ABC Radio Melbourne

Celebrate ABC Radio Melbourne’s 100th birthday at the Athenaeum Theatre October 18

21 August 2024 774 ABC Radio Melbourne is about to turn 100. October 13, 1924 was the first time the station, then called 3LO, aired.

ABC Radio Melbourne’s Bring Your Bills day to spotlight cost of living crisis

23 July 2024 On Thursday 25 July ABC Radio Melbourne are dedicating a day to practical advice for people struggling with the cost-of-living. From 5:30am - 6:30pm Bring...

Danielle Laidley joins ABC Radio Melbourne’s Saturday Sports show

9 March 2024 The ABC has expanded their coverage of the 2024 Toyota AFL Premiership with former coach and player Danielle Laidley commencing on ABC Radio Melbourne’s Saturday Mornings...

ABC Radio Melbourne returns to Geelong for Radio in Residency

1 March 2024 Throughout March, ABC Radio Melbourne will once again be broadcasting live from Geelong, bringing its pop-up radio studio to Deakin University’s Waterfront campus.Back for its third year, the ABC in Geelong will see ABC Radio Melbourne’s programs and presenters including Sammy J, Raf Epstein, Trevor Chappell, Richelle Hunt, Ali Moore, Jacinta Parsons and Brian Nankervis… Read More

Sammy J welcomes Taylor Swift to Melbourne in song

16 February 2024 Taking to the keyboards just like Tay Tay, ABC Melbourne breakfast show Sammy J wrote a song in Swifty style to welcome the singing icon...

Matt Tilley returns to ABC Radio Melbourne over summer

7 December 2023 Another familiar name will return to the Melbourne airwaves in the coming weeks.Former Fox FM Breakfast announcer Matt Tilley will be filling in on ABC Melbourne Breakfast over summer, hosting for a week.The radio personality turned philanthropist filled in for Sammy J earlier this year, presenting on AM for the first time. Friday Breakfast host Charlie Pickering will finish… Read More

Ali Moore locked in for ABC Radio Melbourne Drive

6 December 2023 Ali Moore will host ABC Radio Melbourne Drive in 2024 after covering the shift since September when Raf Epstein moved to mornings. ABC Melbourne will...

The politics of radio: Dan Andrews visits ABC Melbourne, PM calls 2SER

19 September 2023 For any radio announcer, talk or music, it's usually a long play to get to chat to your state leader, let alone the Prime Minister....

Raf Epstein to replace Virginia Trioli on ABC Radio Mornings

1 September 2023 Veteran ABC Radio Melbourne Drive presenter Raf Epstein will take over as host of Mornings, replacing Virginia Trioli, who announced yesterday that Friday September 15...

Virginia Trioli leaving ABC Radio Melbourne

31 August 2023 ABC Radio Melbourne's Virginia Trioli will leave her morning radio show to host a new ABC television arts program. Trioli came to the decision after...

Mixx FM streets ahead in Colac – Xtra Insights

15 August 2023 In the first Xtra Insights survey of Colac in five years, and one based on a differing survey area, the Ace Radio Network’s Mixx FM...

From overnights to afternoons for ABC Radio Melbourne’s Trevor Chappell

27 July 2023 ABC Radio Melbourne Overnights presenter Trevor Chappell will move into Afternoons from next week until the end of the year, replacing Jacinta Parsons, who finishes...

Jacinta Parsons to leave ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoons

20 July 2023 Jacinta Parsons announced on air today that she will step away from ABC Radio Melbourne’s Afternoons next Thursday July 27. She said: “Like so...

You Don’t Know Me podcast with Virginia Trioli back for a second season

12 July 2023 ABC Radio Melbourne presenter Virginia Trioli is back for a second season of her hit podcast series, You Don't Know Me, asking seven challenging questions...

ABC Radio breaches accuracy rules in Victorian logging stories: ACMA

9 November 2022 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) breached broadcasting rules by misrepresenting risks associated with the findings of...

ABC celebrates Melbourne’s best young storytellers

3 November 2022 The ABC and VicHealth have announced the 28 winners of this year’s Takeover Melbourne storytelling competition. The competition, now in its third year, will once again showcase...

ABC’s pop-up radio residency comes to Geelong in March

3 February 2022 The ABC’s deferred Geelong Radio in Residency initiative will launch in March bringing a month-long focus on Victoria’s largest regional city. The residency was planned...

New weekend lineup for ABC Melbourne

20 December 2021 ABC Radio Melbourne has announced a new weekend lineup for next year. From 6-8 am Saturdays, Melbourne will wake up with broadcaster, cook and writer Alice...

ABC focuses on Geelong with pop-up radio residency

3 August 2021 The stories and issues of the Geelong region will be the focus of a pop-up ABC ‘Radio in Residency’ in the heart of the city...

The winners for the SA Media Awards

28 June 2021 The SA Media Awards were announced at a cocktail event on Friday, June 25, 2021. Patrick Martin from the ABC is South Australia’s Journalist of...

New hosts for the Victorian Conversation Hour and Country Hour

31 March 2021 Experienced presenter and reporter Jonathon Kendall has been named as the new co-host of The Conversation Hour on ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria. ...

ABC Radio confirms the 2021 lineup with only a few changes

15 December 2020 ABC Radio has announced its 2021 presenter line ups, which remain relatively stable for all networks, with no changes for ABC Radio Sydney, ABC Radio Melbourne...

ABC Radio is looking for happy songs

5 July 2020 ABC Radio is currently running, Your Good Vibrations, and calling for happy songs. This is part of ABC’s focus on mental wellbeing, ABC Your Mental Health, 5-11...

ABC rings in the changes for 2020

4 December 2019 All the ABC Radio lineup changes for 2020 At ABC Radio Sydney, Sarah Macdonald replaces Chris Bath's and James Valentine's show will be extended to...

Revealed: Top comedian Sammy J to take on breakfast in Melbourne

28 November 2019 Comedian and performer Sammy J will take the helm of ABC Radio Melbourne's Breakfast show in 2020, replacing hosting duo Jacinta Parsons and Sami Shah....

Faine’s Final Show in front of 4,000 at the Melbourne Town Hall

11 October 2019 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...

3GG gains on Hit Gippsland: Xtra Insights

8 October 2019 531 3GG Forever Classic has jumped 4.4 to 10.1, moving into 2nd place and leapfrogging ABC Radio Melbourne (8.6), triple j (7.4), and ABC Gippsland...

Listeners can register to attend Faine’s finale

2 September 2019 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...

Lisa Millar to join News Breakfast

18 June 2019 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...

ABC responds to Mitchell claim that Trioli show will finish earlier

2 May 2019 In his listener tips segment at the end of today's program, 3AW's Neil Mitchell set tongues wagging with speculation that Virginia Trioli's new show may...