Back to the Future for ABC 702 Breakfast

At long last, ABC 702 have their new host for the crucial breakfast slot, and in retrospect, the choice is obvious. Like current fill-in host Sarah Macdonald (not to mention a good many of 702's younger listeners), Adam Spencer has graduated from Triple J to ABC 702. As is the norm on ABC, he's done the customary on-air audition (thankfully, not as drawn-out and agonising as the series of song-and-dances that followed Angela Catterns' move to Vega FM earlier this year), and seemed a natural fit with the 702 formula.

I give the Spence two thumbs up. It will certainly be a change, and that's no bad thing - there was no point plugging the gap with an uber-Angela Catterns forever - but he's a great broadcaster who should reinvigorate the timeslot in the new year.

(Thank God rumours that appalling former 2SM morning host Tricia Duffield was taking the slot proved false ... )

Interestingly, it looks like Virginia Trioli finally got her way in regards the earlier start for her morning show. 702 breakfast has always had an unwieldy empty section between 7:45-8:00am (for the extended news bulletin) and 8:00-8:30am (for AM) after which, in Melbourne, Trioli's show began. It was rumoured that she had been pushing for the same format since her move to Sydney. Not sure how this will go down with us oh-so-habitual Sydneysiders ... I wouldn't mind guessing that a large proportion will stick with Mike Carlton for the last half hour to hear Friday News Review at the very least ...