Brisbane Triple M's The Cage Final shows.

I'm a little late with this, but better late than never eh? Here's the news story from the Courier Mail and the last 2 breakfast shows from the Cage in full.

21st Sept 2011

TRIPLE M's Cage radio breakfast team has been axed after six years on the air.

The Cage team - Ian Skippen, Marto (Greg Martin), Sully (Greg Sullivan) and Emily-Jade O'Keeffe will have their last show on Friday.

A new breakfast show, headed up by Martin "and some mates" will take its place.

Skippen, who has spent 23 years with Southern Cross Austereo Brisbane as the anchor at both B105 and Triple M, made the announcement on air just after 6am.

It is unclear what Skippen, Sullivan or O'Keeffe - who also blogs for couriermail.com.au - will do now.

The industry had been abuzz for 24 hours with rumours another breakfast team was going to be axed following upheaval at Nova, which just hired a new breakfast team, and B105, which added a new face to theirs.

Southern Cross Austereo Brisbane General Manager Richard Barker said making the decision to end The Cage was an incredibly tough decision.

“This is a decision which has been one of the hardest to make," he said.

"It involves a team of people who are highly talented, supremely professional and genuinely likeable. It has been a privilege to have them in our team for so long.

“Brisbane as a city is growing incredibly fast; it’s changing constantly and our listeners are reflecting the change.

"Enabling us to reach our targeted audience is critical to the success of Triple M, and we have made a decision to change our breakfast show. As a result, the cycle for The Cage format has come to an end.”

Barker said the Brisbane radio landscape hadn't seen this much change across the board since the introduction of the last new FM licence in 2005.

He said the station was "keen to introduce the new show and new format as soon as possible".

Skippen has been with Austereo for 23 years.

He began as anchor of 4BK breakfast show in 1988 in the leadup to the transition to FM, and B105. At B105 he anchored the breakfast show that was part of the team that achieved a Brisbane ratings record of 86 number one positions.

“Skip’s addition to The Cage on Triple M in January 2006, saw the show dominate breakfast ratings for over 18 months," Barker said.


2nd last show 22nd Sept 2011 Approx 1 hour blocks.

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Last Show 23rd Sept 2011 Approx 1 hour blocks

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