''The Grill Team'' was an Australian breakfast radio show that broadcasts weekday mornings from 6 am to 9 am AEST on

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. It commenced broadcasting on 17 August 2009. On 21 December 2018, it was announced that the show would be replaced with ''Moonman in the Morning'', hosted by

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The Grill Team members were Gus Worland, former

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, panel operator

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, TV and radio presenter

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Format

''The Grill Team'' format is based on a format pioneered by

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in the early '90s, merging sport, comedy and music.

is going back to this similar format by starting a new breakfast program called '' The Hot Breakfast'' with

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which will be similar to the ''Grill Team'' concept which McGuire was originally part of in the '90s. It has been reported that

has had five attempts in seven years to put together a successful breakfast program.

Austereo Austereo was an Australian mass media company based in Melbourne. It was founded in 1980 by Paul Thompson, and operated 16 radio stations in metropolitan and regional Australia under the Today Network and Triple M brands. In 2011, the compan ...

's program director Guy Dobson was quoted as saying ''"sport will be the DNA that courses through Triple M's veins. Sport to men is what celebrity is for women. Rock music is still a large part of Triple M but these days that means everything from Pink to Cold Chisel. Sport is the binding notion that is going to hold Triple M together."''Triple M goes for blokes
'' Sydney Morning Herald'' 17 August 2009 HG Nelson was the first guest on the show.

Presenters

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* Gus Worland * Chris Page

History

In December 2010, Stuart MacGill decided not to renew his contract with Triple M,

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resigned and Byron Cooke left the show to take up a position at Fox FM in Melbourne. In October 2016, Triple M announced that

would leave the

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to join the team as a presenter. In December 2017,

resigned from the show to host ''The Rush Hour''. In November 2018,

announced his resignation from Triple M, he will finish at the end of the year. On 21 December 2018, it was announced that the show was being replaced by ''Moonman in the Morning'', hosted by

which will still feature Worland and Page.

References

External links

Official Triple M website
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