Red Symmons is someone I & many Australians find intriguing. Hosting ABC Melbourne Breakfast Radio Mon to Fri 5.30-7.45am he’s approach is very straight forward & he definitely speaks his mind. I believe he’s breakfast show success on ABC 774 is largely due to the “love to hate” factor he has. He is quick witted multi-talented & definitely brings his own take on Melbourne.
On “Breakfast with Red Symons”, Red delivers a mix of news & current affairs, interviews, music & regular weather & traffic updates gets Melbourne up in the morning in an entertaining intelligent format.
Ross Stevenson hosts 3AW Breakfast with side kick John Burns. “Breakfast with Ross Stevenson & John Burns” contains fun segments such as The Literally File reporting on overuse of the word literally & regular entertainment reports by Peter Ford. They promote reverse charges talk back for overseas listeners & the double your pay competition is back. The news content is more sport & entertainment focused.
Comparing the two shows I find Red is popular because of his cheeky comic personality & educational, informative content & Ross is popular due to his talk back style, casual attitude & heavy sport content.
Personally I find Red’s style more intriguing & his voice easier to listen to & the content more my cup of tea.
Radio National “Breakfast” show contains the most national & international news content of all & is hosted by Fran Kelly.
The content is educational, varied & topical without being overwhelming. There’s AM, ABC News updates throughout & reports from CNN & BBC World Service.
For breakfast radio Radio National is great for world & national news, 774 is best for local Melbourne news, weather & traffic & 3AW is great for sports news, & local weather & traffic. Depending on your tastes there is great variety out there in just these 3 breakfast shows. They are filling different niece markets & are highly successful because of this & them all being great sources of morning news & information.
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