Grill Team
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The Grill Team is an Australia
n breakfast
radio show that broadcasts weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am AEST on Triple M Sydney
. It commenced broadcasting on 17 August 2009.
The hosts are Gus Worland
and former rugby league
footballers Mark Geyer
and Matthew Johns
. Chris Page
is the panel operator, Rachel Corbett is an on-air contributor, Spoonman is the newsreader
and Dan Ginnane is the sports reader.
At the end of 2010 former Australian cricketer
Stuart MacGill
decided not to renew his contract with Triple M
and The Grill Team.
Byron Cooke finished up as anchor at the end of 2010 and Sami Lukis finished up also at the end of 2010.
in the early '90s, merging sport, comedy and music. Triple M Melbourne
is going back to this similar format by starting a new breakfast program called The Hot Breakfast
with Eddie McGuire
which will be similar to the Grill Team concept which McGuire was originally part of in the '90s.
It has been reported that Triple M Sydney
has had five attempts in seven years to put together a successful breakfast program. Austereo's program director Guy Dobson was quoted as saying "sport will be the DNA that courses through Triple M's veins. Sport to men is what celebrity is for women. Rock music is still a large part of Triple M but these days that means everything from Pink to Cold Chisel. Sport is the binding notion that is going to hold Triple M together."
HG Nelson
was the first guest on the show.
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n breakfast
Morning zoo
Morning zoo is a format of morning radio show common to English-language radio broadcasting. The name is derived from the "wackiness and zaniness" of the activities, bits, and overall personality of the show and its hosts...
radio show that broadcasts weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am AEST on Triple M Sydney
2MMM
2MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Triple M Sydney is part of the Austereo Triple M network and broadcasts on the 104.9 MHz frequency.-The Early Days:...
. It commenced broadcasting on 17 August 2009.
The hosts are Gus Worland
Gus Worland
Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He is best known for his series of reality television programs An Aussie Goes Barmy, An Aussie Goes Bolly and An Aussie Goes Calypso which aired on Fox8....
and former rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballers Mark Geyer
Mark Geyer
Mark Geyer , is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative second-rower, he is currently a rugby league media identity...
and Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former professional player...
. Chris Page
Chris Page
Chris Page is a radio presenter, currently with Austereo in Sydney, Australia.Chris Page originally was a NXFM announcer and then moved to SAFM...
is the panel operator, Rachel Corbett is an on-air contributor, Spoonman is the newsreader
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
and Dan Ginnane is the sports reader.
At the end of 2010 former Australian cricketer
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
Stuart MacGill
Stuart MacGill
Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill is a former right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset...
decided not to renew his contract with Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
and The Grill Team.
Byron Cooke finished up as anchor at the end of 2010 and Sami Lukis finished up also at the end of 2010.
Format
The Grill Team format is based on a format pioneered by Triple M Melbourne3MMM
3MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Australia. Its target demographic is the 30 - 54 age group...
in the early '90s, merging sport, comedy and music. Triple M Melbourne
3MMM
3MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Australia. Its target demographic is the 30 - 54 age group...
is going back to this similar format by starting a new breakfast program called The Hot Breakfast
The Hot Breakfast
The Hot Breakfast is an Australian breakfast radio show that broadcasts weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am AEST on Triple M Melbourne. It commenced broadcasting on Monday, 7 September 2009....
with Eddie McGuire
Eddie McGuire
Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network....
which will be similar to the Grill Team concept which McGuire was originally part of in the '90s.
It has been reported that Triple M Sydney
2MMM
2MMM is a radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Triple M Sydney is part of the Austereo Triple M network and broadcasts on the 104.9 MHz frequency.-The Early Days:...
has had five attempts in seven years to put together a successful breakfast program. Austereo's program director Guy Dobson was quoted as saying "sport will be the DNA that courses through Triple M's veins. Sport to men is what celebrity is for women. Rock music is still a large part of Triple M but these days that means everything from Pink to Cold Chisel. Sport is the binding notion that is going to hold Triple M together."
HG Nelson
Greig Pickhaver
alt=Greig Pickhaver|thumb|In May 2010Greig Pickhaver AM is an actor, comedian and writer, who forms one half of the Australian sports comedy duo Roy and HG...
was the first guest on the show.
Segments
- The Test - on-air contest where listeners call in and are asked a series of sports related questions in a 90 second time frame. If they win, then prizes will be rewarded.
- KnobIdiotAn idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has also been used. The similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin have all gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is...
of the Week - the hosts decide on which person, people or group that has been featured in the media has been the biggest knob for that week.
- Dan's Sports Wrap/All In - Dan Ginnane reports each day on the biggest sports issues from the past 24 hours.
- Chicken - on-air contest where two listeners have called in and compete against each other by either contestant stopping the audio of prizes being read out on-air and winning said prizes.
- Rumour Mill - a contest introduced mid 2010 where listeners are asked to call in or email their rumour and the Grill team judges the best rumour and awards the winner.
- Love Letters - it is a contest where men write a letter to their partner.
Audience and ratings
The timeslot for this show was held previously by Paul & RachPaul & Rach
Paul & Rach is an afternoon drive time radio program that broadcasts on Triple M Sydney. It commenced broadcasting in that timeslot on 8 September 2009...
.