Eddie McGuire has announced this morning that he is quitting his Melbourne radio show at the end of November after 11 years on air.
McGuire hosts Triple M Melbourne’s The Hot Breakfast show with Luke Darcy.
In a statement on the show’s website today, Triple M said the pair had “delivered a breakfast show that led the news agendas of the day, breaking thousands of news and sport stories and had access to an unrivalled roll call of the biggest names in Australian politics, sport and entertainment”.
“I joined Triple M 32 years ago as a young journo and this year has been a year like no other for all of us,” said Mr McGuire.
“We found ourselves able to broadcast six hours a day and on weekends when COVID-19 hit.
“Whilst gruelling, it has also been a true honour and pleasure for us to be with Melbourne every step of the way and the most important year in our show’s history.
“Without listeners radio is nothing and we have enjoyed the immediate connection with them day in day out and dominated our key target demos.
“Those closest to me have always known that I continued with breakfast radio while my boys were at school and now my youngest has finished it’s time too for me to finish up a wonderful 11 year run with a 4.00am alarm.
“I plan to take some time to reflect and recharge with my family and after a good, long break have a look at what the next project for Triple M looks like in 2021, building on new ground we forged back in 2009.”
Triple M said Luke Darcy would stay on as part of the AFL footy call team while Eddie McGuire would be back in 2021 with new projects for the radio station.
