Ron Wilson (newsreader)
| Ron Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 October 1955 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Other names | Rondog, Ronnie |
| Occupation | TV & Radio News Presenter |
| Employer | smoothfm |
| Known for | Ten News (the morning show seven as a guest speaker) |
| Home town | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
Ron Wilson (born 25 October 1955) is an Irish Australian television and radio news presenter and voice-over with a lengthy career in journalism and hosting, especially with Network Ten, an Australian television network.
Wilson is currently 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 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. He received Australian citizenship on 31 March 2008.
Ron is married with three children. He supports the Sydney Swans AFL club.
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 Ten in NSW 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-10's 5pm newscast. From 1981 to 1982 Wilson had presented the evening 6pm 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 5pm news (broadcast from TEN-10's studios) from 2003 to 2005.
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