Southern Cross Austereo have dumped ailing Sydney breakfast radio team Dan Debuf and Maz Compton and confirmed Rove McManus will make his breakfast radio comeback on 2DayFM.

"Sydney needs a big show, with a big name and it doesn't get much bigger than Rove. We've got a superb plan in place to make sure the new show is everything you'd expect from one of Australia's greatest entertainers. But...why would we tell you everything now? We're holding some of the show-and-tell for later. Watch this space, all will be revealed very soon!" SCA's executive director of Metro Operations Guy Dobson said via a statement on Tuesday.

Rove McManus, with wife Tasma Walton, will return to the radio airwaves on 2DayFM in Sydney. Credit:Getty Images

Debuf and Compton, who were on air in Sydney less than a year, will take a break from their weekday breakfast spot on The Hit Network and will host a new national weekend breakfast show at 6-8am on Saturday and Sunday mornings in 2016.