Breakfast was up slightly, 0.1 points, also on 4.7% of people 10+. Triple M Sydney slipped in the latest radio ratings released last week, down 0.3 percentage points to 4.7% overall. His show on Triple M was replaced by Moonman In The Morning, with Lawrence Mooney, Jess Eva and Chris Page launching in the market in January 2019. Last year Johns announced a partial return to commercial radio, as a regular on 1170 SEN. “The eight years have been so enjoyable, with plenty of laughs and plenty of great memories, it hasn’t felt like a job at all.” “I need a break from the 4am alarm clock,” he said at the time. Rothfield understands that Johns was approached late last week by station bosses.Īs reported by Radio Today in October 2018, the former NRL star and media personality revealed that he would leave The Grill Team at year’s end citing the need for more sleep. Johns has been “sounded out by Triple M” to make a comeback to FM radio, according to a report by Phil Rothfield in his Monday Buzz column in The Daily Telegraph. KISS 108 management hasn't responded to requests for comment.The radio rumour mill is beginning to spin, with reports today that former Triple M Sydney Breakfast star Matty Johns could return to the station next year. I realized how much I missed my family and my friends and being surrounded by the people that I wanted to be close to.” And honestly, when COVID hit, everything in my life sort of changed. In her decision to leave the city and show, MAROUN said, “When I moved to BOSTON, I wanted to make it home, and I wanted to be here, and spend the rest of my life here. SIEGEL then criticized iHEARTMEDIA, before turning his venom back to MAROUN, saying, “Don’t you ever do that. That is a decision that comes from way above me. MAROUN responded, “That was not my decision. SIEGEL returned to the show the next day stating station management asked him not to quit and that he was told he had “full support” and the “freedom to say what I want.” Near the end of the MAY 20 show, SIEGEL criticized MAROUN for not posting audio from the MAY 19th episode on the KISS 108 website. I responded by saying, ‘If I can’t talk about what I’m thinking at this point in my career, I don’t want to be on the radio anymore.’” He added, “We were having fun with it, and my boss called up and said that I’d crossed the line and they didn’t want me talking about it anymore. But of course, it’s a comedy show, so I did it in the context of jokes." SIEGEL told BOSTON.COM on MAY 19th, "I’m against her binary thing I think she’s a troubled woman and a lot of young people are taking her seriously, and it bothers me. On MAY 19th, SIEGEL walked off the show and threatened to quit after claiming station management told him to tone down his commentary on pop star DEMI LOVATO, who had come out as non-binary. MAROUN, Co-host/Executive Producer, said on WEDNESDAY (6/16), she would be leaving KISS 108 to move home to her native PHILADELPHIA.Īccording to THE BOSTON GLOBE, MAROUN’s departure comes amid a turbulent month for MATTY IN THE MORNING. IHEARTMEDIA Top 40 WXKS (KISS 108)/BOSTON's Co-host on MATTY IN THE MORNING, REBEKAH "BEX" MAROUN, has made it official and is leaving the station after an on-air incident in which she suffered the wrath of Host MATTY SIEGEL.
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