Ian Ross (newsreader)

Ian Ross
Born 24 June 1940 (1940-06-24) (age 71)
Occupation Journalist

Ian Ross (born 24 June 1940) was a presenter for Seven News in Sydney. Commonly known as "Roscoe", Ross began his career in 1957 at Sydney radio station 2GB. He returned to Sydney as National Nine News reporter in 1965. Ross stayed at Nine for 38 years, where he is most known for his position as Today news presenter. There he also presented National Nine News on many occasions filling in for presenters who were either on leave or sick.[1]

Moving out of retirement in Queensland, Ross joined the Seven Network in 2003, "lured back by the challenge of becoming Sydney's No 1 reader" to head the station's flagship 6.00 pm bulletin. After making some steadily progress in 2004 with a strong finish to that year's ratings, finishing with 13 weekly wins out of a possible 40, Seven News overtook Nine News in 2005, to became Sydney's number one news bulletin. Before his final retirement Ross was only hosting Sydney's edition of Seven News from Sunday to Wednesday, with Chris Bath hosting the news on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Ross previously presented the news Monday-Thursday until Chris Bath began hosting Sunday Night.[2]

On 27 November 2009, Ian Ross presented his final bulletin of Sydney's Seven News and officially retired from being a newsreader.[3] He was visibly moved as he made his final farewells to his viewers and colleagues.[4]

References

  1. ^ Amanda Meade, Newsreader Ian Ross Quits, The Australian, 4 July 2009 12:00AM, Retrieved 27 November 2009 (UTC)
  2. ^ Amanda Meade, Newsreader Ian Ross Quits, The Australian, 4 July 2009 12:00AM, Retrieved 27 November 2009 (UTC)
  3. ^ Amanda Meade, Final Bulletin Roscoe to Go On a High Note, The Australian, November 23, 2009 12:00AM , Retrieved 27 November 2009 (UTC)
  4. ^ News veteran Ian Ross has teary farewell, adelaidenow, November 27, 2009 07:09pm, Retrieved 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Preceded by
Eric Walters
Today
News Presenter

1991 – 2001
Succeeded by
Sharyn Ghidella
Preceded by
Ross Symonds and Ann Sanders
Seven News Sydney
Presenter

2003 – 2009
Succeeded by
Chris Bath