You’d think they’d have an opener for Daniel just in case, since he’s the only other regular presenter.
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It seems prime 7 has returned to dual news readers with both Maddie and Liz presenting tonight.
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In last nights opener they used the single shot of Madelaine, but tonight there was a new one with Liz as well:
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Dual newsreaders of the same sex are uncommon. The only others I can recall in the last few decades are
9 Adelaide - Rob Kelvin and Kevin Crease
9 Perth - Dixie Marshall and Sonia Vinci (which didn’t last long)
It’s nearly always 1 female and 1 male.
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(FYI) Dixie and Sonia lasted 5 years from 2003-2008
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Oh wow, I didn’t realise it was that long. Thanks.
Rob Kelvin and Michael Smyth were the last same-sex news reading duo I can think of.
Aside from here on Prime when Natalie covered for Kenny a few times, and here and there Sky did 2 women, and on one occasion I saw two men.
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Prime7 News Central West:
Prime7 National News:
News popup promo in Midday Movie and The Chase:
Another use of Breaking News graphics in National News:
I understand it’s Madelaine’s final bulletin tonight before she commences maternity leave.
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Take as long as you want Madelaine, the viewers will be grateful.
Yes, I briefly saw the weather guy with flowers on tonights bulletin. I assume it was for this.
What do Prime7 do with the reporter sign-offs form repackaged network stories? And how many repackaged stories would typically make it into the 6:30 bulletin?
The “Seven News” signoffs are kept intact.
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Apologies for the double post, but you probably won’t be surprised to hear that the Openers have been updated to a Liz/Karl version this week with Madelaine now on maternity leave:
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A GWN7 Local News-inspired opener, after over a year of separate presenters for news and weather.
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They’ve even got her in white and him in a grey suit and red tie. Twin pairs!
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Karl will co-anchor with Liz from Monday. Elly Wicks will take on the weather role.
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A quick search finds that there’s a “Sports & Racing Presenter” by the name of Elly Wicks.
Presuming this is the same one joining the Prime7 Local News team as a weather presenter from Monday, a rather interesting choice IMO.
Yep, coming over from Tabcorp.