Weekend Breakfast (radio show)

Weekend Breakfast
Genre Radio show
Running time 2 hours
Country of origin Australia Australia
Language(s) English
Syndicates Hit Network
Starring Tanya Hennessy
Danny Lakey
Recording studio Sydney
Original release 17 February 2018 – present
Website Weekend Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast is an Australian radio station breakfast show on the Hit Network hosted by Tanya Hennessy and Danny Lakey.[1]

The show airs from 7am to 9am on weekend mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests.

News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented throughout the show.

History

In September 2013, Southern Cross Austereo announced Sophie Monk and Dave Thornton as hosts of Weekend Breakfast with Michael Christian (MC) as anchor.[2] Monk and Thornton finished on Weekend Breakfast in December 2013 both moving to new roles on the network. Dave Thornton now hosts Fifi & Dave on Fox FM in Melbourne and Sophie Monk hosted Breakfast on 2Day FM in 2014 but has since left the station to make way for The Dan & Maz Show in 2015.

In January 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced that the show will be returning with new hosts, former Fox FM breakfast co-host Jo Stanley, former SAFM breakfast co-host Michael Beveridge and Fox FM morning announcer Byron Cooke.[3]

In December 2014, Byron Cooke was appointed Sea FM Central Coast breakfast host and as a result left the show.[4]

In October 2015, Southern Cross Austereo announced that The Dan & Maz Show would replace Weekend Breakfast from 2016.

In February 2018, Weekend Breakfast returned to the Hit Network with new hosts former Hit104.7 breakfast presenter Tanya Hennessy and Danny Lakey.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hit Network announces Tanya Hennessy for Weekend Breakfast". Radio Today. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. "Sophie Monk to co-host Weekend Breakfast with Dave Thornton". mUmBRELLA. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. "Summer Breakfast". Fox. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/sea-fms-new-breakfast-team-calls-familiar-voice
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