ABC presenter Virginia Trioli to succeed Jon Faine as morning show host

ABC presenter Virginia Trioli has been named as veteran radio man Jon Faine’s successor as host of the national broadcaster’s Melbourne Mornings program.

Virgina Trioli with ABC News Breakfast co-host Michael Rowland. Picture: Stuart McEvoy

ABC presenter Virginia Trioli has been named as veteran radio man Jon Faine’s successor as host of the national broadcaster’s Melbourne Mornings program.

Faine, who has presented the show since 1997, announced in January that he would be calling it quits at the end of the year.

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Jon Faine will bow out of ABC Melbourne at the end of the year. Picture: AAP

After hosting ABC TV’s News Breakfast since 2008, Trioli had been widely tipped to take over from Faine and she was invited on his program this morning to make the announcement.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be taking on one of the most precious radio jobs in the country,” Trioli said

“Jon and the ABC Melbourne team, for more than two decades, have created an agenda-setting and community-building program.”

No decision has been made on who would replace Trioli next year on News Breakfast, which she hosts with Michael Rowland.