ABC Radio Melbourne and comedy festival putting smiles on dials for 15 years

Melbourne Comedy Festival and ABC Radio Melbourne have launched their annual partnership with a series of special broadcast events.

ABC Radio Melbourne will present a series of special broadcast events as part of the Festival’s 2017 program, providing listeners and audiences with multiple opportunities to immerse themselves in comedy in March and April.

The longstanding relationship was launched this year to a full house and great acclaim with the annual Festival preview and live-to-air broadcast Comedy Bites.

The good times continue as the station takes up Radio-in-Residence at Melbourne Town Hall from Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April, plus a live Conversation Hour with East India Allstars Comedy: Bengaluru from the Famous Spiegeltent at Arts Centre Melbourne on Wednesday 19 April.

Melbourne Comedy Festival Director, Susan Provan said:

“We are delighted to continue one of the Festival’s longest standing media partnerships with ABC Radio Melbourne.

“The Comedy Bites live radio gala has become an institution for ABC Radio Melbourne listeners with deliciously funny bite-sized tastes of the Festival broadcast far and wide. We’re thrilled to extend the funnies with Radio-in-Residence setting up shop in Melbourne Town Hall across our opening weekend because really, who doesn’t want Red Symons in their venue at 5am after a late night out? Hosting all the Radio Melbourne crew across three whole days will be an opportunity for hours of extra fun!”

ABC Local Manager, Melbourne, Warwick Tiernan said:

“When something funny happens to this city, ABC Radio Melbourne will make sure audiences know about it. Comedy Bites always puts a smile on the dial of our audiences, and we can’t think of a better reason to pull up stumps from our home studios and take up residence in the Town Hall, the centre of funny business at festival time. We’re very proud of our longstanding partnership with the Comedy Festival, bigger this year than ever before.”

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