Brian Naylor (broadcaster)
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| Born | January, 1931 Australia (age 78) |
Brian Naylor (born January, 1931) is a former Australian television presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief newsreader at Channel Nine Melbourne from 1978 to 1998 and his popular sign-off line of "May your news be good news".
Naylor attended Camberwell High School. He began his radio and television career in 1956 as a radio announcer and host of children's talent program Swallows Juniors with Melbourne radio station 3DB. In 1958 Naylor moved to the Seven Network, transferring Swallows Juniors to television where it was renamed Brian and the Juniors. Running until 1969, it provided a stepping stone for performers such as Debbie Byrne, Rod Kirkham, Jane Scali, Peter Doyle, Patti McGrath, Anne Watt, Vikki Broughton and Jamie Redfern.
He became Seven's chief newsreader in 1970 and switched to Nine in 1978. He anchored the Melbourne edition of National Nine News until he retired from this position on November 27, 1998; he was replaced by Peter Hitchener.
In his time at Nine, Naylor also hosted Carols By Candlelight on 10 occasions from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
In 1998, Naylor won the Victorian Father of the Year Award.[1]
Naylor has been a patron of the Variety Club in Victoria, the Dialysis and Transplant Association of Victoria and the Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit of Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has also assisted with fundraising for the MacFarlane Burnet Appeal and Windana Society Drug Rehabilitation.
His popular catchphrase was recently stolen by a young budding news reporter, Christian Hauser at KTVM-TV in Butte/Bozeman, Montana.
His son Matthew, at age 41, was killed in a plane crash at Kinglake on May 29, 2008.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Father's Day Council of Australia - Past Winners. Father's Day Council of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Newsreader's son in fatal plane crash", News.com.au, 2008-05-30. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
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