Triple M to axe The Highway Patrol

Tim Burrowes

October 9, 2013 6:17

Triple M has confirmed that it is axing its national drive show The Highway Patrol after just 18 months on air.

The show – presented by Merrick Watts, Julian Schiller and Rachel Corbett – launched in February 2012 and will stop at the end of the ratings year.

The announcement from Southern Cross Austereo came hours after Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph reported that the show was being dropped for cost reasons to create savings that could be spent on retaining Kyle Sandilands on sister station the Today network. Sandilands’ contract is reportedly up for renewal.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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4 COMMENTS

BD 9 Oct 13

It’d be a pretty risky strategy to put all your eggs in Sandiland’s basket.

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Dale 9 Oct 13

This is getting ridiculous. SCA have had so many teams of people already announce their departure. I don’t know how they can survive next year!

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Bruce 10 Oct 13

It should’ve been axed on that photo alone.

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Jess 10 Oct 13

No! I love listening to these guys – they’re so much better than the other shows on at the same time which seem to be gossip/top 40 music. 🙁 This is really disappointing.

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