Running time 180 minutes Language(s) English | Country Australia Home station Triple M Sydney | |
Genre Sport, Comedy and Music (Breakfast) Starring Mark Geyer
Matthew Johns
Emma Freedman
Chris Page
Gus Worland | ||
The Grill Team is an Australian 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.
Contents
The Grill Team members are former rugby league footballers Mark Geyer and Matthew Johns, panel operator Chris Page, radio presenter Emma Freedman with professional Hugh Jackman "hanger-on" Gus Worland.
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 October 2016, Emma Freedman joined the team.
Format
The Grill Team format is based on a format pioneered by Triple M Melbourne 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.
Presenters
Audience and ratings
The timeslot for this show was held previously by Paul & Rach.