– FEATURING BEAU RYAN, NATARSHA BELLING AND AARON WOODS –
The airwaves of 104.9 Triple M Sydney will light up from Monday 20 January 2025 when Beau Ryan, former professional NRL player and host of The Amazing Race Australia, makes his Breakfast radio debut alongside one of Australia’s most experienced and versatile news presenters, Natarsha Belling, and former West Tigers Captain, Aaron Woods, for an all-new Breakfast show, Triple M Breakfast with Beau, Tarsh & Woodsy. As Australia’s fastest-growing network over the past two years*, Triple M’s evolution continues, and the network is thrilled to be bringing together three fantastic local Sydney voices to engage and entertain Sydney listeners.
Since retiring from his elite NRL career, Beau Ryan has proven himself to be a standout media host and performer who has gained national recognition for his hosting duties of Channel 10’s The Amazing Race Australia and Top Gear Australia, amongst his many other television and radio appearances including on Triple M’s The Rush Hour. Whilst this will be Ryan’s first full-time radio gig, his mischievous sense of humour and bloke-next-door demeanour is the ideal fit for Triple M listeners.
No stranger to the Triple M audience, over the past two years Natarsha Belling has been a wonderful contributor to the Mick & MG in the Morning Breakfast show and will now help steer the Breakfast ship as co-host, whilst continuing to deliver the morning news for Triple M. Rounding out the show’s hosts is Aaron Woods, who has recently been an outstanding contributor to Triple M Sydney’s The Rush Hour. Current Triple M Sydney Breakfast show anchor, Cat Lynch, will also keep the mornings on track as the show’s anchor.
In further good news for Triple M Sydney, Laura Bouchet has been appointed to the role of Content Director. A multiple award-winning Executive Producer, with almost two decades of audio experience including six with Triple M, Bouchet’s expertise and passion for the medium will be an invaluable asset to the station’s announcers and producers, helping lead Triple M Sydney into a new era.
Beau Ryan said: “I’m so keen to start on Triple M Breakfast in 2025 with the fabulous Tarsh Belling and my good mate Aaron Woods. I grew up with Triple M; it was always on for every car trip and then, during my playing days, it got me through the long commute to training at the Wests Tigers and Cronulla Sharks. So now to be a part of the new Breakfast team is a wonderful full circle moment. I can’t wait to greet Sydneysiders with the new team in the new year. It’s a close-knit network with passionate listeners. Let’s f*#*en go!”
Natarsha Belling said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Beau and Woodsy for this exciting new Breakfast show. I can’t wait to wake up with Sydney and share all the day’s news, sport and crazy stories. Strap yourselves in Sydney – we are live and local and anything can happen!!!”
Aaron Woods said: “Honestly, I can’t bloody wait to join the Triple M Breakfast show, it’s like a dream come true. My whole family love Triple M and my Nan would always have it on the stereo at home. To work with my ex-teammate Beau Ryan will be awesome. We know he’s a lunatic and God only knows what he will be coming up with on-air. And then there’s Natarsha Belling, what a legend!”
SCA Chief Content Officer, Dave Cameron, said: “In 2025, the Triple M network will continue to have a steadfast approach to locally focussed Breakfast shows across the country, hosted by much-loved local identities in each city that can connect with local audiences and clients. Sydneysiders know their city to be Australia’s most exciting, and they deserve something just as exciting, fresh and locally relevant to wake up to, instead of the tired same-same approach of other Sydney stations.
“We’re hugely excited to welcome this brand-new Breakfast team in Beau Ryan, Tarsh Belling and Aaron Woods to deliver a hilarious, completely Sydney-focussed, sport-flavoured, and genuinely mischievous way for Sydney to wake up. Beau and Tarsh are already well-loved and experienced Sydney media talent, and Woodsy, who is fresh off the footy field, will bring added cheekiness to the show.
“104.9 Triple M Sydney will lead the charge on creating a new and different Breakfast approach in Australia’s biggest city, which is simply screaming out for something fresh and locally connected. It’s time!”
Mark Geyer, who co-hosted the 104.9 Triple M Breakfast show with Mick Molloy, will not return to the Breakfast show in 2025. Reflecting on Geyer’s time with Triple M, Dave Cameron said: “We wish to thank MG for his incredible 17-year contribution to Triple M across many shows and NRL calls. We sincerely hope he will be a part of the Triple M family again at some stage in the future, and we wish him all the best.”
Triple M Breakfast with Beau, Tarsh & Woodsy kicks off on 20 January 2025, from 6-9am weekdays on 104.9 Triple M Sydney and LiSTNR.
See the video of the 104.9 Triple M Breakfast announcement here.
Source: GfK Metro Surveys 6-8 2022/Surveys 1-8 2023/Surveys 1-6 2024. P10+, Mon-Sun ROS, Average Year Cume Reach (000’s).
About Triple M:
For more than 40 years, Triple M continues 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.
About Beau Ryan:
Beau Ryan is a loveable media performer with boundless energy. The former professional NRL player made 127 appearances for the Wests Tigers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and represented the Australian PM team in 2012, until an injury cut short his career. Ryan’s cheeky sense of humour and bloke-next-door demeanour saw him make a seamless transition into the shiny world of television, including regular appearances on Nine Network’s The Footy Show NRL and a stint as the show’s co-host. Ryan’s television career has continued to grow by leaps and bounds, with Ryan hosting five seasons of The Amazing Race Australia, joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars, jumping headfirst into jungle life on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, and as a regular co-host on Channel 10’s morning show Studio 10. Ryan is also a co-host of the iconic Top Gear Australia alongside Mighty Car Mods Blair ‘Moog’ Joscelyne and Australian Survivor’s Jonathan LaPaglia, on Channel 10/Paramount+.
About Natarsha Belling:
Natarsha Belling is one of Australia’s most experienced and versatile News presenters. For more than 30 years Belling has worked at Channel 10, Channel 7 and the ABC, delivering major stories that have shaped and changed Australians’ lives. Belling began her journalism career in rural NSW before joining the ABC where she presented her first international news bulletin at the age of just 21. In the ever-changing media landscape Belling continues to shine with her quick wit, passion for news and sense of humour, which have seen her diversify her skills in podcasting and co-hosting major radio and TV Breakfast shows. Belling is also a committed patron of a number of key charities including Vision Australia and The Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation.
About Aaron Woods:
Aaron Woods is a former Australian rugby league forward who captained Wests Tigers and played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. Debuting in 2011, Woods quickly gained recognition for his skill and work rate and represented NSW in State of Origin from 2013. After 14 years of playing. Woods announced the decision to retire from the NRL on Triple M. Off the field, Woods is thriving in media with Triple M, Fox Sports, and his LiSTNR Footy Talk podcast.
