Nine News Melbourne

*Nine News Melbourne*
Nine News Melbourne
	File:Nine News Melbourne opener title.jpg Opening title
Genre	News
Presented by	News: ; Peter Hitchener (weeknights); Alicia Loxley (weekends); Sport:; Tony Jones (weeknights); Clint Stanaway (weekends); Weather:; Livinia Nixon (weeknights); Rebecca Judd (weekends)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	54
No. of episodes	Every day since 1957
Production
Production locations	Melbourne, VIC
Running time	One hour (including commercials)
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	1957 (as Channel 9 News); 1970 (as National Nine News); 1976 (as 9 Eyewitness News); 1980 (as National Nine News); 2008 (as Nine News) –; present

Nine News Melbourne is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened in Melbourne, and across Victoria.

Like all Nine News bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs for one hour, from 6PM every day.^[1] It comprises local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.

Current Presenters

Weeknights

Peter Hitchener (1998–present)
Tony Jones (1990–present)
Livinia Nixon (2003–present)

Weekends

Alicia Loxley (2011–present)
Clint Stanaway (2011–present)
Rebecca Judd (2014–present)

Fill-in presenters for the 6pm bulletin include news presenters Tony Jones, Jo Hall and Brett McLeod, sports presenters Mark Macgugan and Corey Norris, and weather presenters Sonia Marinelli and Justine Conway. Dougal Beatty anchored the 2015 Christmas Day bulletin for his debut at presenting.

Past Presenters

Sir Eric Pearce (1956–78)
Brian Naylor (1978–98)
Tracy Grimshaw (1986–87)

References

^ Kalina, Paul; Ellis, Scott (6 January 2014). "Nine quietly switches to hour-long news". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

File:NNNMelbourne1999.png

National Nine News Melbourne opening title (1999).

[onehour-1] Kalina, Paul; Ellis, Scott (6 January 2014). "Nine quietly switches to hour-long news". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

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