Emma Ayres leaving Classic FM breakfast
3 July 2014 · News
Emma Ayres has given notice to ABC Classic FM that she plans to leave the network's breakfast show.
She is due to be a guest presenter on Radio National, then to take holidays, but will return to see...
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No... Emma can't go! How can I face mornings without her dulcet tones gently bringing me from sleep? Can I stage a sit-in at the ABC to stop her going???
Hearing Emma is leaving breakfast radio certainly made my day. I caught her announcement immediately after the 7 am news on Tuesday which was a lucky break as I'm usually quick to turn the radio off after the news in order to avoid starting my day with her spluttering and inane chatter.
Please, when you are interviewing prospective replacements, can you include voice tests as part of your criteria? I know half dozen people who bemoan their waking experiences and it's a hot topic and smiles all around when Emma is on hols or has a sicky.. Remember its the start of your listeners' day.
I *do* appreciate that for some, Emma's dry wit might be an 'acquired taste'. For my own part I've really missed her when she's goes off on her jaunts to places such as Afghanistan etc. Those puns, 'asides', and gentle pokes at various subjects as she wakes me have been a pleasure over the years. Besides which, I like the sound of her voice and I think she'll be a hard act to follow.
Classic fm is not the same without Emma Ayers. She is inspirational and fascinating; and her voice in the morning magical. Please bring her back.
My household, students, and friends, are devastated that Emma Ayres is leaving Classic Breakfast. She has helped us get through good times and bad, and assisted me in introducing classical music to new listeners. She is inspirational and has given birth to many dreams and ideas in young people especially, both travel and musical. Please don't stop influencing people to live larger than life!
Good morning to you Emma
We have been wondering where you are. You reached out to a lot of us and made our mornings better than they might otherwise have been without you.
You are and will be sadly missed, but we wish you all the very best of everything life offers you forward from this point.
Cheers,
D
Dear Emma,
Your wit, kindness and beautiful voice are irreplaceable. Classic Breakfast is not the same without you and never will be.
We wish you every happiness in your future life, and thank you for the years of happy mornings and laughs you've given us.
I'm with Lynette. I did not find Emma Ayres's wit dry or funny but boring, repetitive and childish. "Answers on the back of a postcard" was funny... once. The frequency with which she gave the wrong time was appalling, and she made no attempt to learn the correct pronunciation of Australian place names. It has been a breath of fresh air (no pun intended) to have Guy, Stephen, Ellen and other presenters for breakfast. I still reminisce over Arthur Burridge in the 1970s.
Oh Emma, I am so disappointed to read that you are leaving the breakfast program, and I know that my kids will be too. We have been avid listeners during the school drop off drive for many years, and you really did make us laugh or cry so many times. Don't go - reconsider, please...
Great Emma is leaving breakfast...Her chat and other goofy comments make me reach for the off switch time and time again. How many times does one need to know that Gregory Keane selects the music. Goodness sake. The ABC should listen to the presenters on the BBC's Radio 3 breakfast program. No dribble, no social commentary, no oh I've been on holiday again! no I love the sound of my own voice so I will keep prattling on, just people who know and play music..Get a grip ABC
I am so sorry that we have lost your beautiful voice on our morning show. It is no longer the same on classic f.m. and I have had to go back to 702 but must admit I'm not a Robbie buck fan. Emma; I wish you all the best in your new career , whatever that will be. We miss you very much!
I am very sorry that Emma Ayers is leaving....appears to have left....Classic Breakfast. She has brightened and enlightened my mornings and my commute with her warm tones and music intellect and, especially, the vibrant sense of her very human self that she brings to presenting. Although I enjoy listening to classical music, I won't bother with Classic Breakfast any more.
Devastated. Best presenter in 20 years. My favourite person on radio and maybe in the whole world!
Where is Emma? Has she left already? My whole family ranging from 8 - 80 love her. I wake up to her every day and my daughter has said Emma helps to keep her calm as she negotiates her path through traffic each day. We just love her lovely soft voice and the interesting conversations and viewer input each day. It will be a sad day for us when we know we won't hear her any more. Think carefully when you replace her - Phillip Stammits (sorry about spelling) would not be a good choice. It will be very difficult to replace Emma!
Hi Emma, we do miss your lovely voice and knowledge of music and most of all the sentiment you bring to the mornings. We hope you find a more conducive working environment at Radio National and that in due course you will be able to bring your gentle influence for the greater good to that place too. All the best, Margaret and Roelant.
I agree with all the positive posts and will miss Emma between 8 & 9 am when I listen to ABC Classic FM. Loads of FUN. Obviously both Lynette July 3 doctortrish 26/9 are mean spirited people. Perhaps they might share with us what they bring to others lives and what makes them so superior. I can only assume that they can correctly pronounce every town & city in the UK as Australians. I wish Emma all the very best in whatever she moves on to.
It is disappointing to learn that Emma has decided to move on, but we must accept change,and I pray that she will find happiness and satisfaction in all that she chooses to do.
Mornings in OZ are not the same. The mix of Ivan & Emma was such a truly inspirational start for any morning. Since Emma's absence the show is a very pedestrian affair. The presenters while worthy are just that & Gregory's programming (or whoever is doing it now) lacks the depth and range Ivan brought to the show. Now if Julie stops doing DRIVE that will probably see me abandon the station altogether.