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2:49PM Jess McGuire | As I’ve mentioned a thousand times, my radio station 3RRRFM is in the midst of its annual Radiothon celebration (03 9388 1027, suckers!), and Monday night comedy show Lime Champions welcomed Tony Martin into the studio to give them some tips on how to have a successful radio show. The fact that Triple M got rid of this guy truly hammers home how stupid they are. More »
Tony Martin On Triple R’s Lime Champions
2:49PM Jess McGuire | As I’ve mentioned a thousand times, my radio station 3RRRFM is in the midst of its annual Radiothon celebration (03 9388 1027, suckers!), and Monday night comedy show Lime Champions welcomed Tony Martin into the studio to give them some tips on how to have a successful radio show. The fact that Triple M got rid of this guy truly hammers home how stupid they are. More » 
YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:56AM Jess McGuire | Our final Tony Martin-related clip, swears. We just had to publish this one because his John Laws impersonation is amazing.
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YouTube Clip Of The Day
11:31AM Jess McGuire | Because we now appear to be in the beginning stages of tonsillitis (boo, ye gods!), we’ve spent a rather comforting hour or two curled up on the couch watching YouTube videos of the D-Generation team in various comedy sketches. The following scene from The Mick Molloy Show which features Tony Martin playing Hugh Grant playing Chopper highlights both Martin’s magnificence and the sheer idiocy of Austereo to ditch such a comic legend.
Hope Strauchanie’s worth the cash.
PS: This from Red Symons the other day regarding the appeal of Strauchanie.
That’s not a character, that’s a fucking hat.
And you can quote me on that.
So we have, Red. So we have. Go check out the grumpy judge from The X Factor’s latest video creation, while you’re at it. More » Austereo Ditches Tony Martin’s Show In Favour Of The Comedy Gold That Is Strauchanie
8:57AM Jess McGuire | A surprising development in the world of radio today, with news Austereo has decided to give Tony Martin’s Triple M program the boot.
Tony Martin’s nationally networked radio show has been axed, despite being one of the top rating programs on struggling station Triple M.
The comedian’s Get This program has been a successful annoyance for the Austereo network, which shifted its timeslot three times in just over 18 months.
In a pattern repeated across the country, figures jumped from about 5 per cent audience share to about 11 per cent during the two-hour program, when it aired from 11am. They fell back to near 6 per cent when the station returned to music.
Given, as it says above, that the show is a ratings winner, it does seem an odd decision. Ratings are not everything, of course, but the program is also highly respected by those in “the industry”, with more than a few radio stars and producers declaring to Defamer Australia over the past few months that it is one of the best quality radio shows on air in the country. The general opinion amongst Martin’s radio peers this morning regarding Austereo’s axing of Get This seems to be a mix of “What the fuck?” and “IDIOTS!”.
The Herald Sun’s Confidential column reported this morning –
It’s believed that the signing of comedian Peter Helliar and Triple J’s Myf Warhurst as part of a national breakfast restructure has seen costs rocket, which has led to the station letting Martin go. Some sources said Helliar’s yearly salary could be as high as $1 million.
They really are taking quite the punt on the Helliar/Warhurst combination, aren’t they? We suppose time will tell if this is as daft a move as it seems. What do we know? Kyle and Jackie O just won Best On-Air Team at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, and listening to them makes us want to stab our eyes out with broken pieces of Tamara Jaber’s Ooh Ahh CD single case, so we obviously don’t have our finger on the pulse of what makes good radio.
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