The ABC has confirmed News Breakfast presenter Virginia Trioli will replace Melbourne radio presenter Jon Faine when the veteran broadcaster retires later this year.

Virginia Trioli will move from ABC News Breakfast to take over Jon Faine's spot on ABC Melbourne radio. Credit:Eddie Jim

Faine, who has been the morning’s presenter at ABC Radio Melbourne for 23 years, announced in January he would be hanging up the headphones at the end of the year. Trioli was widely tipped to be his replacement and earlier this year told this masthead she would welcome the opportunity.

Trioli has hosted ABC News Breakfast since 2008. She has recently filled in for Faine as well as for Tony Jones on ABC TV’s Q&A.

Her shift to radio would mean a brief - but nonetheless welcome - sleep-in, after just over a decade of 3am starts.