Tony Johnston
{{other people||Anthony Johnston (disambiguation){{!}}Anthony Johnston}}
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| name = Tony Johnston
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|04|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| nationality = Australian
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| years_active = 1986-present
| occupation = Television presenter, actor
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{{Short description|Australian television presenter, producer and radio broadcaster}}
Tony Johnston (born 9 April 1970) is an Australian television presenter, producer and radio broadcaster. Tony began his career in 1986, as a presenter on the music video show Saturday Jukebox on the Seven Network in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://kuttsywoodscouch.blogspot.com/2009/09/50-years-of-brisbane-tv-part-9-kids-tv.html|title=The changing face of Brisbane television: Tony Johnston|website=Kuttsywood's Couch |date=16 September 2009 |access-date=2 October 2018}}
In 1987, he started hosting the children's program OK with the Nine Network. In 1992, Tony became a reporter with the Logie Award winning program Wonder World.[http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1857295.htm Profile: Tony Johnston], Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Accessed 2 October 2018. Johnston also hosted Nine's children's game show My Generation. In 1996, he was named host of the children's game show, Time Masters{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89223688.html|title=Lifestyle host new Seven weatherman.|website=Australasian Business Intelligence | HighBeam Research|date=3 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103023935/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89223688.html|archive-date=3 November 2012|via=web.archive.org}} on the Seven Network. In the same year, he became a presenter The Great Outdoors. In 1999, he became host of another children's game show Wipeout.
Between 2002 and 2003, Johnston was the weather presenter on Seven News. He also worked as a reporter for The Great South East in Queensland and hosted a talkback radio show on Brisbane radio station 4BC. From 2003, he was a director of a new media production company Tjtv Pty Ltd, and continued his radio career with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as a presenter with ABC Radio Brisbane and Coast FM. In 2008, he joined World Radio Switzerland - Switzerland's English speaking radio station.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lecourrier.ch/index.php?name=NewsPaper&file=article&sid=439113 |title=Nouvelle fronde contre la RSR via sa chaîne anglophone :: Le Courrier :: Quotidien suisse indépendant |access-date=10 February 2010 |archive-date=18 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118155848/http://lecourrier.ch/index.php?name=NewsPaper&file=article&sid=439113 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tonyjohnston.tv/|title=Video, Animation & Podcast Specialist Switzerland |website=Tony Johnston Media}}
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