Steve Liebmann

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Steve Liebmann (born 1944) is an Australian television anchor and radio broadcaster. Following a career with the Nine Network, he joined Foxtel as a presenter on its factual channels also working on Sydney radio station 2UE as a talk-back host and as weekend achor of Network Ten Evening News.

Liebmann launched his journalism career in Cooma, later moving to Canberra and then on to Sydney where he joined the 2UE newsroom. Eventually, he became 2UE's Director of News and Public Affairs and presented an afternoon news and public affairs program on the station until he left to join 2SM in 1976. In the same year he became the host of the Seven Network's 11AM program. In 1981 he joined the Nine Network to co-host the national Today Show and stayed with that program until 1987 when he joined the Ten Network to anchor their main 6pm news bulletin.

He rejoined the Today program in 1990 and remained at the Nine Network presenting the program across Australia and around New Zealand five days a week until January 2005. During the two decades he co-hosted Today, Liebmann interviewed Presidents, Prime Ministers, Royalty and the world's leading entertainers and sportsmen and women. He cited heart problems and health as the reason for his retirement from the show.

Liebmann has travelled extensively to present the Today program from the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Japan, East Timor and from all Australian states and territories. He is the recipient of several journalistic awards.

Following his retirement from the Today show, Liebmann expressed disappointment in the Herald Sun following the 2006 lineup of the program, particularly at the performance of Jessica Rowe. He also anchored Network Ten's weekend evening news during 2006.

Presenters of The Today Show
Steve Liebmann - Sue Kellaway - Patrice Newell - Liz Hayes - George Negus - Tracy Grimshaw - Karl Stefanovic - Jessica Rowe - Sarah Murdoch - Kellie Connolly