Cameron Williams

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This article is about an Australian journalist. For the Left Behind character, see Cameron "Buck" Williams.

Cameron Williams is an Australian journalist, born in Emerald, Queensland.[1] Williams is currently sports presenter and fill in host on the Nine Network's breakfast programme, Today.[1]

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[edit] Career

Williams's journalism career began 1984 with a cadetship at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane.[1] From there he moved to The Australian offices in Melbourne, where he wrote sports features and columns before joining the Seven Network in 1988.[1] Apart from his role as a sports presenter on Seven News, Williams occasionally hosted Sportsworld. He was a presenter for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he called Matt Ryan's equestrian double gold for Australia.[1]

In 1996 he signed as the face of Fox Sports, anchoring NRL On Fox, Dally M Awards, Super 12 Rugby, Wimbledon, Winter Olympics, the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and Fox Sports News.[1] In 2001, amid scandal, Fox Sports declined to renew his contract[2].

After this, Williams was a breakfast announcer at 2HD in Newcastle. Williams also owns a Newcastle modelling and talent agency, Models and Actors.[1]


[edit] Nine Network

Cameron has been the official sports presenter on the Nine Network's breakfast programme, Today since January 2006.[1] Occasionally, he also presents the Nine Network's coverage of horse racing, swimming and other sporting events.[1].

In late December 2007 and early January 2008, Williams co-hosted alongside Lisa Wilkinson for 2 weeks while Karl Stefanovic was on holidays.

[edit] Controversy

  • In 2001, Williams was charged with the indecent assault of a female colleague[4]. The charges were dismissed for lack of evidence[5].
  • In 2007, Williams was allegedly spotted with a 19 year old girl. [1]
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Presenters of The Today Show
Current Team
Hosts: Karl Stefanovic & Lisa Wilkinson - News: Georgie Gardner - Sport: Cameron Williams - Weather: Steven Jacobs - Entertainment: Richard Wilkins & Richard Reid - Finance: Ross Greenwood or Joanna Townsend
Anchors
Today on Saturday
News Readers
Weather Presenters
Brian Bury - Monte Dwyer - Sami Lukis - Steven Jacobs
Others
Richard Wilkins - Cameron Williams - Ross Greenwood - Allison Langdon - Amber Higlett - Joanna Townsend - Oriel Morrison - Karen Tso

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cameron Williams. ninemsn.com.au (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
  2. ^ Kibble, Emma; Yeaman, Simon. "Fox drops sportscaster", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 2001-08-28, p. 20. 
  3. ^ Koch, Phillip. "Shock of the nude", The Daily Telegraph (Australia), 1996-12-01, p. 168. 
  4. ^ O'Neill, Janine. "Bra case may bring TV star undone", The Courier-Mail, 2001-07-27, p. 5. 
  5. ^ "Sex counts against TV presenter dismissed", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 2001-07-28, p. 13. 

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