Matt Tilley

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Matt Tilley

Born: March 4, 1969
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation: Radio presenter
Children: 3

Matthew "Matt" Vernon Thompson Tilley[1] (born March 4, 1969)[2] is an Australian comedian who was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is best known as a presenter on the Melbourne radio station FOX FM where he has worked for past sixteen years. [3]

He was raised in the Melbourne suburbs of Aspendale and Mt. Eliza. Tilley received his high school education at The Peninsula School, Mount Eliza. Tilley finished there in 1986 and a year later, before beginning his career as a stand-up comedian he began studying law for eleven years and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Monash University.[4][5] In 1996 he was known as Vernon on the Grubby and Dee Dee Breakfast Show on Gold 104.[citation needed] Later that year he was half of the Hedgeburners with James O'Neil (Triple M Monday - Friday 6-9pm).[citation needed] In 1997, he began co-hosting the 6am-9am breakfast shift on FOX FM with Tracy Bartram entitled Tracy and Matt in the Morning.[6] When Tracy left the station in 2003, Tilley continued his breakfast shift with two new co-hosts; Jo Stanley and Chris "Benno" Bennett and renamed the show The Matt, Jo and Benno show.[7] In late 2004, Chris left the show to focus on his stand-up career. From then on the show has been called The Matt and Jo Show. [8]

Matt Tilley is also known as the host of a number of television shows including The Great Chase which was broadcast on the Nine Network in 2003 and The Fugitive which was broadcast on Network Ten in 2002.[6] He was also a presenter on the radio host talk show The Chat Room which was broadcast on the Seven Network in March 2003 as well as a comedian on the same network in The Late Report in 1999.[9][10]

Matt is married and has three children.[11]

In 2005, Tilley released the "Gotcha!" CD entitled Cereal Pest, a collection of prank phone calls he made and played them on air at FOX FM more commonly known as Gotcha Calls. The debut album was released in November 2005 and went to number one on the Victorian ARIA Charts and raised over $160,000 AUD for the Mercy Womens Hospital in Heidelberg. [12]

A sequel was released a year later on October 21, 2006. It reached number one on the Victorian ARIA Charts and number four on the national charts receiving gold certification. It raised over $206,000 for the Royal Women's Hospital in Carlton.[13][14][15]

[edit] Discography

Cover Album Info
Cereal Pest: The Gotcha Calls
Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls - The Double Album

[edit] References

  1. ^ Femail.com.au. Femail - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  2. ^ Reach Out. Reach Out - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  3. ^ "my family album", Sunday Herald Sun, HWT Limited, 2006-07-09, p. 100. "...Fox FM breakfast radio co-host with Matt Tilley."
  4. ^ FOX FM (Austereo Pty Ltd). FOX - Matt. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  5. ^ Monash University. VoiCE - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  6. ^ a b ICMI. Matt Tilley - Full Biography. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
  7. ^ Austereo Pty Ltd. Austereo Group Ltd - New Fox FM Breakfast Show. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
  8. ^ FOX FM (Austereo Pty Ltd). FOX - Matt and Jo. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
  9. ^ Austereo Pty Ltd. Austereo Group Ltd - Austereo Media 2003. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  10. ^ Blueworld Speakers + Entertainers. Blueworld - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
  11. ^ Liberation Records. Matt Tilley - Liberation Records - Digital Music Service. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
  12. ^ Adams Management. Adams Management - Artists. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  13. ^ Apple Computer, Inc.. Apple - iTunes Music Store. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  14. ^ FOX FM (Austereo Pty Ltd). Fox - Gotcha Call CD 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  15. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association. ARIA Top 50 Album Chart. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
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