Official 1999 Line up
From J-World Mailing List - December 7th '98.

TRIPLE J FINALISES '99 LINE UP WITH MERRICK & ROSSO

The Melbourne duo have been doing stand-up together for the past three years and have been regular guests on The Departure Lounge for the past two years.  Their growing national profile has been boosted by a weekly series on Foxtel's Comedy Channel and by taking over Roy & HG's Sunday afternoon slot on Triple J in the latter part of this year.  Merrick Watts (25) and Tim Ross (28) will initially relocate to Sydney to get a fresh perspective with a view to going home to Melbourne once the show is established. Triple J has also announced newcomer Caroline Tran who will be taking over the Superequest (7-10pm Mon-Fri) timeslot as part of its revamped line-up. Twenty six year old Caroline came to Australia in 1975 as a Vietnamese refugee and worked a variety of jobs before deciding to focus her attentions on radio.  A recent graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Caroline is thrilled that her first major on-air role will be broadcasting to 80% of Australia's population. Triple J’s weekday line-up for 1999 is now confirmed as:-