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'''Brian Naylor''' (January 1931 – |
'''Brian Naylor''' (January 1931 – 7 February 2009<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=301187|title=Newsreader Naylor and his wife dead|date=8 February 2009|publisher=Sky News|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>) was an [[Australia]]n television presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief newsreader at [[GTV-9|Channel Nine Melbourne]] from 1978 to 1998 and his sign-off line of "May your news be good news, and goodnight." |
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Naylor grew up in Melbourne and attended [[Camberwell High School]] in that city. He began his radio and television career in 1956 as a radio announcer and host of a children's talent program, ''Swallows Juniors'', with [[Melbourne]] radio station [[3DB]]. In 1958 Naylor moved to Melbourne television station [[HSV-7]], transferring ''Swallows Juniors'' to television where it was renamed ''Brian and the Juniors''. Running until 1969, it provided a stepping stone for performers such as [[Debbie Byrne]], [[Rod Kirkham]], [[Jane Scali]], [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]], [[Patti McGrath]], [[Anne Watt]], [[Vikki Broughton]] and [[Jamie Redfern]]. |
Naylor grew up in Melbourne and attended [[Camberwell High School]] in that city. He began his radio and television career in 1956 as a radio announcer and host of a children's talent program, ''Swallows Juniors'', with [[Melbourne]] radio station [[3DB]]. In 1958 Naylor moved to Melbourne television station [[HSV-7]], transferring ''Swallows Juniors'' to television where it was renamed ''Brian and the Juniors''. Running until 1969, it provided a stepping stone for performers such as [[Debbie Byrne]], [[Rod Kirkham]], [[Jane Scali]], [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]], [[Patti McGrath]], [[Anne Watt]], [[Vikki Broughton]] and [[Jamie Redfern]]. |
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Brian Naylor | |
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| Years active | 1956 to 1998 |
| Partner | Moiree Naylor |
Brian Naylor (January 1931 – 7 February 2009[1]) was an Australian television presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief newsreader at Channel Nine Melbourne from 1978 to 1998 and his sign-off line of "May your news be good news, and goodnight."
Naylor grew up in Melbourne and attended Camberwell High School in that city. He began his radio and television career in 1956 as a radio announcer and host of a children's talent program, Swallows Juniors, with Melbourne radio station 3DB. In 1958 Naylor moved to Melbourne television station HSV-7, transferring Swallows Juniors to television where it was renamed Brian and the Juniors. Running until 1969, it provided a stepping stone for performers such as Debbie Byrne, Rod Kirkham, Jane Scali, Peter Doyle, Patti McGrath, Anne Watt, Vikki Broughton and Jamie Redfern.
Naylor also appeared as a regular on the station's daytime variety program "Time For Terry".
He became Seven's chief newsreader in 1970 and switched to Nine in 1978. He presented the Melbourne edition of National Nine News until he retired from this position on 27 November 1998. He was replaced by Peter Hitchener.
In his time at Nine, Naylor also hosted Carols By Candlelight on 10 occasions from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. He won the 1988 Victorian Father of the Year Award.[2]
A patron of several organisations (the Variety Club in Victoria, the Dialysis and Transplant Association of Victoria and the Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit of Royal Melbourne Hospital), Naylor also assisted with fundraising for the MacFarlane Burnet Appeal and Windana Society Drug Rehabilitation. His sign-off phrase has been used in recent times by a young American news reporter, Christian Hauser, at KTVM-TV in Butte/Bozeman, Montana.
Naylor's family was dogged by tragedy. His son Matthew, at age 41, was killed in a plane crash at Kinglake on 29 May 2008.[3] Less than a year later, on the evening of 8 February 2009, Australian media outlets reported that Naylor and his wife, Moiree, were confirmed dead after bushfires destroyed their property in Kinglake West, Victoria the previous day.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Newsreader Naylor and his wife dead". Sky News. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Father's Day Council of Australia - Past Winners". Father's Day Council of Australia. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Newsreader's son in fatal plane crash". News.com.au. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Bushfires in Victoria kill 76, death toll will rise". News Limited. Herald Sun. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Brian Naylor missing, wife dead in bushfires". News Limited. Geelong Advertiser. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Channel Nine veteran Brian Naylor confirmed dead". news.com.au. 2009-02-08.