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The Christian O'Connell Show

The Christian O'Connell Show is a radio show, hosted by Christian O'Connell. The show was originally produced in the United Kingdom, starting as The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on a local station in Bournemouth in 1998, going national in 2001, then moving with O'Connell to Australia in 2018. Though still broadcast live as a morning show, the word "Breakfast" has been dropped from the title to reflect the various times it airs in different Australian markets.

The show broadcasts on weekdays from 6 am and 9 am across the Gold Network including Gold 104.3 in Melbourne, Gold 101.7 in Sydney on the FM band, and Gold DAB+ in Adelaide and Brisbane, as well as Gold 80s in Perth. A nightly hour of the program is broadcast from 6 pm to 7 pm on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne, Gold 101.7 in Sydney, Cruise 1323 in Adelaide and Gold 96FM in Perth.

A daily podcast of the previous morning's show is also produced.

O'Connell's started The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show in 1998, broadcast to the local Bournemouth, England market on station 2CR FM. In January 2000, the show moved to the larger, but still local, Liverpool market, on station Juice FM. O'Connell moved to London in January 2001, where the show was broadcast on XFM London. In January 2006, the show went national in the United Kingdom, broadcasting on Virgin Radio UK. In September 2008, the broadcast moved to Virgin Radio's successor station, Absolute Radio.

In February 2018, O'Connell announced he would be leaving Absolute Radio and emigrating to Australia to host the breakfast show on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne. The final UK show was broadcast on 18 May 2018. The last song played on the show was "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Echo & the Bunnymen.

Christian started his new show on Melbourne's Gold 104.3 on Monday 4 June 2018. The first song played on air was "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC.

In October 2019, ARN announced that the show will remain on Gold 104.3 until 2022.

In April 2020, ARN announced that The Christian O'Connell Show will be syndicated across the country from Monday 27 April, airing for one hour from 7 pm until 8 pm on weeknights on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne, Gold 101.7 in Sydney, 97.3 FM in Brisbane, Mix 102.3 in Adelaide and 96FM in Perth. The show is highlights from the breakfast show which airs on Gold 104.3.

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