Breaking: Neil Breen quits 4BC
On-air shock as former news-talk brekkie host cites family reasons to return south.
Neil Breen, who for two years hosted breakfast on news-talk Radio 4BC and currently fronts the Brisbane Live Drive shift, has announced on air that he will leave the station on June 23.
Breen, who was doing an outside broadcast from Suncorp Stadium, told his audience just after 4pm on Friday (May 5) he’d given the job three of his best years, but it was time to return to his family in Sydney.
He then played the song My Home Town by his favourite artist, Bruce Springsteen, stressing afterwards that Brisbane would always be home to him.
Here’s some audio of his announcement just after 4pm news:
In a later interview with NRL player Billy Slater, Breen spoke of his love for the state and noted: “We’re Queenslanders until we die.”
Breen said he would be taking a long overseas holiday with his family and then may be doing some work with 4BC’s sister station 2GB in Sydney.
On a personal note, I worked with Breenie at the Daily Sun and at 4BC and I wish him and his family well in the future.
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Updated: 5 May, 5.08pm