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First Edition
GenreNews, breakfast television, Current affairs
Presented byBrooke Corte (2016-present)
Kieran Gilbert (2014-present)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsSydney
Canberra
Running time3 hours (inc. adverts)
Original release
NetworkSky News Australia
ReleaseAt least 2004 - present

First Edition is an Australian breakfast television news program broadcast on Sky News Australia. The program is currently co-hosted by Brooke Corte and Kieran Gilbert. The program is one of four breakfast news programs in Australia, competing with Sunrise, Today and ABC News Breakfast.[1] The program airs seven days a week.[2] It broadcasts between 5 AM and 8 AM (however, until 7 AM on weekends).

The program is unusual for the fact that since 2014[3] it is broadcast from two locations, with Corte co-hosting from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, and Gilbert hosting from studios in Parliament House, Canberra.[1] Additionally, the program also transitions into political commentary program AM Agenda at 8:30am AEST, which Gilbert hosts solo.[4]

Weekend editions of the program were trimmed with the launch of Saturday Edition and Sunday Edition from 9 July 2016.[5] Amy Greenbank and Tom Connell serve as substitute anchors of the program.[6]

History

The program is one of the longest running formats still broadcast on Sky News, having been on-air since at least 2004.[7] Previous presenters of the program have included John Gatfield,[7] Michael Willesee, Jr.,[8] Vanessa Grimm[8] (née Trezise), Amber Sherlock,[9] Leigh Hatcher,[4] Susanne Latimore,[4] Nina Stevens[4] (neé May) and Terry Willesee.[4]

Special editions

On 7 November 2014, the program was broadcast from a Sydney Airport aircraft hangar, following a recent partnership deal between Sky News and Qantas.[10] As part of the arrangement, Corte presents in-flight news bulletins on Qantas flights.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". MediaWeek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ Knox, David (12 June 2013). "Terry Willesee resigns from SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Michael Willesee leaves SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Knox, David (31 January 2012). "SKY News adds Darwin bureau, national bulletin from Perth". TV Tonight.
  5. ^ "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ^ Knox, David (20 January 2017). "Australia Day on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Sky News - First Edition 2004". YouTube. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b Murfett, Andrew (22 December 2005). "Seeing hope in a cloudy Sky". The Age. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Great Expectations - Media Speakers - Amber Sherlock". Great Expectation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. ^ Knox, David (7 November 2014). "First Edition Live from the hangar". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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