News and Current Affairs
Further information: Ten NewsATV-0's first news presenter was its news director, Brian Wright, before Barry McQueen took over regular news presenting duties. The station's initial news format on weeknights was a 45-minute bulletin starting at 6.15pm, aimed at competing with the 30-minute bulletins offered by rival stations GTV-9 and HSV-7. The news format was changed a number of times, with the eventual adoption of the network's one-hour format in the early 1970s, and its take on the Eyewitness News format and brand in 1972, then presented by Geoff Raymond.
The station currently produces a 60-minute local news program on weeknights from its Como Centre studios alongside two networked current affairs programs, The Project & The Bolt Report, with national news and current affairs output aired from Network Ten's Sydney studios in Pyrmont. Ten News at Five is presented by Mal Walden with sports presenter Stephen Quartermain, weather presenter Mike Larkan and traffic reporter Emma Notarfrancesco.
The flagship weeknight bulletin was formerly presented by David Johnston, who was replaced by Mal Walden following his move to HSV-7 in 1996. Co-presenter Jennifer Hansen, who with Walden formed one of the longest-serving news duos in Australian television history, was replaced by Helen Kapalos in 2006.
Fill-in presenters include Stephen Quartermain & Melanie Davies (News) and Rob Waters (Sport). Previous fill-in presenters include Hermione Kitson, George Donikian, Max Futcher and Mignon Stewart.
Regular weekend bulletins from Melbourne were axed in the early 1990s in favour of a national bulletin from Sydney. However, localised editions of Ten Weekend News were reintroduced on Saturdays during the AFL season and presented by George Donikian, followed by a localised edition of Sports Tonight for Victoria. Permanent weekend bulletins were reintroduced in January 2011 (alongside a short-lived 6:30pm bulletin on weeknights) but discontinued 10 months later.
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