One of the stalwarts of Melbourne public radio has been axed, with the last episode of Film Buff's Forecast to be broadcast on 3RRR on March 25, after 36 years on air.

Host Paul Harris posted the news to his friends and followers on Facebook on Thursday afternoon, under the heading "Death in Brunswick!" (a reference to an Australian cinema classic and the station's physical location).

Harris wrote that he had been called into a meeting a week ago and "informed that the station was taking away my 12-2pm slot, which had been a constant in my life for so long".

The decision was, he said, made by the station's content and program manager "with the unanimous approval of the program advisory group of 3RRR".