Julian Day will present Classic Breakfast, one of the station’s most popular shows.

ABC Classic FM have announced changes to the station’s programming as part of the restructuring of the broadcaster’s offering in the wake of recently announced federal funding cuts to the ABC.

Veteran ABC Classic FM broadcaster, and regular Limelight Magazine contributor Julian Day will become the new host of Classic Breakfast, one of the stations highest rating programs. He will be replacing Emma Ayres who recently announced she would leaving the show. Day has been presenting and producing for the radio station for over a decade. “After hosting Classic Breakfast for a number of summer seasons I’m delighted to join your mornings through the coming year,” Day said of the appointment.

The move to Classic FM’s breakfast show will be welcome news for Day, who formerly presented New Music Up Late, the first program at Classic FM to be confirmed as axed. A petition to save the major platform for the promotion of contemporary Australian music has secured over 1600 signatures in recent weeks, and John Davis, the CEO of the Australian Music Centre also published an open letter the ABC’s Managing Director, Mark Scott to...