Terry Willesee

Terence Joseph Willesee (born 27 April 1945 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian journalist and television presenter.

Terry Willesee
Terry Willesee interviewing the former Governor-General of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce.
Born
Terence Joseph Willesee

(1945-04-27) 27 April 1945
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTelevision presenter
Radio announcer
Years active1969−2013
Notable credit(s)
Terry Willesee's Perth Presenter
Terry Willesee Tonight Presenter
A Current Affair (US) Reporter
Nine Perth Newsreader
Spouse(s)Melissa
ChildrenGrant, Nicole, Jason Andrew, Sarah, Jesse, and Janet (deceased)
RelativesDon Willesee
Mike Willesee
Michael Willesee Jr.

Personal life

Willesee is the son of the Don Willesee, a long-time member of the Australian Senate and Whitlam Government minister. He is the brother of the late Mike Willesee, who was also a journalist and television presenter.[1]

Career

Willesee began his media career in Perth in 1969. He initially worked as a television news reporter before branching out into newsreading and producing documentaries. He produced and presented 14 prime time documentaries for STW TV station in Perth.[2]

In 1981 Willesee was signed by the Seven Network to present a successful national current affairs program named Terry Willesee Tonight, based in Sydney.[2] Terry was then signed by the Nine Network.[3] Terry's role on the 7 current affairs show went to Derryn Hinch.

Terry Willesee hosted, Live at 5, on the 9 network with Jo Pearson. He was also utilized by the network to host a variety of programmes including the "Today" show. Today Show and A Current Affair.[4]

Willesee in 1992 moved to the United States where he anchored the nationally syndicated program, A Current Affair Extra. He also travelled the country as a reporter for A Current Affair (not related to Nine Network's programme of the same name). He was later promoted to anchor the Fox network's national programme, A Current Affair Extra. He was probably the first Australian to host his own current affairs show on US television.[2][5]

After three years in the United States he moved back to Australia, reading news for Nine Network affiliate STW in Perth. While in Perth he occasionally hosted a talkback radio show for 6PR.[2]

In 2001, Willesee presented a talkback radio show for Sydney radio station 2GB.[2]

In 2002, Terry returned to national television where he anchored Willesee Across Australia on Sky News Australia. He later presented First Edition in 2002 until June 2013 when he retired.[2]

Willesee has also worked as a media trainer.[6]

Awards
gollark: Instead of the AI managing everything we should just have me.
gollark: This might be fixable if you have some kind of zero-knowledge voting thing and/or ways for smaller groups of people to decide to produce stuff.
gollark: If you require everyone/a majority to say "yes, let us make the thing" publicly, then you probably won't get any of the thing - if you say "yes, let us make the thing" then someone will probably go "wow, you are a bad/shameful person for supporting the thing".
gollark: Say most/many people like a thing, but the unfathomable mechanisms of culture™ have decided that it's bad/shameful/whatever. In our society, as long as it isn't something which a plurality of people *really* dislike, you can probably get it anyway since you don't need everyone's buy-in. And over time the thing might become more widely accepted by unfathomable mechanisms of culture™.
gollark: I also think that if you decide what to produce via social things instead of the current financial mechanisms, you would probably have less innovation (if you have a cool new thing™, you have to convince a lot of people it's a good idea, rather than just convincing a few specialized people that it's good enough to get some investment) and could get stuck in weird signalling loops.

References
  1. "ALP figures gather for Willesee funeral". ABC Western Australia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 19 September 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. "Presenters - Terry Willesee". Sky News Australia. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  3. No farewells for Willesee as Seven wields axe, The Sunday Telegraph, 3 April 1988, Page 15
  4. Lewes, Jacqueline Lee (23 October 1989). "Antennae". Google News Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. Smith Brady, Lois (6 June 1993). "VOWS; Katherine Kamhi, Tony Coghlan". New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  6. presented by Annette Shun Wah (13 August 2001). "Episode Two". Media Dimensions. ABC TV. yes.
  7. "THE 20TH ANNUAL TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS (1978)". TV Week. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  8. "THE 21ST ANNUAL TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS (1979)". TV Week. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  9. "THE 22ND ANNUAL TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS (1980)". TV Week. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  10. "THE 23RD ANNUAL TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS (1981)". TV Week. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

Terry Willesee on IMDb

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.