1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: From the newsroom and news still come to me. Good 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: day there. I'm Andrew Bucklowe. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 2: So seven years ago Christian O'Connell, one of the biggest 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: radio stars in the UK, packed up his life and 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: moved to Melbourne to host a breakfast show. He had 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: no audience, no guarantees, but within eighteen months his gold 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 2: f M radio show had gone to number one. 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: What a crazy feat. 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: This week he's announced that he's taking another huge leap 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: of faith with his breakfast program to expand into other 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: cities around Australia from next year. He'll give us the 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: lowdown in just a moment, and he's then going to 13 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: share the wildest thing that's ever happened to him live 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: on air. It involves one of the world's most famous 15 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: singers and a prime minister. Honestly, you're gonna think it's 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: made up. 17 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 3: Well. 18 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: He dominated radio in the UK and now thanks to 19 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: his humor, his heart and he's hustle, he is dominating 20 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: down under. 21 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: It's Christian O'Connell. 22 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 3: Good day, Listen, good ann. 23 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 4: Can I just say a big thank you over the 24 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 4: weekend you refer to me as a megastar in the UK. 25 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 4: I took a screenshot of that, showed it to my 26 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 4: children who were eighteen and twenty one. They still weren't 27 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 4: impressed with that. What will it take? But thank you 28 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 4: for trying to do your bit to give me some 29 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 4: internal good points as a call down. But yeah, it's 30 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 4: lovely to chat to you again and it's exciting. You've 31 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 4: got to talk about what's happening next year. 32 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, well you made your big announcement on Monday morning. 33 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 4: From January next year we get to break new ground. 34 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 4: Will we the first ever commercial breakfast show to go 35 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 4: live to Australia Adelaide, Perth, Coast to Coast, Perth to 36 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 4: Brisbane and then Sydney from Melbourne. This radio show is 37 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 4: going live next year. 38 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 2: Now because I meant to be a very serious report. 39 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: I want to get the fact straight. So next year 40 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: your breakfast show will be heard on GOLDFM in Melbourne, 41 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: in Sydney, in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Though, will you 42 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 2: be heard on DAB digital stations or on the FM band. 43 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 4: I'll beyond DAB digital station there and there's a lot 44 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 4: of people available to grow over the couple of years 45 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 4: who are listening on digital radio. And this happened in 46 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 4: the UK about fifteen years ago. So the national radio 47 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 4: show I did in the UK was on an FM 48 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 4: station in London. Only around the UK it was all 49 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: on digital radio, and you know, I grew that show 50 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 4: over the years. I did that for twelve years, up 51 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 4: to two and a half million a week we're listening 52 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 4: to the show. So the future of radio listening in 53 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 4: this country, as it's been shown with TV as well, 54 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 4: is digital as well. So it's a great way to 55 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: be able to roll it out. FM in Sydney and 56 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 4: FM in album two of the biggest cities, a kind 57 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 4: of like twin cities of Australia. You know, ten or 58 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 4: eleven million people. It's almost half the country on FM 59 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 4: radio and then the rest of it growing it on 60 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 4: digital radio, which is really exciting. It feels like, you know, 61 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: this is the first Australian radio there's never been a 62 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: live commercial breakfast show to go around the country and 63 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 4: the fact that it is in the emerging technology of 64 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 4: how radio is listened to is really really exciting. 65 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 3: I can't wait. It can't come soon enough for me. 66 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 3: That shit. 67 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: Well, Jonesy and Amanda, who've been hosting the Goldffan breakfast 68 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 2: show in Sydney for about twenty years. They made a 69 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: bit of a rushed announcement last week that they'll be 70 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: moving to afternoons from twenty twenty six. 71 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 3: There are going to be some changes. Brendan and I 72 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 3: are going to go to the drive shift. 73 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 5: We wouldn't have otherwise mentioned this, but there's a podcast 74 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 5: that's going to come out on Saturday about it, and 75 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 5: I just feel that we should we should own the 76 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 5: news of it, and it was in the trade papers yesterday. 77 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: That woke us up Friday. 78 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 4: I've got to be honest, I that my phone was 79 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 4: going to actually burst. 80 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: Into flames during Friday's breakfast show. 81 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not saying that it wasn't planned that I'll 82 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 4: be talking to you today anyway, but it was meant 83 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 4: to be in a couple of weeks time. But hey, 84 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 4: you know what, they deserve to have their news first. 85 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: I mean that they've been fantastic and they will be 86 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 4: fantastic on the same station that I'm going to be 87 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: National in the morning, they're going to be in the afternoon. 88 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 4: So on one station you're going to get two brilliant 89 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: show Jones and Amanda and obviously Me on Breakfast in 90 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: the morning, So now they deserve that saying they've been incredible. 91 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 4: They've woken up Sydney for so long, you know a 92 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 4: lot of people are really going to miss them and 93 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 4: I really respect that. And Amanda and I swant messages 94 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: Friday and she's she's we've always been big fans of 95 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 4: each other's work, and she said to that she's she's 96 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: very glad that the new guy is me, and she's 97 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 4: invited me to come out for a long lunch and 98 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 4: a couple of weeks time so we. 99 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: Can talk about it all. 100 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: But yeah, I think Amanda is one of the best 101 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 4: broadcasters in Australia. 102 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 3: She's incredible. 103 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 4: Whenever she's come on the on the show to do 104 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 4: stuff with me, I get nervous because, like, you know, 105 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: I know I'm funny, I know him good, but I 106 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 4: really have like, well, you really got to have your 107 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 4: a game, really, because Amanda, it's just like she's like 108 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 4: a ninth damn black belt. 109 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm looking forward to being on the. 110 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: Same radio station as those two and they've been really 111 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 4: nice to me over the years, so I'm glad that 112 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 4: they're still going to be on the station and grow 113 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: a national radio station for Australia. But now I look, 114 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 4: it is surprised everybody. I'm not gonna I'm not going 115 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 4: to BSU, but my god dads who really deserve to 116 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 4: do their news when they think it feels right, and 117 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: like the way I do radio as well. The most 118 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 4: important thing you have if you're doing radio right, the 119 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 4: most important relationship you have is with your audience. And 120 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 4: it's all about trust. It's built on that. And so 121 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 4: I get that they had this big thing that was 122 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 4: going on. It must be on for them to not 123 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 4: be able to talk about it. 124 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: Obviously, you got a text from Amanda Keller. Who else 125 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: have you heard from in the radio industry? Any other 126 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: stars reached out to you, shot you a text. 127 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: I tell you who. 128 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 4: The people that run the other radio stations have all 129 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 4: been sending me messages. I've got a friend who is 130 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 4: high up in the Nova network and he said, right, 131 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: we now have to have meetings about how to deal 132 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: with you. I like the fact that I'm going to 133 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 4: become a problem. I was seven years ago and now 134 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 4: I'm a national I'm a national problem. That might be 135 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 4: the title of my next book, That's a national problem. 136 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: What about Carl and Jackie have you heard from them? 137 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: No? 138 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 3: So no. 139 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 4: But you know what, I've got two big radio shows 140 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 4: that are going to be growing over the next couple 141 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: of years. And you listen to what you like, You 142 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 4: listen to the show that you connect with, and I 143 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: think that it's going to be a really really exciting. 144 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 3: Couple of years. It is. How could it not be. 145 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 4: This is a next This is the next big thing 146 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 4: happening in radio. It happened in the UK with networking 147 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: shows getting bigger. Look, I love radio, and none of 148 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: this is about killing local radio. I'm building a national 149 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 4: radio show. This is brand new. I'm breaking new ground. 150 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 4: Local radio isn't going anywhere. It's still really important, and 151 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: I think with national shows growing, I think it's just 152 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: I think it's just about choice. People will settle on 153 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 4: the shows that they connect with, and I think there's 154 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 4: something really honest about that. 155 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 3: In radio. 156 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 4: I still think it's like it's built around human connection. 157 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 4: I think radio is in real threat of eating itself. 158 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 4: I don't think it's getting better. The standard of shows, 159 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 4: I think is getting worse. I think it's lost a 160 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 4: lot of people from radio, breakfast radio especially, and so 161 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 4: so I think that playing the noisy game of stunts, 162 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 4: buying listeners with noisy cash giveaways isn't about human connection, 163 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 4: and so I think there's something I think. I feel 164 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 4: there's something quite old fashioned about what I offer, which 165 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: is genuinely built around community and connection. And it only 166 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: hit me the other day over the weekend, when I 167 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 4: was thinking about this ahead of announcing it. Why it 168 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 4: was such a big emotional thing for me is because actually, 169 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 4: when I moved here, I actually had to build a community. 170 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 4: I didn't have one. You know, It's just me, my 171 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 4: daughters and my wife. We didn't know anyone here, and 172 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 4: so for me, the radio show has been a second family. 173 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 4: And I don't mean that in a cheesy way. I 174 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 4: genuinely mean that. And I think if you ask anyone 175 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 4: who listens to my show, they would say that, like, well, 176 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 4: we do feel like we know him and I know 177 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 4: them as well, and so I really like radio. How 178 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 4: it's still is a magical medium to me is that 179 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: it's got this opportunity to bring people together. The power 180 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 4: of our shared human voices has still got this. It's 181 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: still got this magic to me. 182 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk about your show. 183 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: Some people listening to this right now, who haven't heard 184 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: much of it from around the country. 185 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: Just to introduce your team members for us. 186 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 4: First of all, there's the powerhouse that is Pats. Pats 187 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 4: does the news on the show. Pats is. I've got 188 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 4: to be honest, every time Pats speaks on the show, 189 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: I'm slightly terrified is she because she's she's wild, and 190 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 4: she's unpredictable, and she's a very unique female voice in broadcasting. 191 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: Most women, sadly on radio shows here, are put into 192 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: very very very narrow roles. They're not allowed to free 193 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 4: range rome that men have. And when I first met Patsy, 194 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 4: she had these big glasses and I was like, Hey, 195 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 4: I really want you to say whatever you want. Don't 196 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 4: laugh anything I say just because you think that's your job, 197 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 4: not interested. Tell me what you really think. I'm more 198 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 4: interested in that. And I said, I already want to 199 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: build you on the show. I think you've been under used. 200 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 4: And she was like this, looking at me, like, yeah, 201 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 4: you're bout the eightes guys come in here, and said 202 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: all of this. But bit by bit she's just opened 203 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 4: up and opened up. She's an inspiration. She's an inspiration 204 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: to so many women. She's now doing this podcast Rage 205 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 4: Against the Menopause, which I've been encouraging her to do 206 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 4: for years, and it's brilliant. So Pats is a powerhouse 207 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 4: on the show. We've got some Johnny cum lately. He's 208 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 4: been on the show for two weeks. Alex Cullen, who 209 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: obviously was on Channel nine in the morning and you know, 210 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 4: we know what happened there, and he's integrated seamlessly to 211 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 4: the show. 212 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 3: He's brilliant. 213 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 4: I really wanted someone who who actually was from Sydney, 214 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 4: who was warm and likable, and as soon as I 215 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 4: got spoken to Alex, I just liked him. 216 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: We hear it off. 217 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: He's got three young kids. He's a brilliant journalist as well. 218 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 4: And so I always thought that the sport could be 219 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 4: done differently on this show, and I wanted sport with personality. 220 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 4: It's a sport mad country. It's not a sports show, 221 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 4: but sport is entertainment and storytelling, you know, and so 222 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 4: I thought it could be done differently. And Ali's doing 223 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: a fantastic job of that. I mean, obviously he's done 224 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 4: eleven shows with us and we're now going national. He's 225 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 4: jumped on a very lucrative bandwagon. And then Rio, who's 226 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 4: someone who's been working on the show for a couple 227 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 4: of years as a producer, and then we're speaking more 228 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 4: and more on air and just being so naturally quick, 229 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 4: very smart, joke iq and a great storyteller. Has come 230 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 4: on leaps and bounds. And so when Jack Post, who 231 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 4: obviously does a podcast with Amage Nandy and was on 232 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 4: their show for ten years, just quit two months ago, 233 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 4: I didn't want to knee jerk into finding another comedian 234 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: or a funny person. Rio stepped into the fold and 235 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 4: has done a fantastic job. So the liner will be me, Rio, 236 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 4: Pats and Alex. And then the other part of that 237 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 4: is it's the people that listen to the show. You 238 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 4: don't just listen to my show. It's a conversation, right, 239 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 4: That's what I'm obsessed with in life is conversations. And 240 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 4: so whether that's a silent conversation like in your car, 241 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 4: you're going, oh my god, I've got a teenage daughter, 242 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 4: like that Christian who thinks seven am is is the 243 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 4: middle of the night, and you're kind of nodding your 244 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 4: head or you're going, no, there's no way that's that 245 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 4: this is not true, and you want to call in 246 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: or share your story. It's a conversation. So we make 247 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 4: the show with their audience. And if you've heard it 248 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 4: in my Show's Bucky, you know that that is every 249 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 4: single day. 250 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 3: It's genuine. 251 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 4: I'm obsessed with storytelling, but as part of that, it's 252 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 4: a story receiving as well. I love sharing my stories 253 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 4: to then get stories from people who are listening to 254 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 4: the show. What excites me about National Radio It all 255 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 4: comes down to it's more stories that are being to 256 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 4: get from all over the country. That and what we 257 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 4: might hear, what we might find out, what might make 258 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: us laugh and cry. That surely that's something to get 259 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: excited about. 260 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: One hundred percent. I'm excited. 261 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: One thing that Australia is going to hear when they 262 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 2: tune in next year is your incredibly smooth voice. I 263 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: bloody love it. Have you ever been recognized in public 264 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: purely from your voice? 265 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 266 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 4: I had to go and I picked up some strange 267 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 4: kidney infection or whatever it is in holiday in Fiji 268 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 4: a couple of weeks ago. I had to go and 269 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 4: have some blood tests. Last week, I go into my 270 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: blood tests and it's at eleven am and I go 271 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 4: in and you know, the the check your details, you know, 272 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 4: and I start speaking. This woman goes, she actually takes it. 273 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,599 Speaker 4: I wish I was filming it. It would have made a 274 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 4: great TV advert for next year. She takes the glasses 275 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 4: or she goes, oh my god, I recognize that voice. 276 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 4: I listen to you every morning and I'm like, well, listen, 277 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: what's your name? Thank you very much, and she goes, 278 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 4: oh my god, I'm sorry, but I'm getting really nervous now, Frida, 279 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 4: I'm going to get make a mistake taking your blood 280 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 4: and I went, please please don't do that. I can't 281 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 4: be bleeding out on air tomorrow, you know, please please 282 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 4: please steady yourself. So yeah, it's one of those strange 283 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 4: things that there's not many. I think it's just me, 284 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 4: the only English guard on the radio in Australia. So yeah, 285 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 4: when I'm out and about, people recognize me from my voice. 286 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 3: Which is so strange. 287 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 4: Can I start talking and people go, oh my god, 288 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 4: I know who you are and I'm like, who am I? 289 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 4: It's such a big existential question. I'm I'm fifty two. 290 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 4: I was still trying to work out who am I. 291 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 4: If you can help me, I'm really I'm still trying 292 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 4: to find out who I am. 293 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: Stick around. 294 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: In just a moment, Christian is going to tell us 295 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 2: about the craziest moment from his radio career, which involves 296 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: a rock star. 297 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: And the world leader. 298 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 2: Welcome back, I am chatting to Christian O'Connor from Gold FM. 299 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: Christian Live radio is unpredictable. Anything can happen. What is 300 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 2: the most bizarre thing that's ever happened to you while 301 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: you were live on air? I'm sure You've got plenty 302 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 2: of stories to choose from. 303 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 4: I no one always comes to mind. So I've done 304 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 4: this competition. I think I did it twice here and 305 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 4: I will be bringing it back. It's called Who's Calling Christian? 306 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 4: And the idea is is that we say to listeners, 307 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 4: contact to celebrity, you know, whether you do that on 308 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 4: social media and get them to call the show and 309 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 4: they could win thousands of dollars for the charity of 310 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 4: their choice. 311 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 3: And all celebrities do work for charities, and you win. 312 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 4: If your celebrity wins the vote at the end of 313 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 4: the two or three weeks, you win thousands as well. 314 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 3: And so did it in the UK. And I remember 315 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 3: one moment. 316 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 4: It was like the last half an hour the show 317 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 4: on a Friday, and it's all about to end. Liam 318 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: Gallagher had just called in. Rod Stewart had just called in. 319 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 4: Liam Gallagher said the F word thirteen times, right and 320 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 4: in the in a radio in the UK. 321 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 3: That is not cool. 322 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 4: But he offered to pay any fines and he'd been 323 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 4: on a three day drink bender, he told us as well. 324 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 4: And I remember saying to him, this is all live radio. 325 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 4: There's no preparation, right, I'm just saying to him because 326 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 4: there's like Friday light, what was that? 327 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 3: What does he do today? You know? And he goes 328 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 3: he was off, He's off to Harry Potter World. But 329 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 3: then literally in the last. 330 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 4: Ten minutes, my purducer goes, you're not gonna believe he's 331 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 4: on the line right now, and I thought, obviously live 332 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 4: unpredictable interview with Liam and then Rod Stuart before that 333 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 4: was enough, and he goes, it's the Prime Minister live 334 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 4: and number ten a week calling this competition. And then 335 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 4: I was like, I looked at the clock and I 336 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 4: was like eight minutes left, and my producer said to me, 337 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 4: he needs to do this right now, like we were 338 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 4: in the middle of an outbreak. So we had to 339 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 4: kill the outbreak and we went live to number ten 340 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 4: Downing Street. I'll never forget what my idiot producer said 341 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 4: to me, And obviously I'm trying to just suddenly ground 342 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 4: myself in this moment light the moment I go live 343 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 4: and the Prime Minister comes on to enter this competition. 344 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 4: Everyone's going to turn the radio and go, oh my god, 345 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 4: you've got to meet these moments, right, you ask people 346 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 4: to do this and you got me, And I'm thinking. 347 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: What the hell am I going to say? 348 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 4: And I remember it was like three seconds it went 349 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 4: from he's got to do it now, it was like 350 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 4: five seconds. I had my producer goes to me, don't 351 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: fuck this up, and I remember this getting angry. We're like, 352 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: why would you even say that? 353 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 3: Now? The only thing I hear is fuck up. 354 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 4: And I remember just like trembling, putting the failures up 355 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 4: and the producer's label up called as names obviously in radio, 356 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 4: and it just said the Prime Minister. And remember we 357 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 4: did this ten minute live interview and he was at 358 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 4: his desk at ten Downing Street and it was just 359 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 4: like all in one show. You'd go from Fiam Gallagher, 360 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 4: what Stewart and then the Prime Minister is like the 361 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 4: greatest line up on a chat show and so yeah, 362 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 4: that in terms of anything could happen. And then you've 363 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,119 Speaker 4: got to try and make magic out of nothing and 364 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 4: people are going then come on, then do the magic trick. 365 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 4: And there's something really exciting about that. You're on a 366 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 4: tight row every morning and sometimes you fall off it. 367 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 4: But there's no other medium that can offer that TV. 368 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 4: It'd be rehearsed, planned. Here are the no go areas. 369 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 4: This is all live radio and that's still the magic 370 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 4: and joy. I think for people listening WI radio still matters. 371 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 4: And if you look about you know the opinion about 372 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 4: Cain J Melbourne over the last eighteen months. The one 373 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: thing that shows breakfast radio is still alive. It's really 374 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 4: important people really care about who they listen to, they 375 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 4: have good opinions or that. I'm really glad that people 376 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 4: still care about that morning radio show and what they 377 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 4: want from it and what they don't want from it. 378 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: Well, it's such a personal connection, isn't it. 379 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: I'm so excited about what you and your team are 380 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: going to do in the next couple of years. I 381 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 2: can't wait to see what you guys achieve and thank 382 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 2: you so much for chatting to us at news dot 383 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: com dot a you. 384 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 3: Thank you. 385 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 4: It's a pleasure to chat to you at News dot 386 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 4: com Au, your News, your Way, your Newsnews dot com Au. 387 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: I should have got Christian to record my voicemail message 388 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 2: as well while he was on the line. 389 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:23,959 Speaker 1: A very big thank you to hear him. 390 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: You can hear him on GOLDFM in Melbourne right now 391 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: and from next year you can hear him on GOLDFM 392 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 2: in Sydney as well as on digital stations in Brisbane, 393 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: Adelaide and Perth. 394 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: I will chat to you again tomorrow. Thanks for listening. Bye, 395 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: Follow us, subscribe to from the newsroom wherever you get 396 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: your podcasts.