After eight years of the 4am alarm, Matty Johns has decided to hang up the headphones and won’t be returning to Triple M next year.
 
Triple M’s Head of Content, Mike Fitzpatrick, says the station has been grateful to have Matty as part of the team, but understand that, with other media commitments, he needs a break from breakfast radio. “We’ll use this opportunity to explore all options, get the best person to join our breakfast team in 2019, and keep delivering a great entertaining Triple M breakfast show for Sydney.”

As a long-standing member of The Grill Team, Matty has been waking up Sydney since 2011 with his jokes, characters, random stories, and of course his expert NRL insight and says “The eight years have been so enjoyable, with plenty of laughs and plenty of great memories, it hasn’t felt like a job at all. The challenge has been juggling my late-night commitments with Fox Sports, along with the early hours of breakfast radio.”
 
Matty says that after eight years the decision hasn’t been easy, but for him it was the right one.”… thank you to all at Triple M, you’ve been terrific to me.”
 
Triple M will be sending Matty off with a big celebration over the next five weeks before the Grill Team’s last day on air for 2018, December 7.