2Day FM has axed its deteriorating breakfast program with Grant Denyer, Ed Kavalee and Ash London.
Thanking the hosts for their 18 months of service, head of the Hit Network, Gemma Fordham, revealed this afternoon that the trio will be appearing together on radio for the last time tomorrow morning.
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"Ash London will continue to host Ash London Live nationally from 6.30pm weeknights," Fordham said in an official statement. "Ed Kavalee will continue to fill in for Kate Langbroek, who is enjoying the European summer with her young family, with Hughesy from 4.30pm. Grant Denyer will continue making appearances around the Network."
Rather than enlisting the usual FM staple of bantering hosts, the morning program will be replaced by a music show.
"2Day’s Music for Breakfast will be played by Jamie Angel, who returns to the 2Day airwaves," confirmed the station.
Rumours the once-popular program was set to be axed spread like wildfire last month when the radio survey showed the program's dwindling ratings. Earlier this year, 2Day FM Breakfast with Grant, Ed & Ash fell 1.1% in the last survey to just 3.1% audience share. 2Day FM has gone through six breakfast teams in six years since the departure of Kyle and Jackie O to KIIS FM.
The announcement comes months after TV BlackBox claimed Denyer's future on the airwaves was up in the air as Channel Ten was in the midst of "fighting" with the breakfast program's parent company, Southern Cross Austereo, for exclusive rights to the beloved Australian personality.
Although Denyer has delivered the biggest audience in the breakfast time slot since the departure of Kyle and Jackie O, his wife and manager Chezzie Denyer revealed in July that they were still deciding whether he would return next year to co-host the Em, Grant & Ed show.
"Grant likes radio and he’s proud of the growth of 2Day FM Breakfast. Although his contract is up at the end of the year, it is a major commitment so we haven’t made any decisions about next year," she said at the time.