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The results are in!

ABC NewsRadio’s first annual end-of-year News poll has delivered an intriguing result.

We were keen to find out what you thought was the most significant news story of 2008. And just over a third of listeners who voted believe it was Barack Obama’s election as US President, on the first Wednesday of November! Less than a quarter felt the global financial crisis was the major news event, while the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and the Mumbai attacks were the next most critical, according to voters.

Here’s the complete list of the 10 most important stories of the past 12 months, as voted by you, ranked in order:

1. Barack Obama elected as US President 33.9%
2. Global financial meltdown 23.3%
3. Zimbabwe cholera outbreak 9.6%
4. Mumbai blasts 9.0%
5. China earthquake 8.7%
6. Apology to the Stolen Generations 8.2%
7. Heath Ledger dies 3.6%
8. World Youth Day 1.4%
9. Fidel Castro resigns 1.2%
10. Burma cyclone 1.2%

Now go to our latest poll - and vote for your Sports story of the year!

David Lord, one of Australia’s iconic sports broadcasters returns to ABC NewsRadio on special assignment to talk with some of Australia’s iconic sporting greats. His weekly program, called Green and Gold Greats will air on Saturdays at 11.00am and over the next four months he’ll talk to living legends as diverse as Sam Loxton, Betty Cuthbert, Ken Rosewall, Margaret Court, Ron Barassi and Marjorie Jackson-Nelson.

From Monday 8 December there will be some changes to the ABC NewsRadio schedule. While the Breakfast team remains the same with host Glen Bartholomew, political editor Marius Benson and sports reporter Debbie Spillane, Anna Hipsley moves to host Mornings and John Barron presents Drive. Afternoons will again be a ‘tag team’ affair, with Shon Walker sharing presenting/producing with Ben McLean. In addition Kel Richards moves to Weekend afternoons to present five-minute national bulletins every half hour and provide a welcome local ‘voice’ amidst our international partners. There will also be a new mix of BBC material on air between 7 and 9pm, Monday to Friday, and a weekly half-hour series by Fiona Ellis-Jones focusing on African news and current affairs.