Steve Raymond, journalist and broadcaster, has died.
Friend and former radio colleague Pete Graham posted the news of Raymond’s passing on social media.
Starting his career at Sydney radio stations 2GB and 2SM in the 1960s, Raymond made the move to television to TEN10 as a reporter and news presenter. He won a Logie Award for Best News Reporting for two big stories in 1969. His exclusive interview with English singer-actress Marianne Faithfull, who was in a Sydney hospital recovering from a drug overdose, was sold overseas. The other big news story was his reporting of a funeral for seven teenagers killed in a high-speed car crash in the remote NSW farming town of Warren. His reporting attracted the praise of NSW Premier Robert Askin.
He won a second Logie Award in 1971 for the documentary, Scream Bloody Murder, highlighting the increasing road toll problem and to encourage the wearing of seat belts.
In 1972 he abruptly resigned from Ten and made the move to the rival Nine Network to join the reporting team on the original A Current Affair, hosted by Mike Willesee. This led to another Logie win, for his expose into Dare To Be Great, a pyramid-style organisation.
He then followed Willesee back to Ten to report for the short-lived current affairs program 24 Hours, followed by a venture into compering. He hosted game show Casino 10 and later a daytime variety show, The Steve Raymond Show, to compete with The Mike Walsh Show on Nine.
He continued to work in Sydney radio for many years, including a top-rating morning shift at 2UE and almost 20 years at 2WS/WSFM.
Steve Raymond was the brother of former Seven Network sports broadcaster, the late Mike Raymond.
Source: Radio Today, Sydney Morning Herald. TV Week, 6 January 1973, 16 March 1974. Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 1969, 23 October 1969, 8 October 1972, 1 July 1974.
