Paul is better in the afternoons slot than Nikolai IMO.
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Dave OāNeil filling in for Sammy J on ABC Melbourne breakfast this week.
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Saturday 28 September
Brian Nankervis will be filling in for Alice Zaslavsky on Melbourneās Saturday Brekfast.
Also, with Christine Anu performing at the AFL Grand Final tomorrow, Lisa Pellegrino will be filling in for her on the Weekend Evenings program.
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Adelaide Talkback Gardening presenter John Lamb has announced his retirement after 57 years at the ABC, including 44 of those on the Saturday Talkback Gardening program.
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Iām not convinced that Dave OāNeil, as much as I like him, is especially well suited to breakfast. I think heās a better Afternoons presenter with his laid-back style.
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Iām noticing that ABC local mornings that start at 8:30 really need to jump straight in to traffic and weather instead of announcing which country they are broadcasting from (sometimes can be up to 4), a criptive brief of whatās coming up in the morning and then things we need to know which is basically an events calendar.
Letās skip the filler and bring the listeners priority information when they tune in at 8:30 for a traffic update.
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If you donāt mind me asking, which station are you listening to?
They donāt do this in Sydney or Melbourne (i.e. acknowledgement of country at the start of the 8.30 session).
Albeit fair point about the filler stuff - IMO - as soon as AM ends, it should just go straight to the newsreader for the headlines, followed by traffic.
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Sunshine Coast. No issue with acknowledgement but itās not necessary at 8:30 and like you said, should be straight in to headlines.
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Must be a local thing as this morning was for both Gold and Sunshine Coast and they jumped straight in to traffic and weather.
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You donāt really need traffic reports on ABC Wimmera etc.
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Saturday September 5
Adelaideās Saturday Breakfast program with Deb Tribe was relayed into the NT.
Also, Lisa Pellegrino again be filling in for Christine Anu on the Weekend Evenings program tonight.
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Monday September 7th - some public holiday changes:
Queensland:
Brisbane Breakfast - Joel Spreadborough (for Craig and Loretta)
Brisbane Drive - Ellen Fanning (for Kelly Higgins-Devine)
Regional Drive - Adam Stephen (for all areas other than Brisbane)
Sydney:
Drive - Dom Knight (for Richard Glover)
Also in Queensland - with daylight savings starting, the Saturday Draft program has now finished itās winter run.
From next Saturday the Brisbane Saturday Breakfast show now begins at 5am running until 11am. At 11am it will go straight to ABC Sport / Summer Grandstand.
Additionally, the Queensland Evenings program is now one hour less running from 7pm to 9pm only, before joining Nightlife and Overnights live at 9pm. The first hour of the national Friday evenings program will not be heard, with QLD joining live at 7pm local time for the remaining two hours.
Australia All Over is now on delay on Sunday mornings. With a short gap between 5am and 5.30am filled by a replay of What The Duck from RN.
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And in WA, the Extra Time sports show has now finished, with Nightlife starting from 7pm AWST.
WA and NT will also now get a repeat of Conversations between the end of Overnights, and the start of the Early Mornings program.
NT will also now miss the first hour of the combined SA-NT evenings show, with them joining in from 8pm ACDT (7pm ACST).
Saskia Mabin is also filling in for Gerogia Stynes on Mornings in Canberra next week,
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Monday October 7
Adelaide Fill Inās:
Sonya Feldholf hosted the Adelaide breakfast show solo - Jules Schiller has the day off
Matt Stephens (Riverland) presented state-wide regional breakfast. The 2nd hour of the Adelaide mornings program with David Bevan is also being relayed into Regional SA and Broken Hill.
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In Sydney, James OāLoughlin has been filling in for Sarah MacDonald who is unwell.
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Iāve been noticing promos and hosts have reverted to calling ABC Radio Melbourne as ā774 ABC Radio Melbourneā again. Has the same been happening on other stations?
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Yep - also heard in Adelaide (891) and Sydney (702) - however, some programs in Adelaide still have āABC Radio Adelaideā
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Iām hoping for a return to ā3LOā, because three syllables is better than ten when it comes to the name of a radio station 
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Related to the 100th anniversary?
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The stars align for 100 years of ABC Radio Melbourne
Mary-Jane has, ably assisted by her on air and behind the scenes staff, past and present, particularly Jacinta Parsons and Brian Nankervis (pictured above). They will host the next Friday Revue on October 18 live from the Athenaeum Theatre with a host of musical guests and collected stories to celebrate.
The live Friday Revue party of the century, hosted by Jacinta Parsons and Brian Nankervis, kicks off at 12.30pm sharp on Friday October 18.
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