ABC broadcaster Jon Faine has given an emotional speech of thanks and gratitude as he signed off from his final Mornings program at the Melbourne Town Hall in front of an audience of 4,000 loyal listeners
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When Jon Faine presents his final morning program for ABC Radio Melbourne it will be broadcast live from the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday 11 October.
After 30 years behind the mic, 23 of those as an ABC Mornings host, the final broadcast will be a celebration of Jon's outstanding radio career and will recognise the tremendous contribution he has made to the ABC, to Melbourne radio and to the Victorian community.
With Virginia Trioli moving to present the Mornings shift on ABC Melbourne Radio, Lisa Millar is setting her alarm to join the Brekky couch on News Breakfast from August and co-host Michael Rowland will take on an additional role as the ABC’s Senior Network Presenter.
In his listener tips segment at the end of today's program, 3AW's Neil Mitchell set tongues wagging with speculation that Virginia Trioli'snew show may be one hour shorter than John Faine's current shift.
The co-host of ABC NEWS Breakfast, Virginia Trioli, will take over from Jon Faine next year as presenter of the Mornings program on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Faine, who has been presenting his show for 23 years, announced in January that this would be his last year on air.
Trioli is well-known to ABC audiences having co-presented ABC NEWS Breakfast since 2008 as well as being a regular stand-in host on Q&A.
February 2019 marks 10 years since the 2009 Victorian Bushfires, one of Australia’s worst natural disasters and on Wednesday 6 February, ABC Radio Melbourne will mark the anniversary with a full day of live broadcasts across the state.
Lindy Burns will return to the Evenings program for a final week of broadcasting in early December, to say goodbye to her ABC Radio Melbourne and Victorian listeners.
Lindy Burns won’t be returning to the microphone in 2019.
The ABC Radio Melbourne Evenings presenter has deciding to return home to Newcastle to spend more time with family.
She made an emotional announcement on air saying that the loss of her mother and her brother’s diagnosis with cancer on the same day earlier this year came as a double shock.
Following conversations with ABC management, Lindy decided to return home to support both her brother who in undergoing chemo, and her 83-year-old father.
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