Ron Wilson (born 25 October 1952) is a news presenter with Network Ten. [1] an Australian television network.
WIlson is currently the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Monday & Tuesday. He previously presented Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Deborah Knight until 16 January 2009.
He has worked at TEN-10 Sydney for almost 30 years.[1]
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Wilson was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and emigrated to Australia with his family when he was a young child. He spent much of his childhood in Victoria where he picked up the nickname Rondog and completed a law degree in Darwin, Northern Territory. When Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin in 1974, Wilson was on scene as a reporter for a local telelvision station. He received Australian citizenship on 31 March 2008.[1][2][3]
Wilson is married with three children.
Wilson worked as a newsreader on Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV) from 1982–91, alongside Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Gordon Elliot among others. During that time, he also presented Ten Sydney's weekend newscasts (variously called Ten Eyewitness News, Ten News, Eyewitness News and Ten Evening News). Wilson took the helm of Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV) alongside Sandra Sully in 1992. The pair moved from dawn to dusk a year later, presenting TEN-10's 5pm newscast and marking Wilson's debut as a regular weeknight presenter. In 1994, Wilson was joined at the Sydney newsdesk by Juanita Phillips and, 2 years later, by Jessica Rowe in a partnership that lasted 10 years. He also presented NEW-10 Perth's 5pm news (broadcast from TEN-10's studios) from 2003 to 2005.[1]
Wilson has reported and presented from the scene of some of Sydney's biggest news events. He covered the Ansett Australia 747 crash at Sydney Airport in 1994 - the only Sydney news presenter to broadcast from the airport that night - and broadcast from several of Sydney's major bushfires of the last 15 years.
Wilson presented non-stop coverage of the start of Gulf War 1 on 17 January 1991 (AEDT) on Ten from mid-morning until 6:00pm. He also presented live coverage of the first US strikes against Baghdad marking the commencement of the War in Iraq in 2003.
Wilson has joked that "everyone has had a read with Ron". Presenters have included Anne Fulwood, Sandra Sully, Katrina Lee, Juanita Phillips, Deborah Knight, Jessica Rowe, Natarsha Belling, Tracey Spicer, Charmaine Dragun, Celina Edmonds, Claudia Emery, Margaret Bates, Geraldine Doogue and Ann Sanders.
He was replaced on Sydney's Ten News at Five bulletin by Bill Woods in January 2009.[4]
Wilson currently presents the Ten Early News and Ten Morning News as well as news updates on The Circle on Monday & Tuesday.
In the period between 1975 and 1979, Wilson worked for a number of radio stations including 2WL, 2SM and 2UE. He also worked at Sydney radio station Mix 106.5 for several years in the early 2000s as newsreader on the breakfast show. He resigned from Mix 106.5 in 2006.[1][5]
Wilson replaced the outgoing Rowan Barker as Macquarie National News newsreader on 30 June 2008.[6][5] Wilson was subsequently heard on 7 July 2008 as he did the Macquarie National News bulletins for 2GB during the Alan Jones Breakfast Show as well as the Bob Rogers Show at sister station 2CH on 9 July 2008.[7][5]
| Preceded by Bill Woods |
Ten Early News Presenter January 2009 - December 2011 |
Succeeded by program ended |
| Preceded by Tim Webster |
Ten News at Five Sydney Presenter with Jessica Rowe and Deborah Knight 1993 - 16 January 2009 |
Succeeded by Bill Woods |
| Preceded by Greg Pearce |
Ten News at Five Perth Presenter with Celina Edmonds and Charmaine Dragun 2003 -2005 |
Succeeded by Tim Webster |
| Preceded by Tim Webster |
Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV) News Presenter 1982 - 1990 |
Succeeded by Anne Fulwood |
| Preceded by Anne Fulwood |
Sydney Eyewitness News Weekend Presenter 1991 |
Succeeded by John Gatfield |
| Preceded by Mike Hammond |
Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV) Co-host with Sandra Sully 1992 |
Succeeded by program ended |
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