''Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel'' is an Australian drive radio show with

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Que ...

, Tim Blackwell and

Joel Creasey Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festiv ...

. It is broadcast on Nova FM from 4pm to 6pm on weekdays. A daily podcast featuring the best bits from each show is available on iTunes and the Nova FM website.

History

''Meshel, Tim and Marty'' commenced broadcasting in 2010 on Nova 106.9 in Brisbane where it was a top rating Breakfast program. In August 2011, it was announced that ''

Fitzy and Wippa ''Fitzy and Wippa'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 96.9 in Sydney, Australia. It is hosted by comedians Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli with Sarah McGilvray. The show airs from 6 am to 9 am on weekday m ...

'' would leave Drive to present Breakfast on

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, with ''Meshel, Tim and Marty'' taking their place. In November 2013,

Meshel Laurie Meshel Laurie (born Michelle Laurie 29 May 1973) is an Australian podcaster and author. Comedy career Laurie's first Melbourne International Comedy Festival show was ''Dairy Belles'' which she performed with Corinne Grant. In 1998 she was gra ...

left the show to host ''

Meshel & Tommy ''Meshel & Tommy'' was an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 100 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was hosted by Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little. The show began on 10 December 2013, replacing ''Hughesy & Kate'', and finished on 3 Decemb ...

'' on

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with comedian Tommy Little in 2014.

Kate Ritchie Katherine Leigh Ritchie is an Australian actress, radio presenter and children's author, she remains best known for her long-running role as original character Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera '' Home and Away'', for which she won tw ...

was later announced as Laurie's replacement and joined the show in January 2014.

and Tim Blackwell host the show from Nova 96.9's Sydney studio whilst

hosts the show from

's Melbourne studio. In October 2015, ''Kate, Tim and Marty'' won Best Networked Program at the

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(ACRAs). The team was successful at the ACRA's in 2016 and 2017 as well by taking out the award for Best On-Air Team for

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in a

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. In 2018, The fifth year of Australia's number one national Drive show, ''Kate, Tim and Marty'' will be expanding its reach and simulcasting each episode on 48 regional FM stations from

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, Red FM and

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. Other popular

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show ''

'' has been broadcasting in most of these markets since 2014. On 24 July 2020,

Marty Sheargold Martin Donald Sheargold (born 19 June 1971) is an Australian stand-up comedian and radio broadcaster. Sheargold was part of Nova FM's national drive show '' Kate, Tim & Marty'' with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell until 11 September 2020. He ...

announced his resignation from the show and his last show will be on 11 September.

was later announced as Sheargold's replacement and commenced on 14 September. In March 2023, Nova announced that

will replace Kate Ritchie permanently. Coulter had been filling in for Ritchie since October 2022.

References

External links

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