It was 2020, a few weeks before the COVID pandemic hit, when Sammy J sat down behind the ABC Radio Melbourne microphone.

After five years of waking up Melbourne, Breakfast presenter Sammy J has announced he will hang up the microphone next month.

Peel a carrot and pour some milk, because Sammy J is climbing down your televisual chimney with a look back on the year that was. ABC iview Home Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview.

ABC Melbourne Breakfast host Sammy J has announced his departure from the program after five years behind the microphone.