{"id":882468,"date":"2026-09-06T20:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882468\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:28:25","slug":"radio-shake-ups-as-afl-grand-final-call-teams-come-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882468\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio shake-ups as AFL grand final call teams come together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 7 will go with its tried and tested grand final calling duo of Brian \u201cBT\u201d Taylor <\/a>and James \u201cJB\u201d Brayshaw for this year\u2019s big one on September 26.<\/p>\n

The pair have called Seven\u2019s past five AFL grand finals together and this will be Taylor\u2019s 10th with the network. But he has the job in front of him to catch Bruce McAvaney (20 with Seven), Mike Williamson (14), Dennis Cometti (13) and Lou Richards (12), with Taylor set to equal the great Sandy Roberts.<\/p>\n

In the radio world Bruce \u201cBeaver\u201d Eva and Matt Granland will again call the grand final for 3AW, with a decorated trio in Jimmy Bartel, Matthew Lloyd and Joel Selwood providing the special comments.<\/p>\n

Over at Triple M the emerging star of Jack Heverin continues to rise with him set to call the premiership decider alongside Mark Howard, who makes a radio return after spending much of the year calling for Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

Nathan Brown called the game alongside Howard in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Channel 7 will go with its tried and tested grand final calling duo of Brian \u201cBT\u201d Taylor and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[451639,451650,451653,55611,100090,135679,28340,4891,189952,391468,451645,451652,638,451634,64,63,55,639,451635,451637,9121,41407,258511,451651,5588,451654,85592,451648,246046,451649,102517,20865,451642,19096,48822,451636,451646,451633,451643,36682,85,12975,387909,74713,420644,451644,380914,387833,376757,451647,451640,451638,378969,451641,364611,45262],"class_list":["post-882468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-s-big-one","tag-s-gf-coverage","tag-s-past-five-afl-grand-finals","tag-55611","tag-100090","tag-135679","tag-28340","tag-4891","tag-3aw","tag-a-change","tag-a-decorated-trio","tag-a-radio-return","tag-afl","tag-afl-grand-final-call-teams","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brian-bt-taylor-and-james-jb-brayshaw","tag-bruce-beaver-eva-and-matt-granland","tag-bruce-mcavaney","tag-channel-7","tag-dennis-cometti","tag-fox-footy-nathan-brown","tag-front","tag-grand-final-commentary-teams","tag-howard","tag-its-tried-and-tested-grand-final-calling-duo","tag-jack-heverin","tag-james-brayshaw-and-brian-taylor","tag-jimmy-bartel","tag-joel-selwood","tag-lou-richards","tag-mark-howard","tag-matthew-lloyd","tag-mike-williamson","tag-radio-level","tag-radio-shake-ups","tag-september-26","tag-shape","tag-sports","tag-taylor","tag-the-emerging-star","tag-the-game","tag-the-grand-final","tag-the-great-sandy-roberts-in","tag-the-job","tag-the-network","tag-the-pair","tag-the-premiership-decider","tag-the-radio-world","tag-the-special-comments-over","tag-the-year","tag-their-tried-and-tested-formula","tag-this-year","tag-triple-m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}