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After five years of waking up Melbourne, Breakfast presenter Sammy J has announced he will hang up the microphone next month. Sammy began hosting ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast just weeks before the COVID pandemic hit in 2020, quickly becoming an important source of fun, information and companionship for locked down Melburnians. “Hosting Melbourne Breakfast was an unexpected opportunity that became an unexpected joy, but radio demands all of you and deserves nothing less, and after five years I’m

774 ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast host Sharnelle Vella is expecting a baby girl in March! Sharnelle told listeners the news on Wednesday morning, revealing that she and husband Nicholas Koutrigaros had faced a harrowing struggle with infertility. She decided to share her story to offer support and hope to other couples, and to shed light on endometriosis, a silent condition which affects one million Australian women. Support for infertility and childlessness COPE (for connections to specialist s