Could be a direct swap for Emma O’Sullivan (who recently joined Seven after a decade at 10).
Heard similar back in the 9 days, unsure if it was an attitude developed from the ‘newspaper’ days and tv being a different landscape.
I thought she did alright at 7 and made the most out of the situations she was thrown in (didn’t really see her as a sports journalist/reporter but she did well enough imo). Will be interesting to see how 7 shuffle the responsibilities around… already been suggested that Rebecca would be given the AFL coverage stuff (something she was doing prior to crossing to Channel 9).
Wasn’t a huge fan of Jacqui as a newsreader but I thought that she was quite good in other live hosting roles. Also agree that her social media following makes her quite a big loss. I would consider her to be quite a well known figure, in a good way.
Yeah, it seems like from the interview she did with the Herald Sun that she wants to do things such as more MCing work that would allow her to be there more for her children.
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Monday 4 April -
Mike Amor is presenting solo on Melbourne’s Afternoon News with Tom Browne presenting sport today.
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I believe Bec is isolating.
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Tina Altieri presenting Perth’s 4pm news
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agree 100%
this will never happen. never ever never
Nine wouldn’t want her either. Their lineup is arguably more superior already.
Sydney reporter Tom Hartley is reporting from London.
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After his stint in London David Woiwod has returned to the U.S. Bureau this week.
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A very rare on location broadcast for 7 Brisbane meteorologist Tony Auden in afternoon news. Not sure why he was at Howard Smith Wharves though; but during the whole flooding crisis he reported from the studio. Earlier, Paul Burt first reported on the big swell from Surfers Paradise.
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Thursday 7 April -
Rebecca Maddern is back presenting Afternoon News in Melbourne today.
Sonia Marinelli is presenting weather on 4pm & 6pm Melbourne News filling in for Jane Bunn.
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I knew I had a video of it somewhere. Giaan did stints on Brisbane’s 6pm too:
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7 News did Queenslanders such a disservice when they moved Kay & Rod to weekends.
Sharyn would have got her go eventually - Kay and Rod should have been allowed to see out their careers on weekdays.
You look at that clip, from nearly 7 years ago, and it could well be as recent as yesterday. The set hasn’t changed, and the presenters are arguably more identifiable, trusted, respected than the current line up.
Perhaps that’s because I grew up with Kay, and no disrespect to Sharyn, but nearly 10 years in the top job and it still feels like she’s the new presenter. And Max comes across like he’s the junior understudy.
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Bang on. Everyone’s been saying that all along the way. Sharyn and Max (and Bill McDonald before him) deserved the weekday role but only after Kay and Rod finished their stint on their terms. They were winning ratings big time yet they were shafted for the B-team because Seven’s management couldn’t find anything else to stuff around with, and now they’ve lost both Kay and Rod because of their own mismanagement and sheer incompetence.
If Kay and Rod were still presenting today no amount of sensationalised crap on QTQ would be able to beat Seven (with their uninspiring presentation), which truly demonstrates the pulling power of Kay and Rod. What could’ve been…
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Kay & Rod may have retired when they did regardless of whether they were on weekdays still or not. Also Kay has been able to expand her charity work with the reduced workload. So perhaps she is happy with the outcome from that perspective.
But totally agree - they should have finished on their terms. It will go down as the biggest misstep in Queensland television of the past 2 decades no doubt. Channel 10 scrapping their local news would be the closest rival.
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Has it been mentioned who will be replacing Jacqui Felgate as weekend sports reader?
It will probably just go to Andrew McCormack, but chances are they will be hiring a new sport reporter to fill the void anyways. Would be great if Seven could poach someone from Nine or Ten, to either report or present.
It would be great if they could stick with a female sports presenter on weekends.