History
Ten News introduced the concept of hour-long, co-anchored news to Australia in the form of Eyewitness News during the 1970s. The 1980s, however, were arguably the network's most successful period with its local Sydney and Melbourne bulletins often rating highest for their 6pm timeslot. The news services underwent a number of name changes including Ten News, Ten Evening News, Eyewitness News and Ten Eyewitness News over the years before finally settling on the Ten News brand in 1994.
A major change to the service occurred in January 1992 when all five of its local bulletins were moved to the 5.00pm time slot. Around the same time, local weekend bulletins were also axed from the network to be replaced by a 30 minute national bulletin from SydneyTen Weekend News, initially presented by John Gatfield and later by Natarsha Belling and Bill Woods.
In December 2003, an additional local bulletin was trialled at 7pm weeknights, called Ten News Summer Edition. It was presented in each state capital by one of the Ten News at Five news presenters. The bulletin was discontinued by the start of the 2004 ratings season.
In the 2000s, Ten also introduced limited local content into some markets on weekends. In Perth a localised version of Ten Weekend News was received from Sydney, while during the AFL season Adelaide and Melbourne viewers received local news on a Saturday, presented from Melbourne by George Donikian. For a short period in 2009, Ten Weekend News also included localised sport inserts for each market.
Ten News has often been described as a 'training ground' for some of Australia's best-known television journalists. Some of the best-known reporters and presenters who launched or spent a major part of their careers at "Ten News" include Jana Wendt, Kerry O'Brien, Katrina Lee, Charles Slade, Ann Sanders, Steve Liebmann, Tim Webster, Ron Wilson, Anne Fulwood, Juanita Phillips, Liz Hayes, Jo Pearson, David Johnston, Bill McDonald, Chris Masters, Larry Emdur, Eddie McGuire, John Gatfield, Kay McGrath, Graeme Goodings, Sharyn Ghidella, Laurie Oakes, Geraldine Doogue, Helen Kapalos, Jennifer Keyte and Mike Munro amongst others.
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