The urge to rise at 3.47 a.m. and pop into the living rooms of millions of Australians isn’t what it used to be for David Koch.
The Channel Seven Sunrise co-host has called time on his breakfast TV role that turned him from a finance-reporting sidekick to a nationally recognisable celebrity and ratings king.
The passionate Port Adelaide AFL fan sprinkled his farewell message with football references as he held back tears.
“After 20 consecutive premierships in the breakfast rating game, I’m finding it harder to get off the ground to take those speccy marks, and it’s time to bring through the next generation,” he told viewers on Monday….