All third party programs repeat the series in the morning program on the following day.

During the summer and major holidays, a morning program for 3- to 5-year-olds is also available.

Those morning programs don't have any good rock groups on them.

That is why the hottest local radio stars usually find themselves on morning programs.

At the moment, the morning program has little more than half the audience share of its two network competitors.

In 1989, school programming was replaced with morning programs from between 5:40am and 9:00am.

"It's always been the case in the morning programs that there is an entertainment element," he said.

In 1981, he tanked as anchor of a national morning program.

In the off season, Thomas added, he lifts his way through a two-hour morning program five days a week.

"If we do it by network, we become another one of those big heavy morning programs."