First Edition (Australian TV program)
| First Edition | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News, breakfast television, Current affairs |
| Presented by | Brooke Corte (2016-present) Kieran Gilbert (2014-present) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Sydney Canberra |
| Running time | 3 hours (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | At 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, Tom Connell and Leanne Jones serve as substitute anchors of the program.[6] Due to Corte being on maternity leave, Greenbank is currently hosting alongside Gilbert.
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
- ^ a b c "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". MediaWeek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (12 June 2013). "Terry Willesee resigns from SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Michael Willesee leaves SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Knox, David (31 January 2012). "SKY News adds Darwin bureau, national bulletin from Perth". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (20 January 2017). "Australia Day on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Sky News - First Edition 2004". YouTube. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Great Expectations - Media Speakers - Amber Sherlock". Great Expectation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (7 November 2014). "First Edition Live from the hangar". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.