Mike Perso to host Classic Rock Melbourne breakfast show

Tim Burrowes

April 13, 2011 10:44

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Classic Rock has replaced its Melbourne breakfast presenter for the second time in nine months after the departure of Joe Bovalino to ARN’s Mix 101.1.

The DMG-owned station has drafted in Mike Perso, who returns to the microphone after a series of program director roles to host the More Music Breakfast Show.

Classic Rock axed the Dicko & Dave breakfast show in July last year, a few weeks after DMG ditched its Vega radio network and relaunched as Classic Rock. The network has since failed to make a major impact on listening figures.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.