# Seven News and Current Affairs **URL:** \ **Category:** Seven\ **Created:** [August 27, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530 "2019-08-27T09:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/847 "2025-10-26T05:49:05Z")
I do believe Adam Digby came either sometime in mid-late 1998 or the following year, going by this clip that was originally uploaded to YouTube from Seven themselves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JWVGXEHY540?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/848 "2025-10-26T07:03:36Z")
> [@Sully](#): > > Yeah that was rather unexpected and I think viewers weren’t overly happy at the time. Seven News in Melbourne needed to do something at the time, having lost all 40 ratings weeks to Nine News in 2012. Leith Mulligan, who had only just been at Seven for four years, was one of those let go by Simon Pristel. ---
**Author:** ![AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aj_lucantonio/32/100393_2.png) [@AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AJ_Lucantonio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/849 "2025-10-26T07:52:23Z")
Was a strange period - Digby was there in 96’ then was punted to weekends - Bury was there from 97-98 before Digby reclaimed his weeknight throne. ---
**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/850 "2025-10-26T08:34:27Z")
Bizarre lol ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/851 "2025-10-28T00:01:52Z")
Seven news breaks , promos, and partial news opening for September 24th 1988 (AFL GF result and Ben Johnson Olympics) https://www.youtube.com/embed/TFqTzCRfaQg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/wrNjxRO-lU8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9emy0sZh-A?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/852 "2025-10-28T04:18:12Z")
Seven clearly spent a lot of money on sets and presenters in 1988, to try a regain the fallout from the year below. ---
**Author:** ![Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/petarkco/32/220380_2.png) [@Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Petarkco)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/853 "2025-11-07T00:49:51Z")
From March 1995. National update: https://www.youtube.com/embed/4OJp4KzoLp8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Sports promo: https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7NY2tbKpDk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Australia remembers: https://www.youtube.com/embed/-XYRkkZTotA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/petarkco/32/220380_2.png) [@Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Petarkco)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/854 "2025-11-21T23:08:00Z")
From 1st August 1989. Gina Boon before she moved to Nine. National update: https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYscl3Z1GvI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Sydney updates: https://www.youtube.com/embed/L_qYmSCWuDg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJm4wIpoBtU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/petarkco/32/220380_2.png) [@Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Petarkco)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/855 "2025-11-28T23:14:23Z")
Sydney promo from 1994. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XpnesUSTlhg/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven Nightly News - Sydney promo (May 1994)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpnesUSTlhg) ---
**Author:** ![Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/petarkco/32/220380_2.png) [@Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Petarkco)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/856 "2025-12-02T00:20:50Z")
From 23rd February 2002. Sydney update: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o2OeQ3IfLIE/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven News - Sydney update (23 February 2002)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2OeQ3IfLIE) Sydney bulletin: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmjvaIuuRgo/hqdefault.jpg "Seven News Sydney (23 February 2002)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjvaIuuRgo) Today Tonight promo: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uKhlVdeiEDo/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven - Today Tonight promo (February 2002)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKhlVdeiEDo) ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/857 "2025-12-02T00:33:40Z")
> [@Petarkco](#): > > Today Tonight promo: > > ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uKhlVdeiEDo/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven - Today Tonight promo (February 2002)") > > [Seven - Today Tonight promo (February 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKhlVdeiEDo) I believe it was around that time the Melbourne edition of the show began to be broadcast into Sydney, as Melissa Doyle (then the host of the local Sydney edition) went on maternity leave. If Wikipedia is to be trusted, the Melbourne edition rated better than the Sydney one did (though ACA would’ve outrated it in any case, given Nine’s undisputed dominance in the news ratings at that period in time), leading Seven executives to merge the Sydney and Melbourne editions of TT into one; it eventually became an East Coast edition when Brisbane axed its local TT in 2002 or 2003 (at which point in time their presenter Michelle Reiken also went on maternity leave). ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/858 "2025-12-02T06:57:44Z")
Yes Naomi proved popular in Sydney and it was decided to move show into a national edition with Brisbane following a year later. ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/859 "2025-12-02T07:35:49Z")
This wasn’t a good period for Seven News on the East Coast with the network losing AFL rights ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/860 "2025-12-02T10:08:04Z")
> [@BigVic](#): > > This wasn’t a good period for Seven News on the East Coast with the network losing AFL rights 2002 was a very bad year for Seven across all timeslots. I believe TEN came second in Melbourne for the year. 2003 wasn’t much better. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/861 "2025-12-13T09:14:49Z")
This is the only footage I could find of Melissa Doyle presenting _Today Tonight_ in the early noughties. She had taken over as host of the program, which was then Sydney-based (noting the Melbourne-based edition presented by Naomi Robson was later reformatted to serve NSW/Victoria, and then the East Coast), after Stan Grant was dismissed in 2000. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oqM-0GI-bsk/hqdefault.jpg "Today Tonight with Melissa Doyle.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqM-0GI-bsk) Courtesy: NewsWeary I believe this might be from January 2002, when _7NEWS Sydney_ rolled out the blue TV wall set that (IMO) became symbolic of its struggles in the ratings at the time. Brisbane received the same set that same year, while Perth followed suit in 2004. Here is a Seven News Sydney update also from January 2002 - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FpcVA4FuWDs/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven News - Update (2.1.2002) [2]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpcVA4FuWDs) Courtesy: Zampakid ---
**Author:** ![SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/samsamtv/32/27247_2.png) [@SamSamTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SamSamTV)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/862 "2025-12-28T12:13:25Z")
Late edition with Georgie Gardner from 22 December 1998: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rJVWSD-FwiU/maxresdefault.jpg "Seven Nightly News: Late Edition - 22/12/1998") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVWSD-FwiU) ---
**Author:** ![jason120au](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jason120au](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/jason120au)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/863 "2025-12-29T09:34:59Z")
Much better news theme then they have now. ---
**Author:** ![nationalnews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nationalnews/32/16922_2.png) [@nationalnews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/nationalnews)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/864 "2025-12-31T04:27:30Z")
> [@Avatar5991](#): > > This is the only footage I could find of Melissa Doyle presenting _Today Tonight_ in the early noughties. Found a video of the second half of the show from another edition: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vK1EKocQvaI/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/vK1EKocQvaI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![NewsKing](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsking/32/321986_2.png) [@NewsKing](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsKing)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/865 "2026-01-12T08:46:02Z")
Vintage 7 Late News 2001: [https://youtu.be/\_qoek2\_c5F8](https://youtu.be/_qoek2_c5F8) ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/866 "2026-01-12T08:48:21Z")
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