FULL: Always Look On The Bright Side Of The Dial
The Christian O’Connell Show
GOLD and iHeart Australia
4.7 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
On the Christian O'Connell Show, Christian kicks off the first ever national breakfast show in Australia, a historic moment in radio. He's joined by listeners sharing their stories about life's firsts, from school detentions to first cars and pets. We also give away tickets to the Australian Open, with a unique game called "Battle Seats" where listeners can win prizes by guessing the winning seats. Welcome to a new era in Australian radio.
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| 0:00.0 | IHart Podcasts. You can hear more Gold 104.3 podcast, playlist and listen live on the free IHart app. |
| 0:09.2 | Got anything good? |
| 0:11.1 | Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast. |
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| 0:23.7 | with discounted prescriptions in every store every day. |
| 0:27.5 | Good morning, Australia. |
| 0:28.4 | This is the start of a brand new adventure for us and for you as well. |
| 0:33.1 | Never in radio history in Australia has to have been a national breakfast show. |
| 0:37.3 | Since I moved here and started on the radio here seven years ago, it never made any sense. |
| 0:41.7 | How can these radio stations have national drive time show? |
| 0:46.3 | And I was told by so many bosses, yeah, but those same people in the morning, they won't have it. |
| 0:51.3 | So exactly the same human beings will have it in the afternoon, yes. But they won't have it eight hours early in the day. No, they won't have it. But so exactly the same human beings will have it in the afternoon, yes. |
| 0:55.2 | But they won't have it eight hours early in the day. |
| 0:57.6 | No, they won't. |
| 0:58.5 | You do realize nothing you're saying makes any sense. |
| 1:01.5 | No, no. |
| 1:01.8 | In the morning, they only care, this is what I was told once by former boss. |
| 1:05.7 | In the morning, Australians only care about their own backyard. |
| 1:09.2 | In the afternoon, they're very interested in |
| 1:11.2 | Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Northern Territories. They extend the backyard in the afternoon, |
| 1:18.5 | but in the morning, only in my backyard. Don't you dare show me Darwin until 9 a.m.? |
| 1:22.7 | Yes. So I am aware that there's a high chance what we're starting today will be short-lived. |
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