ABC Local Radio

Josh Szeps is back on 702 Afternoons after a few weeks off.

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Dr Vyom Sharma hosted Saturday Breakfast on ABC Radio Melbourne this morning as Alice Zaslavsky has travelled to Canada to promote her book.

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Whoā€™s the afternoon newsreader on ABC Melbourne? She really struggles with pronouncing sports player names.

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Mary Gearin is hosting ABC Radio Melbourne Drive today.

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And Chris Bath on in Sydney. Richard back tomorrow.

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Iā€™m hoping there might be a bit more pressure on Macca on Sundays now. The show is still intolerable and just filled with weirdness and rants but the past few weeks I seem to have noticed a lot more of the correspondence heā€™s reading out is stuff praising him and his show, a bit likes heā€™s trying to justify his existence on the airwaves.

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The ABC should loan him out to 2SM (or 2GB), heā€™d be a natural fit there!

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Ekka:

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What is the ABC Sydney phone number for overseas callers to programs?

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is 1300 222 702 accessible by putting +61 in front of it?

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Thatā€™s it
https://www.1300numbersaustralia.com.au/what-you-need-to-know-about-calling-a-1300-number-from-overseas

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Monday 29 August -
Alice Zaslavsky filling in for Jacinta Parsons on ABC Melbourne Afternoons today. Jacinta will be back tomorrow.

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Queensland evenings presenter Kelly Higgins-Devine returns to presenting tonight, after spending a few months off-air after undergoing a double bypass surgery on her heart.

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Thursday 15 September -
Charlie Pickering filling in for Jacinta Parsons on ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoons today.

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A few movements as a couple of presenters are in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth IIā€™s funeral next week.

In Melbourne:

  • Mornings - Ali Moore presented Monday, with Warwick Long on Tuesday to Friday with Virginia Trioli in London with crosses.
  • Drive - Warwick Long presented Monday with David Astle doing Tuesday to Friday with Raf Epstein in London with crosses.
  • Evenings - Melbourne and Victoria joined the Sydney/NSW Evenings program this week.

In Sydney:

  • Drive - Josh Szeps presented this week with Richard Glover in London for crosses.
  • Afternoons - Dominic Knight presented this week, due to Josh doing Drive.
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And also looking ahead to next week from the ABC Media release about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIā€™s funeral service:

On ABC Radio, ABC Brisbane Evenings presenter, Kelly Higgins-Devine will anchor a national one-hour special at 7.00pm AEST covering the events leading up to the funeral proceedings, with Virginia Trioli, Raf Epstein and Richard Glover providing insights live from London.

From 8.00pm AEST our local radio network will also broadcast the BBCā€™s coverage of the Queenā€™s funeral for the duration of the service.

On Thursday 22 September during the National Day of Mourning, ABC TV, ABC News and ABC Local Radio will cover the memorial service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II live from Parliament House in Canberra from 11.00am AEST.

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And Josh will be moving to Mornings when James Valentine goes on a break. Dom will continue with Afternoons and no idea who is doing Drive.

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ABC Radio Melbourne weekday schedule for the week of September 19-23 (radio survey break)
Breakfast: Andrew Hansen
Mornings: Ali Moore
Afternoons: Charlie Pickering (Monday-Thursday), Brian Nankervis (Friday)
Drive: Mary Gearin
Evenings: Casey Benetto (Monday - Thursday), Sirine Demachkie (Friday)

Weekday schedule for the week of September 26-30
Breakfast: Andrew Hansen
Mornings: Virginia Trioli
Afternoons: Jacinta Parsons (Monday), Dr Vyom Sharma (Tuesday-Thursday), Jacinta Parsons and Brian Nankervis (Friday)
Drive: Rafael Epstein
Evenings: David Astle

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ABC Radio Perth drive host Geoff Hutchison is finishing at the end of November.


Former 3AW producer Julian Virgona started his new job at the ABC today.

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