Nine News
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| Division of: | Nine Network |
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| Founded: | 1956 |
| Headquarters: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Area served: | Worldwide |
| Broadcast programs: | Today Weekend Today Nine Early News Nine Morning News Nine Afternoon News Nine News First at Five A Current Affair 60 Minutes |
| Parent: | Nine Entertainment Co. |
| Website: | Nine News |
Nine News (formerly known as National Nine News) is the news service of the Nine Network in Australia.
Nine News's flagship bulletin is the nightly 6:00pm localised bulletin, produced by networked owned-and-operated stations in Sydney (TCN9), Melbourne (GTV9), Brisbane (QTQ9) and Darwin (NTD) alongside localised bulletins produced by the WIN-owned Nine Network affiliates in Adelaide (NWS9) and Perth (STW9).
National bulletins also air on weekday mornings and each afternoon. In addition, a supplementary regional news program for the Gold Coast in Queensland is also produced by the news service on weeknights.
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[edit] National bulletins
[edit] Nine Early Morning News
Nine Early Morning News is a half-hour bulletin airing at 5:00am on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney studios by various reporters.
The Early Morning News is a pre-recorded bulletin, and is presented as the "AM Edition" of the Qantas Inflight News, a daily news bulletin for passengers of Qantas airways. Early morning bulletins were introduced in the early 1990s as Daybreak, and later National Nine Early News, until 2003 when Today was extended to begin at 6am. The Early News resumed for a brief time at 6am in 2005 where it was presented by Sharyn Ghidella and Chris Smith, before again being cancelled. Amber Sherlock previously presented the bulletin from July 2008 until June 2010.
This bulletin has been used as a training ground for presenters, with the Weekend Today news presenter generally presenting two or three days, and junior reporters doing the remaining days, particularly during Amber Sherlock and Alicia Gorey's tenures as main presenters. These presenters have included Sarah Harris, Kristie Carter, Louise Creely, Jessica Rich, Amelia Adams, Sophie Walsh, Davina Smith, Kyrrie Blenkinsop, Sylvia Jeffreys and Sarah Stewart.
[edit] Nine Morning News
Nine Morning News airs at 11am on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney studios by Wendy Kingston (Monday - Thursday) and Deborah Knight (Friday) with sports presenter Tim Sheridan. Fill-in presenters include Amber Sherlock, Sarah Harris, Amelia Adams and Jessica Rich (news), Tim Gilbert and Roz Kelly (sport).
The morning bulletin, originally known as National Nine Morning News, has been broadcast since 1981 and was originally presented by Eric Walters. The bulletin was extended from 30 minutes to 60 minutes on Monday 4 May 2009.[1]
From 2004 to October 2008 the bulletin was known as the Morning Edition, and until May 2009, was branded the AM Edition. WIN Television carries only the first 30 minutes of the bulletin.
[edit] Nine Afternoon News
Nine Afternoon News airs at 4:30pm on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney studios by Wendy Kingston (Monday - Thursday) and Deborah Knight (Friday) with sport presenter Tim Sheridan and weather presenter Livinia Nixon. Currently, Amelia Adams is covering for Wendy Kingston's maternity leave. Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include Amber Sherlock, Sarah Harris, Amelia Adams and Jessica Rich (news), Tim Gilbert, Andrew Voss and Roz Kelly (sport), and Garry Youngberry (weather). On Monday 12 March 2012 WIN Television has announced it will be cancelling regional news bulletins in Western Australia from Wednesday 14 March they will be closing three news bureaus in Broome,Albany and Geralton in Replacement of Win News WA , A revamped 4:30pm news bulletin from the WIN owned Channel Nine Perth, to be fronted by current WIN News presenter Matt Tinney,
The program was initially launched in 2004 as Afternoon Edition in response to the launch of a 4:30pm bulletin on Seven the year before, brought about by extended coverage of the invasion of Iraq. On Monday 29 June 2009, the bulletin was replaced by an hour long news magazine programme This Afternoon, which was axed after 12 programs due to poor ratings. The half-hour bulletin returned on Wednesday 15 July 2009 and extended to 60 minutes in November 2011. As of December 2011, the bulletin aired only into Nine's east coast markets in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, as well as parts of regional South Australia and regional New South Wales. The bulletin was reintroduced to all other areas a month later.
Past presenters of the bulletin include anchors Georgie Gardner (2004), Mike Munro (2005–2006), Kellie Connolly (2006–2008), Leila McKinnon (2008) and Mark Ferguson (2009).
[edit] Nine News: First at Five
Nine News: First at Five airs at 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and presented from the network's Sydney studios by Georgie Gardner (Saturday) and Peter Overton (Sunday). Sport is presented by Cameron Williams (Saturday) and Ken Sutcliffe (Sunday). Weather is presented by Jaynie Seal. Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include Wendy Kingston (news) and Amber Sherlock (weather).
The bulletin was launched in January 2011 in response to Network Ten's decision to move its weekend evening bulletin to 6pm - the network reintroduced a 5pm news two months later. Nine's 5pm bulletin does not air in Sydney and Brisbane on Sundays during the NRL season or when cricket is airing nationally in its timeslot.
[edit] Nine News Updates
Short localised updates are presented during the afternoons by various state-based reporters or presenters.
National evening updates are presented on weeknights from Sydney's TCN 9 studios by Amber Sherlock or a rotating team of reporters. Late updates at weekends are presented from Melbourne's GTV 9 studios by Alicia Gorey.
[edit] Online bulletins
[edit] Ninemsn newsroom
Ninemsn newsroom[2] is an online bulletin streamed at 12:30pm on weekdays, presented from Sydney by Wendy Kingston or Deborah Knight. The bulletin was introduced in 2006 as Nine News Now and originally streamed at 3pm. The bulletin can also be downloaded as a vodcast from the Ninemsn newsroom website.
[edit] Live streaming
In June 2008, live streaming of the 6pm bulletins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane was introduced to the Nine News website. These bulletins can be viewed nationwide, regardless of the home market of the viewer. Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News are also streamed live online.
[edit] Nine Newsbreak
Nine Newsbreak is an iPhone and iPad app that was launched in 2011. The app is constantly updated with videos from Nine's newsrooms around the country and overseas along with specially produced 60-second video reports and full video packages taken from Nine News bulletins. There is also a user generated functionality, enabling consumers to take a photo or video and send it via the app, direct to Nine's newsrooms.
[edit] Local bulletins
[edit] Owned and operated stations
[edit] Sydney
Nine News Sydney is presented from TCN-9's Sydney studios by Peter Overton from Sunday to Thursday and Georgie Gardner on Friday and Saturday, with sports presenters Ken Sutcliffe (Sunday - Thursday) and Cameron Williams (Friday and Saturday), and weather presenters Natalie Gruzlewski (Monday - Thursday) and Amber Sherlock (Friday - Sunday).
The bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station Hope 103.2[3] and throughout regional southern and central New South Wales and the ACT on WIN Television. The main fill-in presenters for the bulletin are Wendy Kingston, Leila McKinnon, Sarah Harris and Peter Harvey with sports presenters Tim Sheridan and Tim Gilbert.
The Sydney bulletin was presented by Brian Henderson for 38 years – a record that still stands today. Henderson retired in November 2002, with then Sunday and weekend presenter Jim Waley taking over as weeknight anchor. After falling ratings Waley was replaced three years later by weekend presenter Mark Ferguson,[4] by which point, National Nine News had lost its long time ratings lead in Sydney to the rival Seven News service.
Peter Overton became Nine's main Sydney anchor in January 2009, with Ferguson returning to his former weekend role[5] (replacing Michael Usher and his predecessor Mike Munro[6]) for seven months until his decision to leave for the Seven Network saw him replaced by Georgie Gardner.[7]
During 2011, the 6pm Sydney bulletin overtook Seven's Sydney news in the ratings for the first time in seven years, winning 21 weeks compared to Seven's 14 weeks.[8]
[edit] Melbourne
Nine News Melbourne is presented from GTV-9's Melbourne studios by Peter Hitchener on weeknights and Alicia Gorey on weekends with sport presenters Tony Jones (weeknights) and Clint Stanaway (weekends), and weather presenter Livinia Nixon (weeknights). The bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station Light FM, throughout regional Victoria on WIN Television Victoria every night and throughout Tasmania on WIN Television Tasmania at weekends.
The late Brian Naylor presented National Nine News Melbourne for 20 years from 1978 to 1998. Following his retirement, he was succeeded by Peter Hitchener as weeknight anchor, while Jo Hall took over from Hitchener as weekend presenter. Hall scaled back her work with Nine to news updates and fill-in duties in November 2011, with Weekend Today newsreader Alicia Gorey taking over as weekend anchor.
Nine News Melbourne has previously led in the ratings for more than 20 years, but as recently as 2007, lost the lead to the rival 6pm bulletin on Seven, winning only 19 weeks out of a possible 40 (Seven won 20 weeks and one week was drawn that year).
Fill-in presenters for the 6pm bulletin include news anchors Tony Jones, Jo Hall and Brett McLeod, sports reporters Clint Stanaway and Corey Norris, and weather presenters Brodie Harper, Jacqueline Felgate and Sonia Marinelli.
[edit] Brisbane
Nine News Brisbane is presented from QTQ-9's Brisbane studios by Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes on weeknights and Eva Milic on weekends. Sports bulletins are presented by Ian Healy on weeknights and Steve Haddan on weekends with weather forecasts presented by Garry Youngberry on weeknights and Davina Smith on weekends.
The 6pm bulletin is simulcast in Brisbane on community radio station River 94.9, across regional Queensland on WIN Television and throughout remote eastern and central Australia on Imparja Television. Regular fill-in presenters for the weekend bulletin include former ABC News weekend presenter Lisa Backhouse, former main anchors Heather Foord and Bruce Paige, sports presenter Wally Lewis and weather presenter Davina Smith.
Bruce Paige and Heather Foord co-anchored the 6pm bulletin from 1995 until 2002, when Foord joined Mike London as a weekend anchor and Jillian Whiting replaced her on weeknights. London resigned in June 2003 after allegations emerged that he had organised a female friend to complain about the presentation of weeknight anchor Bruce Paige. Foord and Whiting swapped positions in 2004 with Melissa Downes taking over as weekend anchor in 2006. Nine News Brisbane retained a long-standing ratings lead until it was overtaken by the rival 6pm Seven News bulletin in 2007.
Foord quit as weeknight anchor on 5 December 2008[9] and was replaced by Melissa Downes on weeknights with Eva Milic and former ABC newsreader Andrew Lofthouse fronting weekend bulletins. A year later, Bruce Paige retired as a weeknight anchor and Heather Foord returned to present weekend bulletins solo for two years. Paige returned to full-time newsreading in January 2012, fronting Nine Gold Coast News.
[edit] Gold Coast
Nine Gold Coast News is a regional news service for the Gold Coast, presented by Bruce Paige. The bulletin airs at 5:30pm on weeknights as an opt-out broadcast on QTQ-9's Gold Coast transmitters, before the main 6pm Brisbane edition of Nine News. Produced from the network's studios at Surfers Paradise, Nine Gold Coast News is also simulcast on local Gold Coast radio station Juice 107.3.
Previous presenters of the regional bulletin have included Rob Readings, Jillian Whiting, Melissa Downes and Eva Milic. The fill-in presenters are Carly Walters and Frank Warrick.
[edit] Darwin
Nine News Darwin is presented from the network's NTD-8 Darwin studios by Jonathan Uptin with sports presenter Michelle Buckworth (who also presents short weekend bulletins). The 6pm bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station Territory FM.
David Fidler presented the then Eight National News for 15 years until 2000, when he was forced to resign after being exposed by The Australian newspaper for falsely claiming he had represented Australia at the Olympics.[10] Fill-in presenters for the bulletin include Kyrrie Blenkinsop (news) and Leah Hannon (sport).
The 6pm weekend bulletins comprise of a simulcast of the first half of Nine News Sydney followed by an opt-out for local news and sport. During 2009 and 2010, Nine News Darwin was also simulcast on Imparja Television throughout central Australia. This simulcast no longer occurs, with Imparja relaying the 6pm Brisbane bulletin.
====Adelaide====File:- Nine News Adelaide is presented from the WIN Corporation-owned NWS9 Adelaide studios by Kate Collins on weeknights and Will McDonald on weekends with sports presenters Kym Dillon (weeknights) and Tom Rehn (weekends), and weather presenter Brenton Ragless (weeknights).
The weeknight bulletins are simulcast on local radio station 107.9 Life FM and nightly across the Riverland and south east regions of South Australia on WIN Television with a replay at 11:30pm on weeknights.
Rob Kelvin and Kevin Crease presented the Adelaide edition of National Nine News from 1988 until 2007, one of the longest serving news presenting teams in Australia. Caroline Ainslie previously presented the news with Kelvin until 1987. Throughout the 1990s, Deanna Williams was the main fill-in presenter and state political reporter. Following Kevin Crease's death in 2007, Kelvin was partnered with Kelly Nestor, whose contract was terminated two years later. Kelvin retired on New Year's Eve 2010[clarification needed] but continues to appear as a stand-in presenter.
[edit] Perth
Nine News Perth is presented from the WIN Corporation-owned STW9 Perth studios by Greg Pearce on weeknights and either Louise Momber or Ebbeny Faranda on weekends, with sports presenters Mark Readings (weeknights) and Tyson Beattie (weekends) and weather presenters Angela Tsun (weeknights) and Candice Barnes (weekends).
The 6pm bulletin is simulcast each weekday on local radio station Sunshine 98.5FM and nightly across regional Western Australia on WIN Television with a weeknight repeat at 11:30pm. Fill in presenters include Matt Tinney (weeknight news), Lee Steele (weekend news/weather), Peter Vlahos (sport), Tyson Beattie and Candice Barnes (weeknight sport/weather).
Dixie Marshall was a chief weeknight presenter between 2002 and May 2011, presenting alongside Sonia Vinci as Australia's first duo female news presenting team for five years until early 2008, when Vinci was replaced by Greg Pearce. Sharlyn Sarac and Matt Tinney previously co-anchored weekend bulletins until Sarac resigned in 2010. Tinney left a year later to present WIN News in regional Western Australia.
Natalia Cooper was a weather presenter for Nine News Perth until her resignation in June 2008.[11] A year later, she joined Seven Perth to replace retiring veteran Jeff Newman as its weather presenter.
[edit] Current affairs
[edit] Today
Today is the network's breakfast program, consisting of talk, entertainment and human-interest stories and airs weekdays from 5:30am to 9am, live from Nine's Sydney studios. The program is presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson with news presenters Deborah Knight (Monday) and Georgie Gardner (Tuesday - Friday), sport presenter Ben Fordham, weather presenter Steve Jacobs and entertainment news is presented by Richard Wilkins with Richard Reid.
[edit] Weekend Today
Weekend Today is the network's breakfast program, consisting of talk, entertainment and human-interest stories and airs Saturdays from 7am to 9am and Sundays from 7am to 10am, live from Nine's Sydney studios. The program is presented by Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon with news presenter Deborah Knight, sport presenter Tim Gilbert and weather presenter Emma Freedman and entertainment news is presented by Michele Mahone.
[edit] A Current Affair
A Current Affair is a populist current affairs program broadcast on the Nine Network at 6:30pm on weeknights and presented by Tracy Grimshaw.
[edit] 60 Minutes
60 Minutes is a Nine Network current affairs and investigative journalism program which airs on the Nine Network on Sundays at 7.30pm. The program is currently presented by Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Michael Usher, Liam Bartlett, Allison Langdon and Charles Wooley.
Ellen Fanning and Karl Stefanovic are casual reporters for the program with Peter Harvey presenting a weekly "Mail Bag" segment.
[edit] Former programs
[edit] Nightline
Nightline was Nine's weeknight late news program, originally launched in 1992 with Jim Waley as anchors. Other presenters included Hugh Riminton, Helen Kapalos, Ellen Fanning and Michael Usher. The program was axed on 25 July 2008 due to budgetary constraints at the Nine Network, with the final edition - presented by Wendy Kingston - airing on the same night.[12]
On 4 May 2009, Nine reintroduced a late bulletin, entitled Nine Late News and presented by Wendy Kingston.[1] The Late News was launched to replace the short two-minute national newsbreak, which was introduced following Nightline's axing in 2008. On weekends, a late news update continues to air, presented by Alicia Gorey in Melbourne.
Wendy Kingston continued as Late News presenter until November 2009, when she was replaced with Kellie Connolly. The Nightline branding returned on 30 November 2009.[13] At this time, the program was broadcast on the network's owned-and-operated station in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin - Adelaide and Perth viewers (served by WIN-owned Nine stations) received a repeat of the 6pm local bulletin.
In July 2010, the network announced that Nightline had been axed due to poor ratings and scheduling problems. It was replaced by news updates presented by duty reporters. Nine reportedly offered presenter Kellie Connolly a redundancy package.[14]
[edit] Sunday
Sunday was a long-running Australian breakfast news program which aired on Nine on Sunday mornings and featured investigative journalism, movie reviews and political interviews. The program was presented by Ellen Fanning prior to its axing. News was presented by Michael Usher and sport was presented by Stephanie Brantz. Veteran political journalist Laurie Oakes presented politics. The program was axed on 3 August 2008 due to poor ratings and cost-cutting across the network. The previous presenters of the show included:
- Jim Waley (1981 – 2002)
- Jana Wendt (2003 – 2006)
- Ellen Fanning (2006 - 2008)
- Ross Greenwood (2006 – 2007)
- Ray Martin (2007–2008)
- Ellen Fanning (2008)
[edit] Sunday AM
Nine News: Sunday AM was a one-hour program airing at 8am on Sunday mornings, presented by Michael Usher. Stephanie Brantz presented sport, finance was presented by Ross Greenwood and weather was presented by Mike Bailey. The regular fill-in presenters for the Sunday AM News were Tara Brown, Brett McLeod and Elise Mooney. Nine's Sunday AM News was a one-hour bulletin that was introduced on 10 August 2008 as a replacement for the network's long-running current affairs program, Sunday. Sunday, last broadcast on 3 August 2008, was axed due to budget cuts in news and current affairs at the Nine Network.[12]
Nine's Sunday AM News featured the Laurie Oakes political interview, at approximately 8.35am every Sunday morning. With the exception of Melbourne audiences, the bulletin had continued to lag behind Weekend Sunrise, which often won in the ratings by a ratio of 3:1.[citation needed] During the non-ratings period, the program was half-an-hour long.
From February 2009, the bulletin was replaced with a Sunday edition of Today entitled Today on Sunday.
[edit] This Afternoon
This Afternoon was a short-lived hour long news and current affairs program that aired on the Nine Network weekdays at 4:30pm. The program was presented by Andrew Daddo, Katrina Blowers and Mark Ferguson, and predominantly focused on news, sport, weather and entertainment with an emphasis on current affairs reports and interviews. On 15 July 2009, Nine axed This Afternoon due to poor ratings.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Leys, Nick (3 May 2009). "Nine's TV news ambush". The Sunday Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,25420067-5001021,00.html. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ http://news.ninemsn.com.au/newsroom
- ^ "National Nine News on Sydney's 103.2". Sydney's 103.2. 6 July 2008. http://www.hope1032.com.au/News-Detail.asp?cid=5&navid=5&NewsID=1532. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ Mascarenhas, Alan (20 January 2005). "Nine dumps Jim Waley". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Nine-dumps-Jim-Waley/2005/01/20/1106110882394.html. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
- ^ Clune, Richard (2009-01-110). "You're boned: Nine's news for Ferguson". The Sunday Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,24897046-5001021,00.html. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ^ Casey, Marcus (28 July 2008). "Mike Munro quits Nine". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24091091-10229,00.html. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ "Nine star Mark Ferguson defects to Seven". news.com.au. 3 July 2009. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25727289-2,00.html. Retrieved 8 July 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Nine News Sydney takes ratings crown from Seven, Media Spy, 22 October 2011
- ^ Tucker-Evans, Anooska (23 November 2008). "Heather Foord moving forward after co-anchor's gaffe". The Sunday Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,24690975-3102,00.html. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- ^ David Filder's False Olympic claims, ABC Media Watch, 27 March 2000
- ^ "Natalia Cooper resigns from Channel Nine". PerthNow. 10 April 2008. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23517631-5012990,00.html. Retrieved 11 June 2008.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Nine takes axe to Nightline and Sunday". The Daily Telegraph. 25 July 2008. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24076545-2,00.html?from=public_rss. Retrieved 7 September 2008.[dead link]
- ^ TVtonight.com.au
- ^ Overington, Caroline (2 July 2010). "Nine axes Nightline program". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-axes-nightline-program/story-e6frg996-1225887052375from=public_rss. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
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