Ron Wilson (newsreader)
{{Short description|Australian television/radio presenter}}
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|known_for = Ten News (1979–2012)
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|years active = 1974–present
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Ronald Wilson (born 25 October 1954{{cite web|url=https://www.2gb.com/legendary-newsreader-ron-wilson-threatens-to-sue-ray-hadley/|title=Newsreader Ron Wilson threatens to sue Ray Hadley|date=25 October 2018 }}) is a Northern Irish-born Australian television and radio news presenter and voice-over with a lengthy career in journalism and hosting, especially with Network Ten.[http://ten.com.au/ten/ten-news-presenters.html Ten News Presenters] – Network Ten, retrieved on 10 July 2008.
Wilson was a news presenter on FM radio network smoothfm, a division of NOVA Entertainment and previously worked at Network Ten in Sydney for over 33 years.
Wilson currently presents the Breakfast Radio Show on 2SM 1269AM.
Personal life
Wilson was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and emigrated to Australia with his family when he was a young child. He spent much of his childhood in Victoria and completed a law degree in Darwin, Northern Territory. When Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin in 1974, Wilson was on scene as host of a local radio program. Wilson admitted on the "Newsreaders Vs TV Hosts" episode of All Star Family Feud on 21 November 2016 that he still suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder from surviving Cyclone Tracy.[https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/all-star-family-feud/2016/11/21 Tenplay: All Star Family Feud (Episode 17)], All Star Family Feud, Episode 17, Season 1, Network Ten, 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016. He received Australian citizenship on 31 March 2008.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}[https://www.claxtonspeakers.com.au/speakers_profile/278 Speakers Profile – Ron Wilson] – Claxton Speakers International, retrieved on 24 July 2008.[http://www.rgm.com.au/C_RonWilson.html Ron Wilson biography] – RGM Artist Group, retrieved on 24 July 2008.
Wilson is married with three children. He supports the Sydney Swans AFL club.{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2015-04-01/in-the-blood-ron-wilson|title=In the Blood – Ron Wilson|publisher=Sydney Swans|first=Luke|last=McManus|date=1 April 2015|accessdate=18 June 2015}}
Career
=Television=
==Network 10==
Wilson worked as a newsreader on Good Morning Australia from 1982 to 1991 alongside Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Gordon Elliott among others. During that time, he also presented for Ten on Sydney's weekend newscasts (variously called Ten Eyewitness News, Ten News, Eyewitness News and Ten Evening News). Wilson took the helm of Good Morning Australia alongside Sandra Sully in 1992. The pair moved from dawn to dusk a year later, presenting Ten's 5.00 pm newscast. From 1981 to 1982, Wilson had presented the evening 6.00 pm news with Katrina Lee. In 1994, Wilson was joined at the Sydney newsdesk by Juanita Phillips and, two years later, by Jessica Rowe in a partnership lasting 10 years. He also presented NEW-10 Perth's 5.00 pm news (broadcast from TEN-10's studios) from 2003 to 2005.
Wilson has reported and presented from the scene of some of Sydney's biggest news events. He covered the Ansett Australia 747 crash at Sydney Airport in 1994 – the only Sydney news presenter to broadcast from the airport that night – and broadcast from several of Sydney's major bushfires of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Wilson presented non-stop coverage of the start of Gulf War 1 on 17 January 1991 (AEDT) on Ten from mid-morning until 6.00 pm. He also presented live coverage of the first US strikes against Baghdad marking the commencement of the War in Iraq in 2003.
Wilson has joked that "everyone has had a read with Ron".{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} His co-presenters have included Anne Fulwood, Sandra Sully, Katrina Lee, Juanita Phillips, Deborah Knight, Jessica Rowe, Natarsha Belling, Tracey Spicer, Charmaine Dragun, Celina Edmonds, Claudia Emery, Margaret Bates, Geraldine Doogue and Ann Sanders.
Wilson was replaced on Sydney's Ten News at Five bulletin by Bill Woods in January 2009.{{cite news | title = Channel Ten news in chaos | work = Herald Sun | date = 10 December 2008 | url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,24779299-2902,00.html | accessdate = 10 December 2008 }}
Wilson was previously the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Mondays and Tuesdays. He also previously presented Ten News at Five in Sydney alongside Deborah Knight until 16 January 2009.
In May 2012, Wilson was appointed news presenter on Breakfast, a role he retained until August 2012. He also presented Ten News updates on The Circle until the program was cancelled in August 2012. In August 2012 it was announced Wilson would return as presenter of Ten Morning News.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
Despite reportedly being sacked by Network Ten in November 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/11/ten-axe-falls-on-ron-wilson-bill-woods-craig-smart.html|title=TEN axe falls on Ron Wilson, Bill Woods, Craig Smart.|date=12 November 2012|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=13 November 2012}} Wilson continued with the station as a fill-in presenter for its national weekend news bulletins. He filled in for Sandra Sully and Natarsha Belling until 28 December that year, which was his final time presenting for Ten News.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=29 December 2012 |title=Farewell Ron Wilson {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/12/farewell-ron-wilson.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=TV Tonight |language=en-AU}}
==Seven Network==
In October 2013, Wilson began making regular appearances on the Seven Network's breakfast show Sunrise. {{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
=Radio=
In the period between 1975 and 1979, Wilson worked for a number of radio stations, including 2WL Wollongong, 2SM and 2UE. He also worked at Sydney radio station Mix 106.5 for several years in the early 2000s as newsreader on the breakfast show. He resigned from Mix 106.5 in 2006.[http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2008/06/21/1214009165161.html Sweet sound of success] – The Sydney Morning Herald 23 June 2008, retrieved on 10 July 2008.
Wilson replaced the outgoing Rowan Barker as Macquarie National News newsreader on 30 June 2008.[http://radiorumours.com/comment.php?comment.news.144 Trevor Long, Rowan Barker to exit 2GB] – Radio News 30 May 2008, retrieved on 10 July 2008. Wilson was subsequently heard on 7 July 2008 as he did the Macquarie National News bulletins for 2GB during the Alan Jones Breakfast Show as well as Bob Rogers' show at sister station 2CH on 9 July 2008.The Bob Rogers Show, Radio 2CH, 10:00 AEST 9 July 2008.
In April 2013, Wilson joined smoothfm as a newsreader and currently hosts the music breakfast show every weekday as an announcer with his radio presenting colleague Bogart Torelli.{{cite web|url=https://www.novaentertainment.com.au/bogart-ron-talent-page|title=Bogart Torelli & Ron Wilson}} He took over full time in the breakfast presenting role succeeding the late Glenn Daniel who passed away in December 2021.
=Movie=
He had a small part as an extra in the first scene of the movie The Odd Angry Shot. {{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://ten.com.au/ten-news-ron-wilson.htm Ron Wilson bio on Network Ten's website]
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Category:Australian television newsreaders and news presenters