Liam Stapleton

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Liam Stapleton
Born (1996-06-13) June 13, 1996 (age 27)
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Radio presenter, comedian

Liam Stapleton is an Australian radio presenter and comedian.

He co-hosts Ben, Liam & Belle on Nova 100 with Ben Harvey and Belle Jackson.

Early life[edit]

Stapleton grew up in the suburbs of Adelaide.[1] As a child he attended Kumon due to his "genuine" learning difficulties[2].

Career[edit]

Stapleton began his radio career aged 14 years old at the Adelaide community radio station Fresh 92.7, where he met Ben Harvey.[3] As a duo, "Ben & Liam" went on to present the breakfast show for Fresh 92.7, compete in the state finals of Raw Comedy, and host a comedy show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.[1]

In late 2016, Harvey and Stapleton were confirmed to take over from Matt Okine and Alex Dyson as co-hosts of the nationwide Triple J Breakfast show in 2017.[4] They were signed on for another year in the role in 2018.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Here's What We Know About Triple J's New 'Brekkie' Boys Ben & Liam". Pedestrian TV. 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ Ben, Liam and Belle Off Air Pod: Kumon, Kumon released 9th of June 2023
  3. ^ Bucklow, Andrew (22 November 2016). "Meet the new hosts of the Triple J brekky show". news.com.au.
  4. ^ Joshi, Kruti (2 February 2017). "Triple j's Ben & Liam: From local radio to national breakfast show". Media Week.
  5. ^ Challenor, Jake (15 December 2017). "From Adelaide to Australia, the making of triple j's Ben & Liam". Radio Today.