Tom & Olly

Tom & Olly is a young Australian radio and comedy duo made up of Tom Bainbridge and Oliver Morris. They began their commercial radio career in January 2015 with the Southern Cross Austereo radio network, working with Star FM in Albury Wodonga, New South Wales. The two are described as having "massive enthusiasm" and "unique humor".^[1]The pair began their radio career in Melbourne at community station SYN 90.7 in 2013, hosting shows such as Class Captains and Afternoon Breakfast Show while being mentored by drive time personalities Hamish & Andy.^[2]

Tom & Olly regularly podcast their shows from Star FM, and in addition to radio, the two have taken to the stage in various comedic outings, participating in Raw Comedy, and writing and producing Aardvark Mark: After Dark for the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.^[3]

Radio career

Tom & Olly have hosted various radio programs on 104.9 Star FM, and SYN 90.7 since 2013.

SYN Media

While at Melbourne's SYN Media in 2013 and 2014, Tom & Olly hosted several seasonal programs. Their first, Class Captains was nominated for two awards at the 2014 SYN Awards. While missing SYNers Choice, the show won Best Seasonal Program.^[4] Class Captains was made up of twelve episodes drawing inspiration from various VCE subjects such as English, History, Chemistry and the final exams,^[5] however Tom & Olly did advise their listeners that "their advice may not be the best".

‘’Afternoon Breakfast Show’’ was described as a show perfect for the breakfast radio addicts and was the show that saw Tom & Olly launch ‘’The Campaign’’. ‘’The Campaign’’ was an online petition signed by hundreds of Tom & Olly listeners in an attempt-of-sorts to get the guys on commercial radio. ‘’The Campaign’’ even saw Melbourne’s Gold FM "offer" the guys a job on their station when the receptionist hung up the phone. However the boys were up for a "river change" and chose to begin their commercial career in Albury instead.^[6]

Friends of Tom & Olly was a show that was "out to seek the true meaning of friendship"^[7] by interviewing a regular listener throughout the course of the hour-long program and Spring Radio Carnival was Tom & Olly's fourth and final program hosted on SYN Media before heading to Star FM for their commercial breakfast program.

104.9 Star FM

Tom & Olly began their commercial radio career in February 2015 at 104.9 Star FM, with ‘’Star FM’s Tom & Olly’’. The team they replaced had topped the radio ratings last published. Since the show started, the boys have held a house-warming party for all their listeners, they've stripped at the Albury premiere of Magic Mike XXL and set a panther loose inside the studio.^[8] A fairy party was held at McDonald's for Olly's birthday and, trying to rival Spotify, the two set up the Tom & Olly Streaming Service (TOSS). The show has had various regular segments over its time, including "Worst Shirt Wednesday", "Phone-O-Bonanza" and "The O.C. Club". "Domestic Goddess Bainbridge", while not a weekly segment, is the only segment to have lasted since the show's beginning.

Tom & Olly have interviewed many high-profile celebrities on their show, including three-time AFL premiership player & Brownlow Medal recipient Jason Akermanis, former Killing Heidi lead singer Ella Hooper, Hamish & Andy's Andy Lee and Albury mayor Henk van de Ven.^[9]

References

External links

• Official Page
• Star FM's Tom & Olly