Nine News Sydney
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Nine News Sydney is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network
. It is screened in Sydney
, and across New South Wales
.
Like all Nine News bulletins, the Sydney bulletin runs from 6-6.30pm every day. It covers the days latest local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance. It is put together by a world-class team of journalists and producers.
taking over as weeknight presenter. Waley was the main weekend presenter around the time of Henderson's retirement.
In 2005, Waley, who was one of the Nine Network
's longest serving presenters, was dropped following a year of poor ratings (despite the fact that National Nine News Sydney was the leading 6pm news program throughout the 2003-4 ratings seasons) and replaced with then-weekend presenter Mark Ferguson. In 2004, National Nine News Sydney won only 27 out of a possible 40 ratings weeks. By this time, the 6pm bulletin had lost its long time ratings lead to the rival Seven News Sydney
.
Mike Munro
was the previous weekend news presenter, until he resigned from the Nine Network
in July 2008. He presented his last bulletin on Sunday 26 October 2008. He was replaced by Michael Usher
.
In January 2009, Mark Ferguson
was replaced as weeknight presenter by Peter Overton
. Ferguson returned to his weekend news presenting position, which he previously held during Jim Waley
's stint as weeknight presenter.
In July 2009, it was revealed that weekend news presenter Mark Ferguson
would move to Seven News
from October. Ferguson, who had been with Nine for 17 years, was removed immediately from the Sydney weekend bulletin and was replaced by Georgie Gardner
. Ferguson continued to present Nine Afternoon News bulletin on until his contract expired in September 2009.
Mike Bailey presented weather forecasts on Fridays and Saturdays, until he was sacked in early 2009. Jaynie Seal
, who had previously presented weather from Sunday to Thursday, returned to weekday weather presenting. In February 2010, Nine announced that Natalie Gruzlewski
will be presenting the weather from Monday to Thursday and also filing lifestyle and entertainment reports for Nine News with Seal presenting weather on Friday to Sunday.
Nine News Sydney is also broadcast on WIN Television in regional southern and central New South Wales & the ACT.
It is presented from the Nine Network
's TCN-9
Studio 1, the same set as Today
.
Fill-in presenters include, Georgie Gardner
, Wendy Kingston
, Leila McKinnon
, Peter Harvey
& Michael Usher
. Sports fill-in presenters include Tim Sheridan & Roz Kelly and weather fill in presenters include Amber Sherlock & Amelia Adams.
and ABC News
. Following a dismal 2008, not winning a single week in Sydney (a far cry from five years ago when it won every single week), Ferguson was relegated back to the weekend position and replaced by Peter Overton
. For his first month, ratings slipped to fourth, behind Ten News
, before quickly catching up to trail ABC News
and since November 2009 Nine News Sydney has started to regain its dominance in the Sydney market. He wins about 45% of weeks in Sydney nowadays, and Nine News trails Seven by about 9,000 viewers - a very small margin.
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
. It is screened in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, and across New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
.
Like all Nine News bulletins, the Sydney bulletin runs from 6-6.30pm every day. It covers the days latest local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance. It is put together by a world-class team of journalists and producers.
Weeknights
- Chuck Faulkner (1956–64)
- Brian Henderson (1964–2002)
- Jim WaleyJim WaleyJim Waley is a veteran & experienced Australian television presenter best known for his work on the Nine Network, an Australian television network.-Career:In 1981, Waley was appointed founding presenter of Sunday...
(2003–05) - Mark FergusonMark Ferguson (television presenter)Mark Ferguson is a news presenter.Ferguson is currently presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News in Sydney and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise....
(2006–08) - Peter OvertonPeter OvertonPeter Overton is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.-Career:He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for National Nine News and graduated to weekend sports presenter on National Nine News in Sydney and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe...
(January 12, 2009 - present)
Weekends
- Jim Waley & Ian Ross through the 1970s, 1980's and 1990s.
- Mark FergusonMark Ferguson (television presenter)Mark Ferguson is a news presenter.Ferguson is currently presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News in Sydney and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise....
(2003–05) - Mike MunroMike MunroMichael Munro is an Australian television presenter.- Early life :Munro cites a tough childhood with an abusive and alcoholic mother, as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed. Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in...
(2005–08) - Michael UsherMichael UsherMichael Usher is an Australian reporter for 60 Minutes.He has previously presented Nightline and was the news presenter on Sunday alongside Ellen Fanning and Stephanie Brantz.Usher graduated from All Saints' College in Perth in 1987...
(2008–09) - Mark FergusonMark Ferguson (television presenter)Mark Ferguson is a news presenter.Ferguson is currently presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News in Sydney and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise....
(2009) - Georgie GardnerGeorgie GardnerGeorgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
(July 11, 2009 - present)
Weather
- Alan Wilkie (?-2001)
- Georgie GardnerGeorgie GardnerGeorgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
(2002-04) - Jaynie SealJaynie Seal-Career:Seal is a weather presenter with the Nine Network, appearing on Nine News Sydney and Nine Afternoon News as well as being the Nine Network Lotto host....
, (2004–06) - Majella WiemersMajella WiemersMajella Wiemers is an Australian television news, current affairs and weather presenter.Queensland born-and bred, Wiemers graduated with a BA, majoring in journalism, from the University of Queensland in 1996. The following year she started in regional television and joined WIN Television as a...
(2006-07) - Jaynie SealJaynie Seal-Career:Seal is a weather presenter with the Nine Network, appearing on Nine News Sydney and Nine Afternoon News as well as being the Nine Network Lotto host....
(2007- present) - Natalie GruzlewskiNatalie GruzlewskiNatalie Gruzlewski is an Australian television presenter & model.-Career:She began her TV career on the Gold Coast as host of Prime Television's Surf TV, a beach and surf conditions program....
(2009 - present)
Reporters
Amoungst others, reporters include;- Simon Bouda
- Peter HarveyPeter HarveyPeter Harvey is an award-winning Australian television journalist.He has been with the Nine Network since 1975 and currently he presents the mailbag segment on 60 Minutes as well as being a reporter on Nine News and a regular contributor on Today.Harvey studied his journalism cadetship with the...
- Mark Burrows
- Ross Greenwood (Financial Correspondent)
- Lauren Harte
- Andrew McKinlay (Sport)
- Danny Weidler (Sport)
- Jessica Rich
- Gabriella Rogers (Medical)
- Damian Ryan
- Chris Urquhart
- Kevin Wilde (State Political Correspondent)
- Clinton Fletcher (Sport)
- Nathan Sparks (Sport)
- Amelia Adams
- Alissa Warren
- Sarah Harris
- Tim McMillan
- Jayne Azzopardi
History
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 presenter Jim WaleyJim Waley
Jim Waley is a veteran & experienced Australian television presenter best known for his work on the Nine Network, an Australian television network.-Career:In 1981, Waley was appointed founding presenter of Sunday...
taking over as weeknight presenter. Waley was the main weekend presenter around the time of Henderson's retirement.
In 2005, Waley, who was one of the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
's longest serving presenters, was dropped following a year of poor ratings (despite the fact that National Nine News Sydney was the leading 6pm news program throughout the 2003-4 ratings seasons) and replaced with then-weekend presenter Mark Ferguson. In 2004, National Nine News Sydney won only 27 out of a possible 40 ratings weeks. By this time, the 6pm bulletin had lost its long time ratings lead to the rival Seven News Sydney
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
.
Mike Munro
Mike Munro
Michael Munro is an Australian television presenter.- Early life :Munro cites a tough childhood with an abusive and alcoholic mother, as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed. Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in...
was the previous weekend news presenter, until he resigned from the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in July 2008. He presented his last bulletin on Sunday 26 October 2008. He was replaced by Michael Usher
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian reporter for 60 Minutes.He has previously presented Nightline and was the news presenter on Sunday alongside Ellen Fanning and Stephanie Brantz.Usher graduated from All Saints' College in Perth in 1987...
.
In January 2009, Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (television presenter)
Mark Ferguson is a news presenter.Ferguson is currently presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News in Sydney and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise....
was replaced as weeknight presenter by Peter Overton
Peter Overton
Peter Overton is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.-Career:He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for National Nine News and graduated to weekend sports presenter on National Nine News in Sydney and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe...
. Ferguson returned to his weekend news presenting position, which he previously held during Jim Waley
Jim Waley
Jim Waley is a veteran & experienced Australian television presenter best known for his work on the Nine Network, an Australian television network.-Career:In 1981, Waley was appointed founding presenter of Sunday...
's stint as weeknight presenter.
In July 2009, it was revealed that weekend news presenter Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (television presenter)
Mark Ferguson is a news presenter.Ferguson is currently presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News in Sydney and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise....
would move to Seven News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
from October. Ferguson, who had been with Nine for 17 years, was removed immediately from the Sydney weekend bulletin and was replaced by Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
. Ferguson continued to present Nine Afternoon News bulletin on until his contract expired in September 2009.
Mike Bailey presented weather forecasts on Fridays and Saturdays, until he was sacked in early 2009. Jaynie Seal
Jaynie Seal
-Career:Seal is a weather presenter with the Nine Network, appearing on Nine News Sydney and Nine Afternoon News as well as being the Nine Network Lotto host....
, who had previously presented weather from Sunday to Thursday, returned to weekday weather presenting. In February 2010, Nine announced that Natalie Gruzlewski
Natalie Gruzlewski
Natalie Gruzlewski is an Australian television presenter & model.-Career:She began her TV career on the Gold Coast as host of Prime Television's Surf TV, a beach and surf conditions program....
will be presenting the weather from Monday to Thursday and also filing lifestyle and entertainment reports for Nine News with Seal presenting weather on Friday to Sunday.
Nine News Sydney is also broadcast on WIN Television in regional southern and central New South Wales & the ACT.
It is presented from the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
's TCN-9
TCN-9
TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in...
Studio 1, the same set as Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
.
Fill-in presenters include, Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
, Wendy Kingston
Wendy Kingston
Wendy Kingston is a Australian journalist and news presenter.Kingston currently presents Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News and news updates on Kerri-Anne.-Career:...
, Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon is an Australian journalist.McKinnon is currently co-host of Weekend Today an is also a reporter and fill in presenter for Nine News and A Current Affair.-Career:...
, Peter Harvey
Peter Harvey
Peter Harvey is an award-winning Australian television journalist.He has been with the Nine Network since 1975 and currently he presents the mailbag segment on 60 Minutes as well as being a reporter on Nine News and a regular contributor on Today.Harvey studied his journalism cadetship with the...
& Michael Usher
Michael Usher
Michael Usher is an Australian reporter for 60 Minutes.He has previously presented Nightline and was the news presenter on Sunday alongside Ellen Fanning and Stephanie Brantz.Usher graduated from All Saints' College in Perth in 1987...
. Sports fill-in presenters include Tim Sheridan & Roz Kelly and weather fill in presenters include Amber Sherlock & Amelia Adams.
Ratings
The bulletin was traditionally by far the most popular service in NSW. However, when long-serving anchor, Brain Henderson retired, and Nine heavy-weight Ian Ross defected to Seven, ratings quickly declined; this is despite Nine outrating Seven during Jim Waley's tenure in 2003-04. This showed with Nine winning only 27 out of a possible 40 weeks in 2004. Nine replaced Jim Waley with a much younger, Mark Ferguson, then aged just 38. Whilst ratings were starting to slightly increase, the bulletin slip to third, behind both Seven NewsSeven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
and 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...
. Following a dismal 2008, not winning a single week in Sydney (a far cry from five years ago when it won every single week), Ferguson was relegated back to the weekend position and replaced by Peter Overton
Peter Overton
Peter Overton is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.-Career:He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for National Nine News and graduated to weekend sports presenter on National Nine News in Sydney and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe...
. For his first month, ratings slipped to fourth, behind 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...
, before quickly catching up to trail 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...
and since November 2009 Nine News Sydney has started to regain its dominance in the Sydney market. He wins about 45% of weeks in Sydney nowadays, and Nine News trails Seven by about 9,000 viewers - a very small margin.