Tag: Nine News

Brian Henderson for Logies’ Hall of Fame

Former Sydney TV newsreader Brian Henderson is to be inducted into the TV Week Logie Awards‘ Hall of Fame. New Zealand-born Henderson, a Gold Logie winner in 1968 (pictured), had joined TCN9 in the late 1950s.  He dominated Sydney television for over 40 years as newsreader at TCN and was known nationally as host of pop …

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TV news in the swinging Sixties

Although television in Australia was a decade old, in 1966 it was still newspapers and radio that were viewed by many as their primary sources of news — but the tide was turning as journalism was facing the sort of generational change not unlike current day trends towards online and multimedia reporting. Media and advertising …

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Obituary: Paul Griffin

Former Brisbane television presenter Paul Griffin has died at the age of 64 65.  He had suffered a heart failure. Griffin’s career dated back to the 1960s, working at regional radio station 4ZR in Roma before moving to 4KQ in Brisbane.  In 1973 he made the shift to television and during the 1970s and 1980s …

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Obituary: Peter Harvey

Peter Harvey, veteran journalist at the Nine Network for almost 40 years, has died at the age of 68 from cancer.  His family were by his bedside. His career started at The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, winning a Walkley Award in 1964.  He went on to work for Newsweek magazine, covering significant stories including the …

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3AW honours Peter Hitchener

Nine News Melbourne newsreader Peter Hitchener (pictured) was a special guest on Denis Walter‘s 3AW program yesterday (Tuesday) in celebration of his 40 years at the Nine Network. Offering their congratulations to Hitchener on his career achievement were Nine colleagues Tony Jones, Livinia Nixon, Pete Smith and news director Hugh Nailon. Raised in the remote Queensland town of Texas, …

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Helen Kapalos joins Today Tonight

Former Ten News presenter Helen Kapalos (pictured) has been reported as the new host for Today Tonight in Melbourne and Sydney.  She replaces Matt White who announced his departure from the program late last year. Kapalos was dismissed from Ten News on the eve of a planned holiday in November last year as part of the network’s …

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Foxtel scores Brian Henderson return

Retired Sydney newsreader Brian Henderson (pictured) is returning to TV after ten years… but don’t expect to see him on screen. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the 81-year-old is coming out of retirement to narrate a documentary for Foxtel based on the 1977 Granville train disaster.  It is a news story he remembers well, not …

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Farewell Friday #2: Nine

While the Ten Network has said farewell to a number of staffers as it ends the ratings year, the Nine Network‘s Perth newsroom also had a departure tonight. Newsreader Greg Pearce has announced his resignation from the news desk at STW9 in Perth after a five-year stint. In a statement published by News Limited, Pearce …

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Nine starts 3D trial for Olympics

The Nine Network today (16 July) starts test transmissions in 3D in the lead-up to the network’s coverage of the Olympic Games. The network will be conducting the transmissions in Sydney (UHF Channel 35), Melbourne (UHF35), Brisbane (UHF31), Adelaide (UHF31), Perth (UHF38) and the Gold Coast (UHF50). Viewers with compatible tuners — and 3D glasses …

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