Tim Lane (journalist)

Tim Lane
Born	Timothy "Tim" Lane 1952 (age 64–65) Launceston, Australia
Employer	3AW

Timothy "Tim" Lane (born 1952, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an award-winning and veteran Australian sports journalist and sports commentator. He currently calls Australian rules football (AFL) matches for 3AW radio on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and writes for The Age newspaper. Between 2003 and 2011 he was also a Network Ten commentator. He is well known for commentating on a variety of sports, in particular AFL, Cricket and as a track and field commentator for both the Summer Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

Born in Launceston, Lane moved with his family to Devonport in 1963 and matriculated from Devonport High School in 1969. Lane then studied at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, where he resided at St. John Fisher College, but after failing first year found work at an Edgell factory before trying sports commentary.

Lane began his sports broadcasting career in 1972 and was employed by the ABC in 1973, commentating NTFA Australian rules football matches.

After some time working for the ABC in Hobart, Lane moved to Melbourne in 1979, where he has been based since. Lane began calling a wide variety of sports, including tennis, cricket, athletics and Australian rules football matches in the Victorian Football League and Australian Football League. He was primarily a radio commentator but also became a regular face on ABC TV, and was a key member of the coverage team for the 1987 VFL season when the television broadcast rights fell to the ABC. In addition, he spent time as the sports presenter for ABC Television's primetime news bulletin in Melbourne.

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