Jonathan Brown and Sam Pang to join Chrissie Swan on Nova100 hosting breakfast in 2016
Nova100 has announced that Chrissie Swan will be joined by AFL star Jonathan Brown and comedian Sam Pang hosting Melbourne breakfast on the station in 2016.
The appointment comes less than a month after the station dumped its previous breakfast duo Tommy Little and Meshel Laurie, after Laurie had already announced she was defecting to Kiis 101.1 in 2016.
The last ratings survey had Nova100 at sixth with a 6.8 per cent share in people 10+ and a 6.4 share in breakfast.
Swan’s appointment was announced last month after she became a regular on Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa show this year in Sydney.
Nova Entertainment today trumpeted the appointments describing the trio as well known Melbourne personalities who would help create a “distinctly Melbourne” breakfast show with the aim of getting to number one in the market in 2016.
Louise Higgins, Nova Entertainment COO said: “We have made a bold move in creating a show that has a real point of difference, is distinctly Melbourne and will appeal to a broader demographic ensuring its success with all Melbourne audiences.”
The trio takes to the air on Nova 100 in January 2016.
Nic Christensen
Reality bod, footy player & bitter, third string ‘comedian’: point of difference?
N-over.
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First time I’ve ever seen Pang described as a comedian. Host or broadcaster sure.
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Pang seems like a genuinely nice guy. Bitter is not something that comes to mind.
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Does it really matter who does breakfast radio these days? Commercial radio has become so bland, safe and mundane that the hosts just seem interchangeable.
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A breakfast radio team consisting of footballer, a comedian and a woman. How bloody original!!!
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I tend to agree with Nuff Sed. Commercial radio, particularly FM, just seems to be a constant recycling of comedians, reality show stars and sports people. The same names just get shuffled around from station to station and you do get the idea they could just all be interchangeable. If this Nova line-up fails, they’ll just replace them with more comedians, reality stars and sports people. And the cycle goes on…
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Should have been Chrissie and Jane and Sam Pang.
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