Like all Nine News bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs for one hour, from 6pm every day.[1] It comprises local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.
The late Brian Naylor presented National Nine News Melbourne for 20 years from 1978 following his resignation from HSV-7 to 1998. Following his retirement, he was succeeded by Peter Hitchener as weeknight presenter, while Jo Hall took over from Hitchener as weekend presenter. Hall scaled back her work with Nine to news updates and fill-in duties in November 2011, with Weekend Today newsreader Alicia Loxley taking over as weekend presenter. Rob Gell formerly presented the weather until 2003, when he was replaced by Nixon; Gell subsequently defected to the rival Seven News Melbourne bulletin presenting the weather on weekends.
In March 2011, the GTV studios moved their base from Bendigo Street, Richmond, to a new building in Bourke Street, Docklands.
In May 2017, the station launched its first local afternoon news bulletin, Nine Afternoon News Melbourne, putting it head to head with its rival station Seven's local afternoon news. The bulletin is presented by Alicia Loxley (Monday-Wednesday) and Dougal Beatty (Thursday and Friday).
In December 2021, it was announced that Peter Hitchener would scale back to four days a week from January 2022 presenting from Monday to Thursday with Alicia Loxley presenting on Friday.[2][3]
For many decades, Nine News Melbourne was the most dominant local news service, often drawing a peak audience of more than 400,000 viewers. However, in the mid-2000s, the bulletin started to lose ground to the rival Seven News Melbourne, winning only 24 (out of 40) weeks in 2006 and then narrowly losing in 2007 when it won 19 weeks (to Seven's 20 weeks, with the other week tied).[6][7] Even during the years when Nine News struggled nationally, the Melbourne bulletin remained competitive, being the only metropolitan bulletin to win any weeks against Seven News in 2008 and 2009.[8][9][10] By 2012, however, Nine News Melbourne had re-established its ratings dominance, often leading their rivals by an average margin of over 100,000 viewers.[11][12]
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^@MrTvAus (22 July 2017). "Congrats 👏 🎉 Won 21 weeks out of 40 (ratings survey): • @9NewsSyd #1 for 7 years running. • @9NewsMelb #1 for 6 years running. #9News" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 July 2017 – via Twitter.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nine News Melbourne news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Nine News Melbourne is the weeknight flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network in Australia screened in Melbourne Tasmania and across Victoria Nine News MelbourneAlso known asTelevision City News 1957 1969 National Nine News 1969 1976 1980 2008 9 Eyewitness News 1976 1980 GenreNewsPresented byNews Alicia Loxley weeknights Tom Steinfort weeknights Peter Hitchener weekends Sport Tony Jones weeknights Alicia Muling Saturday Clint Stanaway Sunday Weather Livinia Nixon Monday Thursday Madeline Spark Friday Sunday Country of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons54ProductionProduction locationsDocklands VictoriaRunning timeOne hour including commercials Original releaseNetworkNine NetworkRelease20 January 1957 1957 01 20 present Like all Nine News bulletins the Melbourne bulletin runs for one hour from 6pm every day 1 It comprises local national and international news as well as sport weather and finance Contents 1 History 1 1 Ratings 2 Current presenters 2 1 Fill in presenters 3 Past presenters 4 Reporters 4 1 Sport 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe late Brian Naylor presented National Nine News Melbourne for 20 years from 1978 following his resignation from HSV 7 to 1998 Following his retirement he was succeeded by Peter Hitchener as weeknight presenter while Jo Hall took over from Hitchener as weekend presenter Hall scaled back her work with Nine to news updates and fill in duties in November 2011 with Weekend Today newsreader Alicia Loxley taking over as weekend presenter Rob Gell formerly presented the weather until 2003 when he was replaced by Nixon Gell subsequently defected to the rival Seven News Melbourne bulletin presenting the weather on weekends In March 2011 the GTV studios moved their base from Bendigo Street Richmond to a new building in Bourke Street Docklands In May 2017 the station launched its first local afternoon news bulletin Nine Afternoon News Melbourne putting it head to head with its rival station Seven s local afternoon news The bulletin is presented by Alicia Loxley Monday Wednesday and Dougal Beatty Thursday and Friday In December 2021 it was announced that Peter Hitchener would scale back to four days a week from January 2022 presenting from Monday to Thursday with Alicia Loxley presenting on Friday 2 3 In November 2023 it was announced that Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort would replace Peter Hitchener to present on weeknights and Hitchener will move to weekends from January 2024 4 5 Ratings edit For many decades Nine News Melbourne was the most dominant local news service often drawing a peak audience of more than 400 000 viewers However in the mid 2000s the bulletin started to lose ground to the rival Seven News Melbourne winning only 24 out of 40 weeks in 2006 and then narrowly losing in 2007 when it won 19 weeks to Seven s 20 weeks with the other week tied 6 7 Even during the years when Nine News struggled nationally the Melbourne bulletin remained competitive being the only metropolitan bulletin to win any weeks against Seven News in 2008 and 2009 8 9 10 By 2012 however Nine News Melbourne had re established its ratings dominance often leading their rivals by an average margin of over 100 000 viewers 11 12 Current presenters edit nbsp Peter Hitchener presenter of Nine News Melbourne Current presenters Role Bulletins Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday News Alicia Loxley 2024 present Tom Steinfort 2024 present Peter Hitchener 2023 present Sport Tony Jones 1990 present Alicia Muling 2023 present Clint Stanaway 2011 present Weather Livinia Nixon 2004 present Madeline Spark 2020 present Fill in presenters edit Dougal Beatty News Stephanie Anderson News amp Weather Clint Stanaway Sport Alicia Muling Sport Madeline Spark Weather Mimi Becker Weather Past presenters editSir Eric Pearce 1956 1978 Brian Naylor 1978 1998 Reporters editChristine Ahern Today Melbourne reporter Seb Costello A Current Affair reporter Jo Hall Dougal Beatty Alexis Daish A Current Affair reporter Emily Rice Health reporter Madeline Spark Justine Conway Carrie Anne Greenbank Eliza Rugg Allan Raskall Neary Ty Chris Kohler Finance editor Izabella Staskowski Today Melbourne reporter Reid Butler Brett McLeod Europe correspondent Heidi Murphy Stephanie Anderson Mark Santomartino State Political reporter Lana Murphy Penelope Liersch Mimi Becker Gillian Lantouris Amber Johnston Nathan Currie Laura Turner Sport edit Alicia Muling Braden Ingram Clint Stanaway Natalie Yoannidis Tom Morris Chief AFL reporter Xander McGuireReferences edit Kalina Paul Ellis Scott 6 January 2014 Nine quietly switches to hour long news The Age Retrieved 7 January 2014 Murray Duncan 6 December 2021 Nine s Peter Hitchener will take a step back from reading the weeknightly bulletin news com au Retrieved 6 December 2021 Knox David 6 December 2021 Hitch to switch to 4 nights a week TV Tonight Archived from the original on 6 December 2021 Retrieved 6 December 2021 Nine News announces new Melbourne anchors Alicia Loxley amp Tom Steinfort TV Tonight tvtonight com au 18 November 2023 Retrieved 18 November 2023 9News Melbourne announces new presenting line up www 9news com au 18 November 2023 Retrieved 18 November 2023 Enker Debi 14 June 2007 How Seven trumped Nine The Age Melbourne Archived from the original on 6 August 2009 Retrieved 27 June 2007 Ziffer Daniel 3 December 2007 Seven tops Nine in week night news The Age Retrieved 14 March 2017 Knox David 24 August 2009 Nine News to unveil new Melbourne set TV Tonight Archived from the original on 8 August 2017 Retrieved 19 July 2017 Dyer Glenn 15 January 2009 I am Peter Overton Calamity at Nine News Sydney Crikey Archived from the original on 8 August 2017 Retrieved 8 August 2017 Nine urges viewers to change back AdNews 12 December 2008 Archived from the original on 8 August 2017 Retrieved 8 August 2017 Bodey Michael 20 July 2015 TV ratings Nine s the one again when it comes to news The Australian Retrieved 7 June 2017 MrTvAus 22 July 2017 Congrats Won 21 weeks out of 40 ratings survey 9NewsSyd 1 for 7 years running 9NewsMelb 1 for 6 years running 9News Tweet Retrieved 24 July 2017 via Twitter External links edit Official website nbsp Nine News Melbourne at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nine News Melbourne amp oldid 1217678383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
