Andrew Jarman has returned to Triple M on the station’s Saturday morning sports show, Deadset Legends

A beloved radio host has made a triumphant return to the airwaves, four months after his top-rating drivetime show was dumped.

Andrew Jarman has made a shock return to radio, rejoining Triple M’s Saturday morning sports show, Deadset Legends.

Just over four months after his top-rating Rush Hour drivetime show was axed, Jarman was back in the studio this morning for the surprise announcement.

“Good morning to the Triple M family. 124 days was the last time I sat in this chair. I’m emotional, I’m bloody emotional,” he said on Saturday alongside co-host Mark Thomas.

“It’s nice to be here on this beautiful Saturday morning. Thank you for having me.”

The beloved former Crow – who previously co-hosted Deadset Legends before switching timeslots – will join Thomas and Callum Ferguson on the program each week from 9am-11am.

Andrew Jarman and Bernie Vince in the Triple M studios in Adelaide. Picture: AAP Image/Sam Wundke

Former Triple M Rush Hour Adelaide presenters Greg Blewett, Bernie Vince and Andrew Jarman. Picture: Instagram

Triple M Adelaide Content Director Matthew O’Reilly said Jarman made Saturday mornings an “institution” for over a decade.

“It’ll be great to have him back. Jars’s energy, passion and the fact that not even he knows what he’ll say next will make Deadset legends a must listen.”

It comes less than six months after it was announced that Triple M had dumped Adelaide’s top-rating drivetime program, featuring Greg Blewett, Jarman and Bernie Vince, in favour of the Melbourne-based Rush Hour co-hosted by Brayshaw and Brownless. The trio hosted their last show in November.

“It was a funny kind of journey this one,” Jarman admitted on-air.

“We got some nibbles, then those nibbles went away … then we finally got over the line. It’s great to be back.”

The new Rush Hour with Brayshaw and Brownless is now heard weekdays in Adelaide and regional SA, as well as Melbourne, Hobart and Perth.

Triple M Rush Hour Adelaide presenters Greg Blewett, Andrew Jarman and Bernie Vince with Melbourne colleagues James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless. Picture: Instagram

Vince has since joined Emma Georgiadis on the breakfast program of sister station SAFM, taking over from Mark Soderstrom and Rebecca Morse.

This week, Blewett and Jarman launched the first episode of their new weekly podcast, Blewey and Jars Uncut.

Jarman revealed on the podcast that he had experienced some “dark periods” in the aftermath of the Rush Hour’s axing, but he was excited to finally be back on-air.

“(I’ve been) trying to find myself. There was some dark periods out there where I had to just navigate my way through … you’ve been very supportive with your lovely family and my beautiful Maz (wife Marion) and my kids,” he told Blewett.

Originally published as Andrew Jarman has returned to Triple M on the station’s Saturday morning sports show, Deadset Legends