Cameron Williams | |
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Born |
Cameron Williams 18 February 1963 Emerald, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Children | Arkie & Remy |
Cameron Williams (born 18 February 1963 in Emerald, Queensland) is an Australian journalist and television personality and presenter.
Williams currently presents sport on Nine News Sydney from Sunday to Thursday. He previously co-hosted Weekend Today.
Williams's journalism career began 1984 with a cadetship at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane. From there he moved to The Australian offices in Melbourne, where he wrote sports features and columns before joining the Seven Network in 1988. Apart from his role as a sports presenter on Seven News, Williams occasionally hosted Sportsworld. He was a presenter for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he called Matt Ryan's equestrian double gold for Australia.
In 1996 he signed as the face of Fox Sports, anchoring NRL On Fox, Dally M Awards, Super 12 Rugby, Wimbledon, Winter Olympics, the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and Fox Sports News. In 2001, amid scandal, Fox Sports declined to renew his contract.
After this, Williams was a breakfast announcer at 2HD in Newcastle. Williams also owns a Newcastle modelling and talent agency, Models and Actors.
Williams was the official sports editor/presenter on the Nine Network's breakfast programme, Today from January 2006 until December 2010. Occasionally, he also presents the Nine Network's coverage of horse racing, swimming and other sporting events.