ABC NewsRadio‘s Glen Bartholomew will wrap up today on the National Drive program after more than 27 years with the broadcaster.

With 17 years at NewsRadio, including five as Breakfast presenter and periods as acting Network Manager. He was on air when the Sydney Lindt Cafe siege began, reporting live from the scene after coming off air, and again early the next morning.

Bartholomew’s ABC career saw him produce and host local metro programs in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney including as co-anchor of the NSW and Victorian state elections, covering the Australian Open tennis for the last two decades and recently as relief presenter of RN Drive.