Merrick Watts rules out reuniting with Rosso, admits Drive competition is ‘interesting’
TripleM’s returning national Drive show host Merrick Watts has ruled out a “reformation” with former Nova co-host Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross, and admitted his time on the ill-fated 2DayFM Breakfast show was like “work experience”.
Watts was announced this morning as the replacement for Joe Hildebrand and Matt Tilley’s One Percenters show, with a co-host to be announced “in due course”, with Watts telling Mumbrella it is someone he has “talked to about working with for ages”.
But he told Mumbrella it would not be Ross, saying: “I think sometimes the industry tries to drive this kind of Occam’s Razor and find connections that aren’t there. Merrick and Rosso were quite a lot of years ago, and I don’t think now is the time or place for a reformation.”
“On the new show he said the content would be “informative, thought provoking content” as they sought to differentiate it from the current show and its competitors.”
I thought Mr Watts was going to MMM?
They could have Obama and a nude Gisele host the show I’d still prefer Spotify
Oh there’s nothing like trying to revive dying, irrelevant Australian commercial radio like continuing to plug the talent we loved from the 90’s.
God forbid, Australia were to discover a new breed of more interesting, humourous and intelligent talent who could connect with a younger and more intellectually advanced generation.
Podcasts it would continue to be for me!