Highly regarded commentator Dan Ginnane has quit Triple M’s Saturday Dead Set Legends program in order to take up a bigger role at Fox Sports.
He’ll cut back his radio commentary duties on the station to one game on Sunday afternoons, in addition to State of Origin and the NRL grand final, to dedicate time to his duties on Fox Sports.
Ginnane, according to The Daily Telegraph’s Buzz Rothfield, almost missed kick-off for a game in Mudgee last year after leaving Triple M’s World Square studios and heading directly to a game.
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Dead Set Legends will continue to be hosted by Candice Warner and Richard Freedman, with Brendan Annakin alongside them to fill the void created by Ginnane’s departure.
Ginnane, in a 2020 interview with Mediaweek, said he started as a producer on the original Dead Set Legends program 20 years ago and loved it.
“I started on that show in 2002 as a producer and started hosting five years later and stayed until 2016,” Ginnane said.
“The team - Rabs (Ray Warren), Richard Freedman and I - all had more important jobs, but it was our favourite gig.
“We lived for Saturday mornings and it was a blow when it ended.”
Ginnane’s full time contract with Triple M wasn’t renewed back in 2017, which kicked off his television commentary career with Fox Sports.
Ginnane said he was then re-signed on a casual basis to commentate NRL.
“They wanted me to do NRL commentary,” he said.
“It was quite scary - I used to have job security then all of a sudden I wasn’t sure just how many radio shifts I would be getting, even though they assured me NRL finals and Origins.
“I went and got an Uber licence because this is a fickle industry.”
Fox Sports eventually employed Ginnane full time, and Triple M also added him to their roster.
“It all worked out in the end,” he said.
The big moves in footy media don’t end there, with Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary signing with Channel Nine on a five-year deal, where he will join Andrew Johns and Johnathan Thurston on their respective shows.
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