SAFM overhauling breakfast as Michael Beveridge and Hayley Pearson depart

Southern Cross Austereo’s SAFM is set to bring in a new breakfast show team with current hosts Michael Beveridge and Hayley Pearson announcing their departure this morning.

The duo announced their last show, which has struggled to get traction pulling a 6.7 audience share in the last round of radio ratings, will be on October 10.

Beveridge, a contestant on Big Brother 2012 and former adland copywriter, is set to stay with the network with other opportunities, while Pearson, who is expecting her second child, is leaving to spend more time with her family.

In a statement released by SCA today Pearson said: “I’ve decided to leave SAFM and to have a break from breakfast radio and to focus on other exciting radio and TV opportunities that offer more family friendly hours for the meantime. SAFM have been really supportive of our decision.”