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Dave Thornton
Dave Thornton (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout Australia, in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York. He has also appeared on Australian television and radio. Career Stand-up comedy Thornton began working in stand-up comedy at the Geelong heats of Raw Comedy in 2002. He debuted his solo hour-long show ''Euro:mission,'' which was based on his experiences as a backpacking traveler, at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where he was nominated for 'Best Newcomer'. Thornton has performed at the MICF every year since, and in 2009 debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a new show, ''Allow Me to Introduce Myself''. He has also performed stand-up comedy on TV shows including '' Good Morning Australia'' (Network 10) in 2006, ''Stand Up Australia'' ( Comedy Channel Australia) in 2007 and ''Rove'' (Network 10) in 2008. Radio In October 2009, Thornton began hosting ...
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Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria. Geelong is the second largest Victorian city (behind Melbourne) with an estimated urban population of 268,277 as of June 2018, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. and is also Australia's second fastest-growing city. Geelong is also known as the "Gateway City" due to its critical location to surrounding western Victorian regional centres like Ballarat in the northwest, Torquay, Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest, Hamilton, Colac and Winchelsea to the west, providing a transport corridor past the Central Highlands for these regions to the state capital Melbourne in its northeast. The City of Greater Geelong is also a member of thGateway Cities Allian ...
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Mel Buttle
Melinda Claire Buttle is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter and writer. Buttle is co-hosting ''The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Claire Hooper. In April 2013, she was awarded the Directors Choice Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for her solo show 'How Embarrassment'. She wrote on and starred in Network Ten's, ''This Week Live'' as a live correspondent. She was a regular guest on radio stations Triple J, Nova and 612 ABC Brisbane, wrote weekly for the Queensland statewide newspaper ''The Courier Mail'' and ABC television's, '' The Drum''. Early life Buttle was raised in Samford, a semi-rural suburb north-west of Brisbane, Queensland. She completed her schooling as a boarder at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School in Ascot, Queensland. She is one of 20 students listed as Notable Alumnae. She completed a Bachelor of Secondary Education (Drama) in 2003 at Griffith University and became a teacher at Calamvale Community College before ...
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Good News Week
''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programs to cease production. ''Good News Week'' drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's ''Good News Weekend'' (1998), Ten's ''GNW Night Lite'' (1999) and Ten's skit-based ''Good News World'' (2011). Format ''Good News Weeks format is based on that of the British program '' Hav ...
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Fifi, Dave, Fev & Byron
''Fifi, Fev & Nick'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody with anchor Josiah Shala. The show began on 20 January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show''. The show airs from 6am to 9am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. A daily podcast featuring the best bits from each show is available on iTunes as is the podcast for all Hit Network breakfast shows in Australia. News, sport, weather and traffic updates are presented by James Lake. History The show was founded in January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show'' with Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley. Prior to joining the breakfast show Fifi Box was host of ''Fifi and Jules'' with Jules Lund. Dave Thornton previously filled in for Matt Tilley when he was sick and hosted '' Mamamia Today'' with Em Rusciano, and anchor Dan Anstey moved from rival station Nova 100 to Fox FM to anchor the show. ...
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Fifi, Dave & Fev
''Fifi, Fev & Nick'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody with anchor Josiah Shala. The show began on 20 January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show''. The show airs from 6am to 9am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. A daily podcast featuring the best bits from each show is available on iTunes as is the podcast for all Hit Network breakfast shows in Australia. News, sport, weather and traffic updates are presented by James Lake. History The show was founded in January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show'' with Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley. Prior to joining the breakfast show Fifi Box was host of ''Fifi and Jules'' with Jules Lund. Dave Thornton previously filled in for Matt Tilley when he was sick and hosted '' Mamamia Today'' with Em Rusciano, and anchor Dan Anstey moved from rival station Nova 100 to Fox FM to anchor the show. ...
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Brendan Fevola
Brendan Fevola (born 20 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Fevola is regarded as one of the most effective full-forwards to have played AFL in the 2000s, having won the Coleman Medal for league leading goalkicker in 2006 and 2009 (kicking 84 and 86 goals, respectively) as well as All-Australian selection as a forward three times since 2006. His representative honours include playing for Victoria, where he was awarded the Allen Aylett Medal for being the state team's best player, and leading goalkicker. During his career at Carlton, he was the club's leading goalkicker and key forward from 2003 until 2009. However, throughout his career he has been a controversial figure off the field, which ultimately led to him parting company with both of his AFL clubs. Early life Brendan was born to Italian Australian Angelo Fevola, a Victorian state represe ...
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Fifi & Dave
''Fifi, Fev & Nick'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody with anchor Josiah Shala. The show began on 20 January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show''. The show airs from 6am to 9am on weekday mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. A daily podcast featuring the best bits from each show is available on iTunes as is the podcast for all Hit Network breakfast shows in Australia. News, sport, weather and traffic updates are presented by James Lake. History The show was founded in January 2014 replacing ''The Matt & Jo Show'' with Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley. Prior to joining the breakfast show Fifi Box was host of ''Fifi and Jules'' with Jules Lund. Dave Thornton previously filled in for Matt Tilley when he was sick and hosted '' Mamamia Today'' with Em Rusciano, and anchor Dan Anstey moved from rival station Nova 100 to Fox FM to anchor the show. ...
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Fifi Box
Fiona Box is an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter and actress. Career Box's early career was spent in regional Australia working at stations 2MC/ROXFM Port Macquarie, 3TR Traralgon and 3GG Warragul. In 2000, Box co-hosted a late-night show on TTFM Melbourne and within months, was picked up by the Triple M network to co-host a national night show based on relationships. When the show came to an end, she moved to the breakfast timeslot to produce Amanda Keller, Mikey Robins and Peter Berner. In 2003, Box joined '' The Shebang'' on Triple M and stayed with the station until 2008. Box is known on television for her "standout" performance on '' Dancing with the Stars'' on the Seven Network in 2007 and guest appearances on ''Sunrise'', '' The Project'', ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' In January 2009, Box joined ''Sunrise'' as weather presenter where she replaced David Brown and stayed in this position until December 2009. In ...
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Southern Cross Austereo
Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio stations, and has a reach into every state and territory. The company is headquartered in South Melbourne. It was founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank for the purpose of acquiring regional radio stations, before expanding into television broadcasting in 2007 with the acquisition of Southern Cross Broadcasting. It also operates the LISTNR platform in Australia. History 2004–05: RG Capital & DMG Regional Radio acquisitions On 3 June 2004, Macquarie Bank announced it would acquire RG Capital Radio for $173 million, gaining control of 36 radio stations in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. The Federal Court of Australia approved the acquisition in August 2004, with the stations to be operated through the company's Re ...
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Today Network
The Hit Network is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 41 radio stations broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format, as well as 6 digital radio stations. History The Hit Network was formed in 1986 as the Austereo Network after Austereo, the licensee of Adelaide commercial radio station SAFM, purchased Fox FM in Melbourne. The network grew throughout the late 1980s and the 1990s, acquiring B105 Brisbane, 2Day FM Sydney and PMFM Perth, as well as establishing joint-venture stations in Canberra and Newcastle. The network would later become known as the ''Today Network'', with stations adopting a contemporary hit radio music format. Following the acquisition of Austereo by Southern Cross Media Group, the company incorporated the regional Hot FM, Sea FM and Star FM networks into the Today Network. In October 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced it would relaunch SAFM in Adelaide as Hit 107, w ...
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Weekend Breakfast (radio Show)
''Weekend Breakfast'' was an Australian radio station breakfast show on the Hit Network. The show aired from 7 am to 9 am on weekend mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests.News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented throughout the show. History In September 2013, Southern Cross Austereo announced Sophie Monk and Dave Thornton as hosts of ''Weekend Breakfast'' with Michael Christian as anchor. Monk and Thornton finished on ''Weekend Breakfast'' in December 2013 both moving to new roles on the network. Dave Thornton hosted ''Fifi & Dave'' on Fox FM in Melbourne and Sophie Monk hosted ''Breakfast'' on 2Day FM in 2014 but left the station to make way for ''The Dan & Maz Show'' in 2015. In January 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced that the show would be returning with new hosts, former Fox FM breakfast co-host Jo Stanley, former SAFM breakfast co-host Michael Beveridge and Fox FM morning announcer Byron Cooke. In December 2014, ...
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