‘What I would hope is that this is a 25 year job’: Why Marty Sheargold’s going solo at Triple M
The Marty Sheargold Show began on Melbourne’s Triple M this morning, replacing Eddie McGuire’s The Hot Breakfast. Ahead of the launch, Mumbrella’s Brittney Rigby spoke to Sheargold about why he left Nova’s Kate, Tim and Marty, what makes a solo show different, and how “these careers are taken off all of us at some point”.
Marty Sheargold’s new breakfast radio show starts today. The comedian and broadcaster can’t say if, or why, curious listeners will tune in – “why does anyone watch or consume anything in the media?” – but he can tell them what to expect from The Marty Sheargold Show.
“Well, they can expect to hear me talk a lot. And if you’re not into that, you’re not gonna like the show,” he says.
As for ensuring existing Triple M listeners, conditioned to listening to The Hot Breakfast fronted by Eddie McGuire, stick around? “I am going to give those people a guarantee that the Foo Fighters will be played once every morning … Nirvana will still be played.”
