Seven News
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Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australia's Seven Network. Its flagship bulletin is broadcast at 6:00 p.m. nightly, with a separate bulletin for each of the five metropolitan markets. The Seven Network also produces a number of bulletins aired in regional Queensland under the name Seven Local News. Seven News is in direct competition with rival Channel Nine's National Nine News to which until recently, it had traditionally rated second. However Seven News always wins by a substantial margin in Perth.
In the first half of the 2006 ratings season, Seven News was the top rating news service nationally. The second half of the ratings season has seen the return of Seven's main rival National Nine News in the Sydney and Melbourne markets, but Seven News generally still wins nationally thanks to the huge dominance of its Perth news bulletin. Seven News is now in a head-locked battle with Nine in both Sydney and Melbourne where each bulletin/week could go either way. Seven's bulletin however is making ground in Brisbane, closing the gap with Nine and scoring wins on occasional nights (Nine still regularly win). Seven still dominate Perth, and regularly win in Adelaide.
The Seven News theme music is derived from John Williams' composition The Mission, which is used as the theme music for NBC Nightly News in the United States.
In recent years under new guidance, Seven News has taken a noticeably more local/community feel which is paying dividends in ratings as key markets such as Sydney and Melbourne are broadcasting more locally-focussed content. An example of this is the Seven Listens campaign where small one-person studios have been installed at Westfield Shopping Centres for shoppers to discuss issues. This has developed into distribution of material such as seen right with surveys also able to be completed online. Data collected from these surveys contribute to 'Special Reports' which are stories devoted to issues that would otherwise not be brought up or would only gain small attention through other news. The Westfield Seven Listens surveys have now ended.
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[edit] Bulletins
[edit] National
[edit] Sunrise
Sunrise is the name of the Seven Network's top rating breakfast program. It runs on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with a shorter bulletin on Sunday entitled Weekend Sunrise. Like many other breakfast television programs, the show's format is a combination of entertainment and news.
- Hosts: David Koch and Melissa Doyle
- News: Natalie Barr
- Sport: Mark Beretta
- Weather: Grant Denyer
- Reporters: Simon Reeve, Monique Wright News Reporters: Ray Kuka Sports News Anthony Peridis
- Executive Producer: Adam Boland
Fill-ins
- News:Simon Reeve
- Sport: Kylie Gillies
- Weather: Nuala Hafner
[edit] Seven Morning News
Seven Morning News is a nation-wide bulletin broadcast 10:30 a.m. weekdays. The news bulletin is presented from Seven's Sydney presentation studio at Martin Place. It was first broadcast on January 29, 2001 with Garry Wilkinson. Later, Chris Reason went on to present the bulletin before Chris Bath took over in 2004, and now Ann Sanders is the anchor.
- Anchor: Ann Sanders
- Weather: Ann Sanders
Fill Ins
[edit] Seven's 4:30 News
Seven air an afternoon news bulletin at 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Seven introduced the bulletin during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, then titled Target Iraq. The bulletin, hosted by David Johnston, covered news from the war. After the war concluded, Seven continued the bulletin, now known as Seven's 4:30 News. The bulletin is shown across Australia, and was the second highest rating national bulletin, second only to Ten's Late News. When Johnston (a Melbourne based newsreader) retired, the bulletin was presented from the Seven Broadcast Centre in Melbourne by Rebecca Maddern, although on 3 July 2006, the bulletin moved to the network's News Central at Martin Place studios in Sydney, presented by Mike Amor. In October, Samantha Armytage took over from Mike Amor to try and boost the ratings which were lost during the move from Melbourne to Martin Place. [citation needed] Weather is presented by David Brown from the Seven Broadcast Centre in Melbourne.
- Anchor: Samantha Armytage
- Weather: David Brown
- Fill In: Mike Amor
[edit] Seven's Late News Updates
Until August 2003 there was also a late news bulletin, but it was axed and replaced with a 3 to 5 minute news update, in addition to the hourly updates throughout the evening. These updates are presented from each mainland state capital until 9.30pm, at which time they revert to national updates presented from the Sydney studios.
- Anchor: Chris Bath or Samantha Armytage
Kylie Gillies also shared presenting duties of the late news updates until Samantha Armytage began her role on the 4.30 News. Kylie Gillies is now the sports Presenter on Weekend Sunrise.
[edit] 6:00pm Bulletins
[edit] Sydney
- Anchor: Ian Ross (Monday - Thursday), Chris Bath (Friday-Sunday)
- Sport: Matthew White
- Weather: Nuala Hafner
- Weekend: Chris Bath (anchor), Nick McArdle (sport)
Fill Ins
- News: Samantha Armytage
- Sport: Ben Damon
- Weather: No Be Advised
| Seven News Sydney and Seven Network Reporters | |||
| Chris Reason | Paul Marshall | Adrian Brown | Paul Kadak |
| Samantha Armytage | Phil Black | Aela Callan | Damien Smith |
| Marguerite McKinnon | Robert Ovadia | Louise Milligan | Chris Maher |
| Ray Kuka | Lynne Scrivens | Nick McArdle | Ben Damon |
| Patrick Molihan | Nick Marshall McCormack | Kylie Gillies | Mike Amor |
| Mark Riley | Gemma Haines | ||
[edit] Melbourne
- Anchor: Peter Mitchell
- Sport: Sandy Roberts
- Weather: David Brown
- Weekend: Jennifer Keyte (anchor), Tim Watson (sport), Rob Gell (weather)
Fill Ins
- News:Rebecca Maddern
- Sport:Michael Felgate
| Melbourne's 7 News Reporters | |||
| Nick Etchells | Clare Brady | Peter Morris | Jo Stone |
| Norm Beaman | Cyndi Ferguson | Trent Evans | Heath O'Louglin |
| Emma Power | Jonathan Creek | Brendan Donohue | Rebecca Maddern |
| Michael Felgate | Dylan Howard | Margaret Dekker | |
[edit] Brisbane
- Anchors: Rod Young, Kay McGrath
- Sport: Pat Welsh (Monday-Wednesday), Ben Davis (Thursday, Friday)
- Weather: Talitha Cummins
- Weekend: Tracey Challenor (anchor), Pat Welsh (sport)
Fill ins
- News: Joanne Desmond
- Sport: Matt Carmichael
| Brisbane's 7 News Reporters | |||
| Neil Warren | David Salmon | Angela Cox | Michael Coombes |
| Peter Doherty | Michael Best | Cathy Weis | Patrick Condren |
| Erin Edwards | Ben Davis | Victoria Carthew | Matt Carmichael |
[edit] Adelaide
- Anchors: John Riddell, Jane Doyle
- Sport: Bruce Abernethy (Thursday-Monday), Chris Dittmar (Tuesday, Wednesday)
- Weather: Melody Horrill
- Weekend: Graeme Goodings (anchor), Bruce Abernethy (sport)
Fill Ins
- News: Jessica Adamson, Mike Smithson, Rosanna Mangerelli, Sarah Cumming.
- Sport: Mark Soderstrom.
- Weather: Sarah Cumming.
| Adelaide's 7 News Reporters | ||||
| Jessica Adamson(police reporter) | Mike Smithson(political reporter) | Rosanna Mangiarelli | Graeme Hunter(courts reporter) | |
| Chris Warren | Sarah Cumming | Caroline Kelly | Alicia Grabowski | |
| Murray Nichol | Jacquie Drewer | Paul Kermode(sports reporter) | Deanna Williams | Tom Rehn (sports reporter) |
[edit] Perth
- Anchors: Rick Ardon, Susannah Carr
- Sports: Basil Zempilas
- Weather: Jeff Newman
- Weekend: Yvette Mooney (anchor), Chris Mainwaring (sport)
Fill Ins
- News: Paula Voce; Mark Gibson
- Sport: Adrian Barich
- Weather: Louise Momber
| Perth's 7 News Reporters | |||
| Reece Whitby | Alison Fan | David Cooper | Heather McDonald |
| Alex Cullen | Louise Momber | Mark Gibson | Chris Young |
| Steve Nelkovski | |||
[edit] Townsville/Cairns
Weeknights only
- Anchors: Rob Brough, Joanne Desmond
- Sport: Justin Veivers
- Weather: Livio Regano
Followed by Seven News Brisbane.
[edit] Mackay/Sunshine Coast
Weeknights only
- Anchor: Rob Brough
- Sport: Justin Veivers
- Weather: Livio Regano
Followed by Seven News Brisbane.
