ABC News Breakfast

ABC News Breakfast
Genre	Breakfast News Program
Presented by	Virginia Trioli Michael Rowland
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	1,447 (as of 30 May 2014)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Erin Vincent
Production location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria
Running time	180 minutes (3 hours)
Release
Original network	ABC2 (2008-2011) ABC News 24 (2010-present) ABC (2011-present)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) ABC 720p (HDTV) ABC News 24
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	3 November 2008 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Weekend Breakfast
External links
Website

ABC News Breakfast is an Australian news breakfast television program which broadcasts on ABC and ABC News 24 from 6am to 9am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24. It is also streamed live on the ABC's website and broadcast live on Foxtel pay television service. It is also broadcast on the Australia Network throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The program commenced broadcasting on 3 November 2008 on ABC2, with hosts Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland. They are joined by sport presenter Paul Kennedy, finance presenter Del Irani and weather presenter Vanessa O'Hanlon. Erin Vincent is the program's executive producer.

Synopsis

ABC News Breakfast covers the latest news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. It draws upon the resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programs across Australia and the world.

During winter, the program is broadcast live on digital free-to-air channel ABC in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in South Australia and the Northern Territory and on a two-hour delay in Western Australia.

During summer, when only some Australian states adopt daylight saving time, the program is broadcast live on free-to-air channel ABC only in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in South Australia, a 60-minute delay in Queensland, a 90-minute delay in the Northern Territory and on a three-hour delay in Western Australia. During this time, ABC News 24 broadcasts the program live Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time across Australia.

In May 2011, the program moved to ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 and ABC3.

In November 2011, it was announced that the ABC News Breakfast brand would spread to the weekend with Weekend Breakfast hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa.

In January 2014, ABC News Breakfast had an extensive makeover, launching a larger new and improved set with three different individual presenting areas. The set includes a news desk, a newswall presenting area and a soft set with seating. Ironically the new set kept the existing couch that has been seen on air since the show's launch.

Weekend Breakfast

Further information: Weekend Breakfast

Weekend Breakfast is a mix of live breaking news and discussion, interviews with newsmakers and the weekend sport and weather hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa. The show began on 4 February 2012 and airs from 8am to 11:30am on weekend mornings on ABC News 24.

Presenters

Presenter	Role	Tenure
Virginia Trioli	Co-host	2008–present
Michael Rowland	Co-host	2010–present
Paul Kennedy	Sport	2008–present
Del Irani	Finance	2015–present
Vanessa O'Hanlon	Weather	2008–present

Regulars

The program features a number of regular segments and guests which appear each morning discussing the latest news and politics.

• Zan Rowe – The Beat

Former presenters

Presenter	Role	Tenure
Barrie Cassidy	Co-host	2008

External links

• Official website
• "Meet the new team for Breakfast", TVTonight.com.au