Seems that whilst Angie Asimus is on maternity leave the following is happening:
Amber Laidler presenting Sydney’s weather Sunday to Wednesday (Sally Bowrey on Thursdays, in addition to her normal role on Fridays and Saturdays).
Robert Ovadia reading the 5pm news on Sundays.
So, it is Amber V Amber in the Sydney TV weather battle!
Thursday 16 February -
Sonia Marinelli presented weather in Melbourne tonight.
Former West coast eagle Mark Lecra has joined 7 news Perth as Costal and Fishing expert. His segments will air Thursday & Friday night starting tonight.
LeCras
Has Nick Etchells returned to HSV7?
It sounds like his voice overing todays news updates
Yep, returned last September as a full time producer.
Interesting. If I remember, Blake Johnson originally took over his position when he left back in 2017.
What’s old is new again.
All we need is for Jen to defect back to Seven and they’ll go full retro.
I doubt this will happen but could HSV-7 also bring David Brown back in a freelance capacity? To my knowledge he hasn’t been sighted on television since he left 7NEWS Sydney towards the end of 2020.
IIRC, Brownie might’ve appeared on Weekend Sunrise a few months ago (from Melbourne) to talk about the weather?
Whilst Brownie would bolster their team, I do also think it’s unlikely whilst HSV have Jane Bunn, Sonia Marinelli, Melina Sarris etc.
He used to appear on 9 News Perth under Fish Watch in the same capacity. Sneaky grab by 7.
Another case of “if you can’t beat them, join them!”
It would be great to see Jennifer Keyte return to 7 News Melbourne.
The first time this happened (she was moving across from Nine), in 2003, Seven were in a terrible state of affairs as far as its Melbourne news ratings were concerned. But it was never going to be a quick fix; they (Seven Melbourne) knew what they were doing and that, along with hiring Rob Gell to present its weekend weather, was part of their long-term plan to overtake their rivals at GTV.
If she were to return, and I don’t think it’ll happen, the question would be where she would fit in Seven Melbourne’s plans, given last year 7NEWS Melbourne had its strongest-rating year since 2009 (when it lost only six weeks to Nine News).
Bec and Mike are the future of 7 Melbourne. Make it a permanent double header.
She’d be more likely to go to Nine which needs more readers at GTV.
Agree. Currently there is no position for her at HSV. If something happened to Peter Mitchell (doubtful) Mike and Bec world move to weeknights and Blake would take weekends.
