It will be the end of an era when the popular presenter conducts her last ever radio interview this coming Saturday.

In sad news for Margaret Throsby’s legions of fans, the popular broadcaster will conduct her last ever interview on radio this coming Saturday, October 28, when she talks with Australian composer Nigel Westlake between 9am and 12 noon. The Saturday Morning Program began on ABC Classic FM in January 2017, replacing The Midday Interview Program, the popular show Throsby hosted for 22 years from 1994 to 2016.

A story posted on the ABC website on Monday said that Throsby, who has more than 50 years experience in broadcasting, “will be staying on air at ABC Classic FM throughout 2018, bringing audiences some of the finest live music from Australian concerts” and that she “will also begin a new role at the ABC next year, where she will use the skills and experience gained throughout her long media career to support and mentor the next generation of ABC broadcasters and content-makers.”

“While the program won’t be back on air in 2018 we hope that listeners have enjoyed it, and the diversity of guests and music it offered in 2017,”...