The Gold Coast will wake up to a brand-new breakfast show in 2025, when Leisel Jones and Liam Flanagan join Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt on 92.5 Triple M Gold from January 13. All three are natives of Queensland and Triple M Gold, with Leisel and Liam moving to breakfast from The Rush Hour.
Leisel, one of Australia’s most-celebrated swimmers and a nine-time Olympic medal winner, swapped the water for the airwaves in 2022 when she joined Liam to drive the Gold Coast home. A golden girl of the swimming pool, she was the youngest Sydney 2000 Olympic team member at just 15 years old. Over four Olympics, Leisel won nine medals, including individual gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. After retiring following the London Olympics in 2012, she released her best-selling memoir Body Lengths and worked as a commentator for the Tokyo Olympics.
Liam, a family man who lives locally with his Gold Coaster wife, has been with the Triple M Network for over a decade. His first gig was handing out icy cold cans of Coke as part of the street team, before moving on-air. Liam began on The Rush Hour when it launched in 2018 and is also part of Triple M Gold’s AFL coverage as a play-by-play caller and a regular sideline commentator for NRL games.
Alongside the familiar voice of AFL legend Spida, who remains steadfast after 12 incredible years with Triple M Gold, the much-loved local identities are ready to bring a familiar and funny mix of news, sport, comedy and banter to the breakfast slot next year.
Spida, an AFL fan favourite who played for the Sydney Swans, Hawthorn, and St. Kilda, is also a regular commentator on Triple M and small-screen presenter with his travel show, The Great Australian Doorstep, which he produces and co-hosts with his wife Sheree.
Leisel Jones said: “I’m so excited to return to the Coast where I spent many years cruising through Pac Fair, dining at the OG Hellenika at Nobby’s and swimming at Burleigh. The Goldie is where my heart feels at home and I’m looking forward to sharing my life (and bad dating stories) alongside my good mates, Liam and Spida. Let’s have some fun over your morning Weet-Bix!”
Liam Flanagan said: “I am beyond excited about ripping into the new year with Spida and Leisel. The Gold Coast gets up earlier than any other place on the planet, and there’s an energy in the mornings here that you can’t find anywhere else. To get the opportunity to reflect that energy every morning in the studio alongside two sporting greats is a pinch-me moment.”
Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt said: “I’m really looking forward to an exciting change that the Gold Coast needs in breakfast radio! New ideas, new fun and, as the longest continuous breakfast announcer on the Gold Coast, you know it will be absolutely local!”
Triple M Gold also thanks outgoing co-host Ali Plath for three years of early starts and great stories.
SCA Chief Content Officer, Dave Cameron, said: “The Triple M Network continues to have a steadfast approach to locally focused breakfast shows in 2025, hosted by much-loved local identities in each city that connect with local audiences and clients. The Gold Coast is no exception! We can’t wait for our listeners to experience Triple M Gold Breakfast with Leisel Jones, Liam and Spida in 2025. Radio on the Gold Coast won’t be the same after this terrific trio officially hits the on-air button. We would also like to thank the much-loved Ali Path for her incredible contribution to starting the day with 92.5 Triple M Gold listeners over the last three years, and we wish her all of the best.”
Backed by the Triple M Gold promise of Good Times and Greatest Hits, Gold Coast listeners can expect to begin their day with local laughs that reflect the local heartbeat of the city when 92.5 Triple M Gold Breakfast with Leisel Jones, Liam and Spida begins January 13, 5-9AM weekdays.
About Triple M:
For more than 40 years, Triple M has continued to be one of Australia’s best-known radio entertainment brands and the only radio network that provides its listeners with a unique combination of Greatest Hits, Sport and Comedy. With 49 stations across Australia, including six digital stations, Triple M 80s, Triple M Classic Rock, Triple M 2000s, Triple M Country, and Triple M 90s, Triple M has become known for playing Rock’s Greatest Hits, and its iconic talent and shows that get people talking.