Radio National Breakfast
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| Genre | News: analysis, commentary, features, interviews, specials |
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| Running time | 105 min. weekdays; including breaks |
| Country | Australia |
| Home station | ABC Radio National |
| Hosted by | Fran Kelly |
| Original release | present incarnation began in 1999 – present |
| Website | [1] |
| Podcast | Podcast / RSS feed |
Radio National Breakfast (sometimes shortened to Breakfast) is a national early morning news programme in Australia. The programme is broadcast live in the eastern states (and on delay in other states) on the ABC Radio National network. It can also be listened to online. The programme is hosted by award winning journalist Fran Kelly.
Radio National Breakfast programming combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews and special features broadcast live daily from 6.00 am to 9.00 am. The programme is broadcast in two segments (6.00 to 7.00 and 7.30 to 8.30) before and after the current affairs programme AM at 7.00.
A weekend edition, called Saturday Extra, is hosted by journalist Geraldine Doogue and is broadcast from 7.30 am to 9.00 am AEST.
The format of the programme, while not always the same, is usually consistent. The programme begins officially at 6.10 am following the hourly news broadcast. The news broadcasts are state-based and occur on the hour - and every hour - with the traditional "Majestic Fanfare" tune.
The programme has a familiar tune, during which the presenter indicates the main stories which will be covered during the programme, including the interviews which are planned.
About four items are presented each hour, with longer items earlier in the programme. These will include a mix of reports from ABC correspondents, reports from the BBC and CNN, as well as interviews with a variety of people, including federal and state politicians, prominent commentators, persons of interest, celebrities and ordinary people who are in the middle of news stories.
At 7.10 am, after the 7.00 news, Breakfast switches over to AM. AM is the ABC's flagship radio current affairs programme, along with its sister programs The World Today and PM. AM is presented by Chris Uhlmann, an ABC journalist. The programme runs from 7.10 am until 7.30 am, after which listeners are "returned" to Fran Kelly and the Breakfast programme.
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