Radio pioneer James Valentine announces retirement
James Valentine behind the mic (Credit: ABC Radio Sydney: Declan Bowring)
Long-serving ABC radio presenter James Valentine has announced he will be putting down the mic, with his final show scheduled for this Friday.
Valentine took to 702 ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons to share the news on Monday.
He had been off the air since June 2025 after revealing that he had been diagnosed with omentum cancer, describing it “as a fatty veil, which extends from the stomach over [the] intestine”.
