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

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, raised in Gold Coast, Queensland, and began performing at age 15. Coulter rose to fame in ...

, 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

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featuring the best bits from each show is available on the Nova Player as is the podcast for all other Nova FM shows in Australia.

History

Meshel, Tim & Marty

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

'' 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 gr ...

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 Dece ...

'' on

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with comedian Tommy Little in 2014.

Kate, Tim & Marty

In November 2013, it was announced that

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

will replace Meshel Laurie replacement and joined the show in January 2014. 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

Grant Broadcasters Grant Broadcasters is an Australian regional radio network. Founded in 1942, by 2019 it owned 53 radio stations. In 2022, it sold 46 to Here, There & Everywhere (company), Here, There & Everywhere, retaining shareholdings in seven in Canberra, G ...

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, Red FM and Snow FM. Other popular

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show ''

'' has been broadcasting in most of these markets since 2014.

Kate, Tim & Joel

On 24 July 2020,

Marty Sheargold Martin Donald Sheargold is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio broadcaster, and actor. Early life and education Martin Donald Sheargold was born in Nowra, New South Wales. He went to school at Daramalan College in Canberra. Career Ra ...

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

was later announced as Sheargold's replacement and commenced on 14 September.

Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel

In March 2023, Nova announced that

, who had been filling in for

since October 2022, would replace Ritchie permanently.

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

hosts the show from

's Melbourne studio.

References

External links

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