It was confirmed on 18 December 2013 that Ó hEochagáin would be leaving the show and returning to TV work.
The show was two hours long, with news and sport reports read half-hourly between 7:00 and 9:00.
A typical half-hour segment contained fifteen to twenty minutes of chat, discussing Ó hEochagáin's life, music, popular culture, or listeners' issues.
There were regular celebrity guest interviews, with occasional live music performances.
[2] A special Breakfast With Hector night was held at Dublin's Olympia Theatre on 9 March 2012,[3] dubbed an "Elvis Extravaganza" by RTÉ.