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BY Sarah Patterson June 22, 2026
What's New October 27, 2025
Triple M gives everyday Aussies the chance to host a national Breakfast show in network first
Reporter
For the first time in the network’s history, Triple M is giving everyday Australians a chance to host a national Breakfast show.
This December, five brand-new Breakfast shows will go to air nationally for Pilot Week, a bold new initiative giving fresh voices a shot at the big time on one of Australia’s most iconic radio networks.
Monday, 15 December will kick off a week-long showcase of emerging Breakfast radio talent, with each new show having a chance to become the next staple of the Triple M lineup.
Entries will be reviewed over the coming weeks and narrowed down to a Top 10. From there, five final shows will be selected to broadcast nationally on Triple M from 6–8am, during Pilot Week, Monday December 15 to Friday December 19.
The network’s Pilot Week search follows the success of Lu & Jarch (Luisa Dal Din and Jack Archdale), who have captured more than 934,000 listeners nationally and driven more than 50 million social media views.
SCA cites Lu & Jarch’s cross-platform success is an example of how fresh, authentic, personality-led content can cut through in a competitive radio landscape.
Matthew O’Reilly, SCA Head of Broadcast Content, said: “Triple M has always been about big personalities, creating world-class content, think Andrew Denton, The Cage and The Hot Breakfast just to name a few. Pilot Week opens the door for fresh voices to jump behind the mic and have an opportunity for an exciting career in radio.”
“The audio industry is booming, and there’s incredible creative energy across the country, from podcasters and comics to online storytellers. Triple M’s Pilot Week is the perfect opportunity for anyone who’s ever listened to Mick Molloy, James Brayshaw or Beau Ryan and thought, “I reckon I could do that!”
The five Pilot Week shows broadcast nationally across Triple M and stream on LiSTNR. Applications open Friday October 31 and close on Friday, 15 November.
To apply or submit a demo, visit: triplem.com.au/pilotweek.
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So you sack announcers that committed to your “pipeline” travelling the country earning no money, but you’ll allow absolutely anyone step into a metro show? Got it
Rex Morris did this decades ago on FM 104 Triple M Bris.
Pretend search for an “everyday” host.
Chosen one, Leisa Sheehan was given a permanent role, lasted a few years on breakfast and given a subsequent job in radio on 4BH breakfast.
Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer, Triple M know who they want for this upcoming stunt.
Lovely idea from them, but I dont know how many applications they will get that are really ’emerging breakfast talent’.
Should get a slab of SCA and Community picks, but theres a pretty slim chance for a lot of the talent to actually be allowed on here as it would be in breach of their contract (ARN as an example), and would leave them with 1 day as a national breakfast show, and 364 days of being unemployed!
I imagine even making it to the top 10 would have any contracted regional talent in a room with their Content lead, GM and HR
I know of 250 ex employees from ARN that might be interested
Is this open to past announcers as well, or is this one of thise stunts where they pretend that every day, non-radio people get to have a go before “finding” the person that was planted in the mix to begin with?
They should invest in regionals stations before making these types of “competitions”
If they really care about talent.
I was doing breakky at a station where they ran this “competition” to find me a co host. The manager already had a local girl from a comedy/theatre club lined up and she ended up being a natural who had me at hello. Thing is though, there were several applications from non radio locals including a few good raw talents who with a little tweaking, could well have been anything. I felt bad knowing they had no chance of getting through the door let alone a job.