Tim Webster
| Tim Webster | |
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| Birth name | Tim Webster |
| Born |
15 December 1951 Australia |
Tim Webster (born 15 December 1951) is an Australian television and radio personality and sports broadcaster.
He has previously been a news presenter on the Perth edition of Ten News at Five and the sports presenter on the Sydney edition of the program. He was also an occasional fill-in presenter on Ten's Late News as well as Sydney's Ten News at Five and Sports Tonight.
Career
Television
In the early 1980s, he presented TEN-10 Eyewitness News in Sydney, alongside Katrina Lee. The pair enjoyed considerable success, often #1 in their timeslot.[1]
On 20 January 1992, Tim launched Australia's first regular, weeknight 5:00PM newscast, re-uniting with Katrina Lee to co-present TEN-10 Sydney's Ten Eyewitness News First at Five.
He has covered various major sporting events for Network Ten, including the Melbourne Cup, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Australasian golf tour & From 1993 until 2004, he was the host of the nightly sports program Sports Tonight.
In 2005, Webster became the co-presenter of Perth's Ten News at Five, alongside Charmaine Dragun, while continuing with his duties as the sports presenter on the Sydney bulletin. Following Dragun's death in late 2007,[2] Webster continued on as the solo anchor of the Perth bulletin until 5 May 2008, after which he was replaced by Narelda Jacobs ahead of the bulletin's relocation back to Perth. Later that same month, he stepped down as the Sydney bulletin's sports presenter on 30 May 2008, retiring from Network Ten after 27 years.
In early 2011, Tim presented sport alongside Sandra Sully on Sydney's short-lived Ten Evening News. After that bulletin was axed, and replaced by 6.30 with George Negus (which moved from its original 6:00 pm timeslot) on 4 April 2011, Tim acted as a fill-in presenter for Ten News at Five and other national bulletins. Tim also presented the final ever edition of Ten Late News on Friday 30 September.
Radio
In 2008, Webster replaced Steve Price who moved to John Laws' former timeslot.
Tim now hosts an afternoon program on Sydney's 2UE, 1pm to 4pm Monday to Friday
References
- ↑ Katrina Lee, TV's busiest woman The Sydney Morning Herald - 14 Jan 1985
- ↑ Box, Dan (3 November 2007). "Newsreader found dead". The Australian. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
| Preceded by John Mangos |
Ten Eyewitness News - Sydney Presenter with Katrina Lee 1992 |
Succeeded by Ron Wilson |
| Preceded by originator |
Sports Tonight Presenter 1993 - 2002 |
Succeeded by Ryan Phelan |
| Preceded by Ron Wilson |
Ten News at Five Perth Presenter with Charmaine Dragun 2005 - 2007 |
Succeeded by Webster solo |
| Preceded by with Charmaine Dragun |
Ten News at Five Perth Presenter 2007 - 2008 |
Succeeded by Narelda Jacobs |
| Preceded by originator |
Ten Evening News Weeknight Sydney Sport Presenter 24 January 2011 – 1 April 2011 |
Succeeded by 6.30 with George Negus |
| Preceded by unknown |
Ten News At Five Sydney Sport Presenter 1993-2008 |
Succeeded by Brad McEwan |