Triumphant return to the airwaves

Te Kuiti-born comic Tony Martin has made a brilliant return to Australian radio with the success of his Get This show on Triple M. Martin was regarded as one of Australian radio’s leading figures in the 1990s, thanks to his hugely popular drive show on 2Day FM with Mike Molloy. In 1999 he left the show after being diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal genetic blood disorder called hemochromatosis. For the next seven years he applied his talents to an array of projects, including acting roles in Bad Eggs and Kath & Kim, a successful run at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and writing his memoir Lolly Scramble. Tom Gleisner of production company Working Dog describes Martin as “one of the most brilliantly driven creative minds” he has ever come across: “He has a frightening work ethic. Even last year when Get This was just a one-hour show, the amount of work Tony would put into that – you could tell this was someone who was watching everything from Lateline to Question Time to strange cable television shows just to find that perfect sound grab.”