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Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

Hey, this is Christian O'Connell, and this is a very different kind of podcast. So this week on the show,

I announced that the show from January next year, 2006 is going national, live at breakfast time,

to the entire country of Australia. Big news, exciting news, it's never been done before. January can't come quick enough

for me and the team. We're so excited. Now, obviously, a lot of people got a lot of questions, how's it

going to work, why you're so excited about it? What's it going to mean for the show? What does it

mean for the show? Is more stories, more funny stories from all of Australia and a chance to wake up

this great southern land together, which is why I'm so excited. Anyway, been doing a lot of interviews this week and there's someone who's interviewing me a couple of times before and I always have such a blast with him. And it was good fun chatting to him this week. I wanted you to have a listen to it as well if you're new to the news that this breakfast show goes national all around Australia

from January next year. This guy's called Andrew Bucklow, Bucky. I call him. He's on news.com.com

daily podcast from the newsroom. Check it out. Hear me chatting then about the big news for the show this

week with Bucky. Well, he dominated radio in the UK and now thanks to his humour, his heart and his hustle,

he is dominating down under. It's Christian O'Connell. Good-A.

Listen, good a day. And can I just say a big thank you? Over the weekend, you referred to me as a

megastar in the UK. I took a screenshot of that, showed it to my children who were 18 and 21.

They still weren't impressed with that. What will it take? But thank you for trying to do your bit

to give me some internal good points as a cool dad. But yeah, it's lovely to chat to you again.

And it's exciting to talk about what's happening next year.

Yeah, well, you made your big announcement on Monday morning. Now, because I meant to be a very serious report, I want to get the facts straight. So next year, your breakfast show will be heard on Gold FM in Melbourne and Sydney. In Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, though, will you be heard on DAB digital stations or on the FM band? I'll be on DAB digital stations there

and there's a lot

of people available to grow over the couple of years who are listening on digital radio and

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