Saturday, November 03, 2007

Get This... You're Fired!

Tony Martin is Australia's best radio talent. He is the funniest, quirkiest most intelligent man on our wireless and the fact that Triple M are axing his show is a disgrace.

Programmer Guy Dobson has said that despite Martin's high ratings, the traditional Triple M listener leaves the station and then may not return when Martin's show finishes.

Get This has been screwed around with three timeslot changes in its two years plus the shows format grew from one to two hours and the team asked for no more money.

The Shebang has failed in the Sydney breakfast slot while Wil and Lehmo are struggling to find an audience.

Is it just me or does a light bulb automatically turn itself on when you hear that?

Two underperforming revenue raising most important shifts of the day and the highest rating best radio show on radio cannot get a gig?

Something is drastically wrong with MMM management who have decided to part company with Get This, 'to concentrate on breakfast and drive'.

Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland are perfect side-kicks to Martin who bring a total degree of professionalism to radio in an all-round well crafted, presented and produced show.

I certainly hope that DMG has the money and foresight to pick up the show and run with Get This or Australia's best radio show will be destroyed by corporate fools.