On Wednesday, November 30, Greg ‘Marto’ Martin will mark 21 years on Brisbane’s 104.5 Triple M breakfast.
To commemorate his milestone, Brisbane’s Revel Brewing Co has brewed a limited edition Celebratory Session Ale in his honour.
Marto tells of how he started in breakfast radio. He said, “Twenty one years ago, my mate Dean Miller was Triple M brekkie host with Sammy Power, and I was doing a renovation for him. Every day after work, we’d have a few cold beers together and tell stories; and Dean would regale listeners with them the next day,” he said.
“Back then I was a Triple J listener so I had no idea.
“One day Dean’s boss Jimmy Johnson asked who this ‘mate’ was he kept building up on air, and to bring him on the show. The next thing, I was doing the sports reports for Triple M brekkie – I was already doing Fox Sports. Then Sammy left the show early that November, and I was asked to come on, and haven’t left. That’s how I got into radio – by renovating a mate’s house.”
Marto’s 21st Anniversary Revel Brewing Session Ale
Marto said one thing he’s most proud of is the charity rugby game he led in Brisbane, after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. It was an event that raised half a million dollars for the Red Cross Appeal.
Recently, Marto sat down and recorded a four-part podcast – sharing never told on-air before stories, including his life-threatening cancer battle, his dumping from the Wallabies and how it impacted his relationship with David Campese, when he lost 10 million bucks, and how Jamie Dunn thought he was the cleaner at the radio station and refused to speak to him.
Marto’s 21st Anniversary podcast can be heard here and on Triple M Breakfast with Marto & Margaux.
Marto can be heard with his co-hosts Margaux Parker and Dan Anstey, every weekday from 5:30am on 104.5 Triple M Breakfast and on LiSTNR.