Mark Aiston
Encyclopedia
Mark Aiston is an Australia
n sports journalist
and current sports presenter for Ten News
in Adelaide
.
Aiston began his career in 1982 as a race announcer
for 5DN before becoming sports host for ABC News
in Adelaide
. He joined Ten Network in 1996 as chief Australian rules football
reporter, before being made sports presenter in late 1997. He has also worked for FIVEaa
, SEN 1116
.
At Ten, Aiston has been involved with its coverage of almost all major sporting events, including: Sydney to Hobart, Bathurst 1000
, Indy Car, Moto GP, the Australian Grand Prix
, the Adelaide 500
, World Netball Championships and Australia Day
celebrations. He also reports at Showdown
games and for latenight Ten programme Sports Tonight
.
Aiston also appears on Ten's Morning News
on Mondays to wrap up the weekend in NRL
and AFL
. On Fridays (when Neil Cordy
presents sports), he presents "Play of the Day".
Aiston achieved minor notoriety with his youtube videos "dummy spit" and "hot microphone" which displayed a young Aiston attempting to record a segment for ABC, due to coarse language, the former was removed from the site. Aiston's video is also the focus of a facebook group.
Aiston also plays a Kayfabe
, National Wrestling Alliance
liaison officer, at professional wrestling
shows promoted by EPW Adelaide.
Aiston is married and has a young daughter.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n sports journalist
Sports journalism
Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events.While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly called the toy department, because sports journalists do not concern themselves with the 'serious' topics covered by the news desk, sports...
and current sports presenter for Ten News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
Aiston began his career in 1982 as a race announcer
Announcer
An announcer is a presenter who makes "announcements" in an audio medium or a physical location.-Television and other media:Some announcers work in television production , radio or filmmaking, usually providing narrations, news updates, station identification, or an introduction of a product in...
for 5DN before becoming sports host for ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. He joined Ten Network in 1996 as chief Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
reporter, before being made sports presenter in late 1997. He has also worked for FIVEaa
FIVEaa
5AA , is 50% owned by dmg Radio Australia and Lachlan Murdoch's company Illyra, and Adelaide's only commercial talkback radio station. The station has a range of programs including news, sport, current affairs, social issues, gardening, lifestyle, cars, travel and health...
, SEN 1116
SEN 1116
SEN 1116 , the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz...
.
At Ten, Aiston has been involved with its coverage of almost all major sporting events, including: Sydney to Hobart, Bathurst 1000
Bathurst 1000
The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia...
, Indy Car, Moto GP, the Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...
, the Adelaide 500
Adelaide 500
The Adelaide 500 is an annual motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia on a shortened form of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the former Australian Grand Prix track...
, World Netball Championships and Australia Day
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
celebrations. He also reports at Showdown
Showdown (AFL)
The Showdown is a term used to refer to the derby match between local rivals the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide in the sport of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League .-Background:...
games and for latenight Ten programme Sports Tonight
Sports Tonight
Sports Tonight was an Australian sports information program broadcast on Network Ten . The program was broadcast on Weeknights at 10.30 pm; at 11.00pm , Fridays at 12.00am , and on Sunday from 7:30pm AEDT Sports Tonight was an Australian sports information program broadcast on Network Ten (and on...
.
Aiston also appears on Ten's Morning News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
on Mondays to wrap up the weekend in NRL
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
and AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. On Fridays (when Neil Cordy
Neil Cordy
Neil Cordy is a former Australian rules footballer and now television presenter.- Football career :Recruited from Traralgon, Victoria, he was the brother of fellow Australian rules footballers Graeme and Brian. His nephew, Ayce, currently plays for the Western Bulldogs after being selected under...
presents sports), he presents "Play of the Day".
Aiston achieved minor notoriety with his youtube videos "dummy spit" and "hot microphone" which displayed a young Aiston attempting to record a segment for ABC, due to coarse language, the former was removed from the site. Aiston's video is also the focus of a facebook group.
Aiston also plays a Kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
, National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
liaison officer, at professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
shows promoted by EPW Adelaide.
Aiston is married and has a young daughter.