Mick Molloy returns to his spiritual home on Triple M, joining Triple M Sydney for a brand-new show with Mark ‘MG’ Geyer to shake up Sydney Breakfast.
Mick and MG in the Morning will bring Triple M listeners a fresh new Breakfast offering but also the familiar voice of Molloy and his legendary radio antics.
Well-known and respected newsreader Natarsha Belling will join the show as newsreader.
A genuine radio powerhouse, Molloy has spent the better part of the last three decades with SCA and the last 11 years with Triple M building many of its legendary shows including Martin/Molloy, the no. 1 daytime show* Tough Love, seven years on Melbourne’s #1 FM Breakfast show** The Hot Breakfast, three years in the Triple M Drive slot with Jane Kennedy, and then another year with his national Molloy Drive program, which was regularly no. 1 nationally for men aged 25-54***, before calling last drinks in 2021.
Molloy is also the host of the Seven Network’s hugely popular and AACTA-winning sports entertainment show, The Front Bar.
Sydney Breakfast radio is a mountain Molloy is yet to climb and he is up for the challenge of creating yet another legendary show, and he says, “I’m excited to be returning to my spiritual home at Triple M and look forward to getting amongst it, in the Sydney breakfast radio scene.
“After a year away from the radio waves I wanted a new challenge and Sydney is the perfect opportunity. I’m also looking forward to working with MG and swapping stories. And if this doesn’t work out, I’ll throw my hat in the ring at The Project. I hear there’s an opening.”
SCA Chief Content Officer, Dave Cameron, says, “Mick Molloy has Triple M blood running through his veins, and to bring Mick back to headline Triple M Sydney breakfast is a triumph.
“He is truly one of Australia’s greatest radio performers and we know that his legendary style of radio comedy already resonates for Sydney listeners from his previous successful stint in Drive.
“Molloy and MG are an incredibly charismatic pairing who will wake up Sydney with Triple M’s unique irreverence and energy, and a show that won’t sound like anything else in Sydney.”
Jess Eva, who co-hosted the 104.9 Triple Breakfast show with MG, will not return to the show next year but will stay in the Triple M family in 2023.
Sources:
* Nielsen Metro Surveys 2004-2006. P10+, Share %, Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00/Mon-Fri 12.00-13.00
** Gfk Metro Surveys 2014-2016. P10+, Commercial Networks, Mon-Fri 05.30-09.00, Share to Commercial %
*** GfK Metro Surveys 2021, M25-54, Mon-Fri 16.00-19.00, Share %