Virgin Radio have confirmed that Christian O'Connell will arrive on their breakfast show on 23 Jan. Mr O'Connell will bring with him the team behind his Xfm show - producer Roque Segarde Vieto, assistant producer Brian Murphy and news man Chris Smith.
No word yet on what will happen to current Virgin Radio breakfast show hosts Pete and Geoff once O'Connell arrives. They announced they would be leaving the breakfast slot earlier this year, just before the station confirmed it had recruited O'Connell. The duo are expected to take another slot on the station, but it is not yet clear what that might be. Meanwhile their agent, Alex Armitage has told the Guardian they are getting an enormous amount of offers from elsewhere.
Back at Xfm, the lovely Lauren Laverne will take over the breakfast slot on 31 Oct, giving her a three month head start to win over an audience before O'Connell arrives on the rival station.