Mary Gearin is filling in for Rafael Epstein on Melbourne Mornings all next week (September 14-18), as Raf hosts Media Watch on Monday.
According to ABC Melbourne’s schedule, Margaret Paul will host Conversations Hour on Monday, and Kirsten Diprose will be in the chair on Tuesday.
… Margaret has come a long way from local news in Broken Hill …
She was the correspondent contact listed on “ABC Geelong” (the FB page the ABC runs in lieu of setting up an actual ABC Radio Geelong on the FM band) for a while as well.
… that was one of the three supposed new bureaux to be set up in electorates that Gillard wanted to pork barrel in return for $60mil additional ABC funding in May 2013, but then she was ousted by Rudd and they all quietly disappeared …
I’d say they were planning for Abbott and the Liberals cuts. Nothing to do with Rudd.
What would an ABC Radio Geelong be if created at this point? Would have to be something special to make the effort to create it worthwhile.
Like with many regional ABC stations in Victoria, it would probably just mean local news and a local breakfast show.
and the state-wide drive from Ballarat.
… poppycock … Gillard was planning to win the election and Abbott was still promising no “cuts” …
… it was just planned as a one-person news bureau, nothing more …
… nope, not even that, it was just planned as a one-person news bureau, nothing more …
Kirsten Diprose will host Conversation Hour on ABC Melbourne for the rest of this week, except on Thursday when Hilary Harper is in the chair for the Top 100 Australian Books special (see Radio National thread).
Thursday 17 September and Friday 18 September -
Richelle Hunt hosting ABC Melbourne breakfast solo today, as Bob Murphy is unwell.
Seven News weekend presenter Mike Smithson is filling in for Rory McClaren on morning in Adelaide.
Afternoons presenter Jo Laverty will be filling in for Sonya Feldholf on Breakfast next week.
Craig going on a break for a week or two so Sydney Breakfast will be hosted by Kathryn Robinson. Rae Johnson will do Afternoons on Tuesday.
Kia Handley filling on NSW Evenings as well.
Rafael Epstein returns next Monday to present Melbourne Mornings. Much of ABC Melbourne’s weekday schedule will be fill-ins for the next two weeks.
Schedule for September 21-25
Breakfast: Justin Smith (Bob Murphy on Friday)
Mornings: Rafael Epstein
Conversation Hour: Kirsten Diprose
Afternoons: Gorgi Coghlan
Drive: Warwick Long
Thank God It’s Friday: Lehmo
Evenings: David Astle
Nightlife: Phillip Clark (Suzanne Hill on Friday)
ABC Melbourne reporter Kate Meade made an Instagram post introducing herself to new followers.
ABC Perth will have a big Grand Final flavour on Friday morning. Mark Gibson will present breakfast from South Fremantle from 5am to 8am, while Nadia Mitsopoulos will host her mornings show live from the Grand Final Parade in Melbourne from 8.30am to 11am (10.30am to 1pm AEST).