australian national rugby league team
  The Australian national rugby league team have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competition since the establishment of the game in Australia in 1908. Administered by the Australian Rugby League, the Kangaroos' are ranked number one in the RLIF World Rankings...
  
   coach, former Australian football representative, former Manly player, representative in 60's and 70's team of the decade)
• Darryl "The Big Marn" Brohman
  Darryl Brohman
  Darryl Brohman is an Australian former rugby league footballer, commentator and media personality. Brohman is best known for his time playing for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team...
  
   (ex-Canterbury Bulldogs
  Canterbury Bulldogs
  The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
  
   and Penrith Panthers
  Penrith Panthers
  The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
  
   player, football commentator and ex-Nine Network
  Nine Network
  The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
  
   presenter)
• Andrew Moore (football commentator, and substitute for Hadley)

• Other team members include Don Moseley ('Around the Grounds' reporter), Joel Caine
  Joel Caine
  Joel Caine is a retired Australian rugby league player.Caine's position of choice was as a or on the .He played for St. George Dragons, Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers in the NRL...
  
   ('Around the Grounds' reporter and fill-in co-commentator)

Former Team Members

• In 2004, Peter "Chippy" Frilingos
  Peter Frilingos
  Peter Frilingos was a sports journalist and commentator, best known for his work as a rugby league writer. He was affectionately known as Chippy because of his Greek background....
  
  , who was a member of the team, and chief rugby league writer for The Daily Telegraph
  The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
  The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
  
  , died of a heart attack while working for the Telegraph. His spot was not filled for the remainder of the 2004 NRL season. A replacement was found in former rival, and ex-2UE
  2UE
  2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...
  
   commentator Darryl Brohman
  Darryl Brohman
  Darryl Brohman is an Australian former rugby league footballer, commentator and media personality. Brohman is best known for his time playing for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team...
  
  .
• Tony "Magoo" Megahey (sideline commentator, and rugby league writer)
• John Gibbs
  John Gibbs (rugby league)
  John Gibbs is an Australian radio personality and former rugby league footballer. He is the host of Sydney radio station 2UE's Sports Today programme and has appeared regularly on The Footy Show...
  
  
• Peter Jackson
  Peter Jackson (rugby league)
  Peter Jackson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative back, he played club football in both Queensland and New South Wales as well as a season in England...
  
  
• Andrew Voss
  Andrew Voss
  Andrew Voss is an Australian sports commentator for the Nine Network, who currently works on National Rugby League coverage.-Television Career:...
  
  
• Wayne Pearce
  Wayne Pearce
  Wayne John Pearce OAM is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. An athletic Lock Forward for the Balmain Tigers, he was affectionately known as 'Junior'...
  
  
• Ray Price
• Laurie Daley
  Laurie Daley
  Laurie Daley OA is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former player of Indigenous Australian descent. He represented Australia on 26 occasions and has since been named as one of the nation's finest players of the 20th century...
  
  
• Greg Alexander
  Greg Alexander
  Gregory Peter Stephen "Greg" Alexander is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s who has since become a commentator. A goal-kicking half-back, in his career he played for and captained the Penrith Panthers and the Auckland Warriors clubs and also represented his country...
  
  
• Paul Sironen
  Paul Sironen
  Paul Sironen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who was a prominent second rower for the Balmain Tigers during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
  
• Dean "Bulldog" Ritchie

Coverage

Stations that carry the broadcasts include those owned by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks

Macquarie Regional RadioWorks

Southern Cross Austereo is an Australian company formed in July 2011 by the merger of Southern Cross Media Group and Austereo Group.Southern Cross Media was previously known as Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, prior to the absorption of the remaining assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting that were...

, Grant Broadcasters

Grant Broadcasters

Grant Broadcasters is an Australian regional radio network that also includes a small number of metropolitan radio stations. It is a privately owned company, held by Janet Cameron and her family. The company was started by Cameron's father, Walter Grant in the 1970s.-CHR/Rock:*Hot 100 100.1 FM and...

 and some independently owned stations (such as 2BS

2BS Bathurst

2BS 1503 kHz is a local radio station located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.It is owned by Bathurst Broadcasters Pty. Ltd., who also owns sister station B-Rock 99.3FM. It was previously owned by the London Times Mirror, and by Australian Consolidated Press.-History:The station began...

 Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

).

The show, also known as "Weekend Detention" is transmitted on Fridays from 7 pm to 9:45 pm, Saturdays from 12 pm through to around 8 pm, and on Sundays from 12 pm to 6 pm. Some stations carry all days, some carry only one or two of the three days. Some stations like KOFM in Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

 take coverage of other teams in place of the 2GB broadcast (KOFM for example carry games of the Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

). The team also covers representative and finals matches, such as the State of Origin

Rugby League State of Origin

State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...

 and the NRL Grand Final.

In 2006, the program lost major coverage with the Broadcast Operations Group

Broadcast Operations Group

Owned by Bill Caralis, Broadcast Operations Group operates a number of radio stations in northern New South Wales & southern Queensland, Australia. These are collectively known as the "Super Radio Network"...

 failing to come to terms with Macquarie and the NRL to broadcast games, which lead to 2SM

2SM

2SM is an Australian radio station, licensed to and serving Sydney, New South Wales, broadcasting on 1269 kilohertz on the AM band. It is owned and operated by Broadcast Operations Group...

's own Talking Sport program being relayed in its place.

In 2008 and 2009, the network carrying 2GB's coverage has grown, with stations in Northern Queensland, Northern Territory and the Central Coast carrying the program.

New South Wales

• Sydney
  Sydney
  Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
  
   - 2GB
  2GB
  2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...
  
  
• Newcastle
  Newcastle, New South Wales
  The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
  
   - KOFM
• Orange
  Orange, New South Wales
  Orange is a city in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney, at an altitude of . Orange has an estimated population of 39,329 and the city is a major provincial centre....
  
   - 2GZ
  2GZ
  2GZ is an Australian radio station, licensed to Orange, New South Wales. It is owned and operated by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, and transmits on 105.1 MHz on the FM band. It originally broadcast on 990kHz, before switching to 1089kHz, before switching to the FM band...
  
  
• Port Macquarie - 2MC
• Coffs Harbour - 2CS
• Lithgow
  Lithgow, New South Wales
  Lithgow is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of the local political division City of Lithgow. It is located in a mountain valley named Lithgow's Valley by John Oxley in honour of William Lithgow, the first Auditor-General of New South Wales.Lithgow is...
  
   - 2LT
• South Coast
  South Coast, New South Wales
  The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal escarpment of the Southern Tablelands, which is largely covered by a...
  
   and the Southern Highlands
  Southern Highlands, New South Wales
  The Southern Highlands, also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney. The entire region is under the local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire...
  
   - 2ST
  2ST
  2ST is a commercial radio station that first began broadcasting in 1972 and is currently owned by Grant Broadcasters. 2ST started out as an AM radio station serving the Shoalhaven and Southern Tablelands regions of New South Wales in Australia, broadcasting on the frequency 999 kHz...
  
  
• Muswellbrook
  Muswellbrook, New South Wales
  Muswellbrook, a corruption of 'Muscle Brook', is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. The original spelling and etymology of the town's name is a matter of some debate...
  
   - 2NM
  2NM
  2NM is a local radio station in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia. It is based in Muswellbrook and serves listeners in Muswellbrook, Singleton, Scone, Aberdeen, Merriwa, Murrurundi and surrounding areas....
  
  
• Bathurst
  Bathurst, New South Wales
  -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
  
   - 2BS
• Bega
  Bega, New South Wales
  Bega is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.-Place name:One claim is that place name Bega is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "big camping ground"....
  
   - 2EC
  2EC
  2EC is a radio station broadcasting to the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, specifically the local government areas of Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. It is owned by East Coast Radio Pty. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Grant Broadcasters....
  
  
• Gosford
  Gosford, New South Wales
  Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district...
  
   - Star FM
• Cooma
  Cooma, New South Wales
  -Education: is Cooma's only public high school, it serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages such as Berridale, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Bredbo and Dalgety....
  
  - 2XL
  2XL (AM)
  2XL is an Australian radio station serving the Cooma region. It was opened in August 1937....
  
  
• Goulburn
  Goulburn, New South Wales
  Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people...
  
   - 2GN
  2GN
  2GN is an Australian radio station serving the Goulburn region, co-owned by the Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters. Broadcasting on 1368 KHz, it was opened in January 1933. The station carries a Classic Hits format and Forever Classic branding similar to its Canberra sister station,...
  
  

Queensland

• Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
   - 4BC
  4BC
  4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 1116kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station, using the promotional phrase "News Talk 1116". Like most talk radio stations, it caters to a predominantly conservative audience...
  
  
• Kingaroy - 1071AM
• Maryborough
  Maryborough, Queensland
  Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...
  
  , Hervey Bay and Fraser Island - MIXFM
• Charters Towers
  Charters Towers, Queensland
  Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...
  
   - 4GC
• Toowoomba - 4GR
• Emerald
  Emerald, Queensland
  Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emerald had a population of 10,999. The town is the business centre for the Central Highlands Regional Council....
  
   - 4HI
  4HI
  4HI is a radio station in Emerald, Queensland, Australia. It is owned by Macquarie Regional Radio Network Pty Ltd along with other sister stations around Queensland...
  
  
• Townsville - 4K1G
  4K1G
  4K1G is an Indigenous Australian radio station based in Townsville, Queensland.-Programming:The station is aimed at the Aboriginal and Tores Strait Island people but plays a wide selection of music, news, sport and talk radio that appeals to the whole community....
  
   and HOT FM
  Hot FM (Australian radio network)
  Hot FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in north and central Queensland and Western Australia.The brand was created by DMG Radio Australia, before they sold their regional stations to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004.Hot 91.1 is not owned by Southern Cross Austereo; DMG...
  
  
• Charleville
  Charleville, Queensland
  Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres...
  
   - 4VL
  4VL
  4VL is an Australian radio station owned by Smart Radio Group. The station serves Charleville, Queensland....
  
  
• Mount Isa - 4LM
• Roma
  Roma, Queensland
  Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways...
  
   - 4ZR

CAAMA FM Central Australia

• Ali Curung  103.7
• Alice Springs  100.5
• Amilatwatja 107.7
• Batchelor
  Batchelor, Northern Territory
  Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. The town is located in the Coomalie Shire Local Government Area, 98 kilometres  south of the territory capital, Darwin...
  
   93.7
• Bathurst Island
  Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
  Bathurst Island is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island.-Description:...
  
    95.3
• Ceduna
  Ceduna, South Australia
  Ceduna is a small town in the West Coast region of South Australia. It is situated in the northwest corner of Eyre Peninsula, facing the islands of the Nuyts Archipelago. It lies west of the junction of the Flinders and Eyre Highways around 786 km northwest of the capital Adelaide. The port...
  
    99.9
• Coober Pedy
  Coober Pedy, South Australia
  Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, 846 kilometres north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. According to the 2006 census, its population was 1,916 . The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there...
  
    102.9
• Daly River
  Daly River, Northern Territory
  Daly River is the name of a river and a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. At the 2006 census, Daly River had a population of 468.- History :...
  
    102.9
• Ernabella 102.9
• Finke  102.9
• Groote Eylandt
  Groote Eylandt
  Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language)....
  
    102.1
• Hermannsburg
  Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
  Hermannsburg is an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia, 131 km southwest of Alice Springs. It is known in the local Western Arrernte language as Ntaria....
  
    103.7
• Kalkaringi  102.9
• Katherine
  Katherine, Northern Territory
  Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...
  
    104.5
• Kintore
  Kintore, Northern Territory
  Kintore is a remote settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia, located approximately 530 km west of Alice Springs and close to the border with Western Australia. At the 2001 census, Kintore had a population of 691, of which 95% identified themselves as Aboriginal...
  
    102.9
• Lajamanu
  Lajamanu, Northern Territory
  Lajamanu is a small town of the Northern Territory in Australia. It has a population of 669 , of which a significant amount are of Aboriginal origin...
  
    102.9
• Maningrida
  Maningrida, Northern Territory
  Maningrida is a self-governing indigenous community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is located 500 km east of Darwin and 300 km north east of Jabiru. It is on the North Central Arnhem Land coast of the Arafura Sea, on the estuary of the Liverpool...
  
    105.3
• Mataranka
  Mataranka, Northern Territory
  Mataranka is a community of about 400, in the Top End region of Australia's Northern Territory. The town is located about 420 km southeast of the territorial capital, Darwin, and 107 km south of Katherine. At the 2001 census, Mataranka had a population of 461.The town is located near...
  
    104.7
• Mount Todd
  Mount Todd
  Mount Todd is a peak rising to 3,600 m at the north extremity of Probuda Ridge in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the west, Patleyna Glacier to the northeast and Ellen Glacier to the south-southeast.The peak was named in 1984 by the...
  
    95.7
• Ngukurr  102.9
• Oak Valley  106.5
• Papunya
  Papunya, Northern Territory
  Papunya is a small Indigenous Australian community of about 299 people roughly 240 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia...
  
    102.9
• Penong
  Penong, South Australia
  Penong is a small South Australian town, located on the Nullarbor Plain. Its location on the Eyre Highway makes it a popular rest-stop for travellers....
  
    102.3
• Santa Teresa  103.7
• Tarcoola
  Tarcoola, South Australia
  Tarcoola is a town in the Far North of South Australia 416 km north-northwest of Port Augusta.Tarcoola is taken from a non-local aboriginal language from an area around Tarcoola Station in NSW; it means river bend.-History:Tarcoola Post Office opened on 18 August 1900 and the town was...
  
    102.9
• Tennant Creek
  Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
  Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....
  
    102.9
• Titjikala  97.5
• Willowra  102.9
• Yuendumu  102.9
• Yulara  102.1

Format

The program is popular and is a ratings winner for 2GB

2GB

2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...

. Thanks to live streaming on the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

, the program can be heard in other states of Australia and throughout the world, and many ex-pats living overseas email the team to have their say.

The team is backed up by around-the-grounds reporters including Don Moseley, Joel Caine

Joel Caine

Joel Caine is a retired Australian rugby league player.Caine's position of choice was as a or on the .He played for St. George Dragons, Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers in the NRL...

 and Peter Psaltis.

The team also have a number of regular callers to the program. Elsie, a pensioner from Maitland

Maitland, New South Wales

Maitland is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle...

, who always had pieces of advice for the boys along with anecdotes about greyhounds as well as her ardent support of her beloved Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

, was a regular caller until her death in 2007. Another regular, "Burnsie", is known for his interesting love life, which he is always reluctant to discuss.

Another feature of The Continuous Call Team is a plethora of phone calls from people wishing to seek some counselling, to which they are none the wiser with no help whatsoever from the team who are only qualified in football related matters. For their troubles, they receive a Continuous Call Team Showbag that consists of novelty items. Although they are of no worth at all, they serve as a reminder and a great souvenir of when they have been counselled by "The Gibberers".

A memorable counselling call came from a young lady named Kelly, who came from Hervey Bay and was dating a footballer's father twice her age. Hilarity erupted when Kelly attempted to put him on the phone but he wouldn't get off the lounge simply because he was old and lazy.

The show also specialises in trucking and features the "10-4 big buddy" theme song "Convoy

Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.-Age of Sail:Naval...

" which was a massive hit for C.W. McCall. The song is featured as a small snippet to indicate the time is 3.50pm (or ten to four, big buddy - hence "10-4 big buddy") or whenever the football score is 10-4, but is also played in full at the request of listeners.

The team offers podcasts via its website, featuring highlights of the programme over the weekend, but not games.

The Robertson Brothers are a band who help with creating many songs for the show.

Fridays

The Continuous Call Team broadcasts Friday Night Football

Friday Night Football (Australia)

In Australia, Friday Night Football is the broadcasting of both the National Rugby League and Australian Football League Friday night matches on television. Friday Night Football is generally considered to be the biggest stage and generate the most publicity for the clubs involved in both codes...

from 7.00pm (with the kick-off at 7.30pm) till 9.45pm. Andrew Moore calls the selected scheduled game that's on the Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 in Sydney with Steve Roach, and Darryl Brohman on the sidelines.

Saturdays

Between 12pm and 5pm, the programme is broadcast from the 2GB studio in Pyrmont with Hadley

Ray Hadley

Raymond Morris Hadley OAM is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster. He presents 2GB Sydney's morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.-Early Life:...

, Fulton

Bob Fulton

Robert "Bob" Fulton AM is an Australian rugby league football identity. Fulton played, coached, selected for and has commentated on the game with great success at the highest levels and has been named amongst Australia's greatest rugby league players of the 20th century.As a player Fulton won...

, Brohman

Darryl Brohman

Darryl Brohman is an Australian former rugby league footballer, commentator and media personality. Brohman is best known for his time playing for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team...

, and Roach. The program consists of reviews of the previous night's match, short reports on the night's upcoming match, combined with large amounts of comedy, including stories of the team member's private lives, humorous songs about the team members and issues in rugby league, as well as discussion on unrelated issues. However, much of the program is focused on the open line calls of the program's listeners.

From 5pm-8pm (the programme runs longer during the Finals series), the programme moves to a live broadcast from wherever the 5.30pm NRL match is being played. The program is hosted by Moore, with Roach. The team review what has happened so far that weekend, and preview the match, before calling it. After the match, for around 50 minutes, they interview players and coaches, and get comments from listeners on what occurred during the match.

Sundays

The programme airs from 12 Noon- 6pm and is broadcast live from the ground of a selected Sunday match. Progress scores from other matches are provided by reporters live at those grounds. The team review the Saturday night match, and discuss the upcoming matches for that day. There is less of a focus on comedy on Sundays, however it is still evident. From 2pm or 3pm, Andrew Moore with Steve Roach and Darryl Brohman broadcasts the selected match. After the game, players and coaches are interviewed, listeners give their opinions on the day's matches, and the premiership ladder is updated.

History

The program began in 1987 when Ray Hadley

Ray Hadley

Raymond Morris Hadley OAM is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster. He presents 2GB Sydney's morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.-Early Life:...

 and Ray Price took over the commentary duties on 2UE

2UE

2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...

. When 2UE lost the rights to broadcast NRL games in 1999 to 2GB, the station asked commentator Ray Hadley to present a six-hour rugby league program, without having the rights to the actual games, nor having access to their reporters inside the ground. Several 2UE commentators, including John Gibbs and Darryl Brohman

Darryl Brohman

Darryl Brohman is an Australian former rugby league footballer, commentator and media personality. Brohman is best known for his time playing for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team...

, joined 2GB.

The program was renamed The Talking League Team. The team consisting of Ray Hadley, Peter Frilingos, Bob Fulton, Steve Roach, Tony Megahey and Greg Alexander

Greg Alexander

Gregory Peter Stephen "Greg" Alexander is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s who has since become a commentator. A goal-kicking half-back, in his career he played for and captained the Penrith Panthers and the Auckland Warriors clubs and also represented his country...

 astounded industry insiders when they beat 2GB and ABC Radio, both of whom had the actual rights to NRL games in 2000 and 2001. Many network stations dropped 2GB coverage and switched to 2UE's coverage.
At one stage, rival 2GB campaigned for Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 to cut off 2UE's access to the service, as they were calling games off their coverage. The team stopped the practice soon after the threat was made.

In 2002, when Ray Hadley moved to 2GB, he brought his team over with him (with the exception of Alexander) to bring their exceptional coverage of live NRL games, and continued to win the ratings since then.

In 2004, the team lost long time member Peter Frilingos

Peter Frilingos

Peter Frilingos was a sports journalist and commentator, best known for his work as a rugby league writer. He was affectionately known as Chippy because of his Greek background....

to a heart attack, and his spot was not filled for the rest of the season, to be eventually replaced by Darryl Brohman in 2005.

In 2011, Hadley gave up commentating games with Moore calling all three weekend games.

Songs

Throughout the history of The Continuous Call Team, music has been an integral part of the program with send ups of popular songs of any era and genre. Lyrically, these songs have been directed at anyone or anything related to rugby league (be it referees, clubs, players, coaches and the like). The songs are written and many are also performed by The Robertson Brothers who are exclusively commissioned by and to The Continuous Call Team, as well as other aspiring performers.

CCT TV

In 2008, a 30 minute program known as CCT TV - Weekend Detention, featuring video of the team in the studio of a Saturday afternoon was produced for the RugbyLeagueLive.com website.

External links

• 2GB 873AM Online
• The Continuous Call Team's webpage