Jeffrey William Newman OAM (born 4 February 1944) is a former Australian television presenter. He was the

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's weather presenter in

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from 1991 to 2009.

Media career

Newman began his media career with 6GE in

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in early 1963, filling a vacancy left by the departure of

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. When

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began broadcasting in 1965, Newman became host of ''The Jeff Newman Show''. After a disagreement with management, he crossed over to the rival TVW-7 in 1967 and worked in various positions within the industry, before joining ''

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'' in 1982 as a newsreader. He was the weather presenter on ''Seven News'' from 1991 to 2009. Newman was also known for his role as Western Australian presenter of ''

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'', a popular school quiz program that ran for ten years from 1969 to 1979 and later revived from 2001 and 2005. He also served as the main anchor host of the annual Perth Telethon between 1968 and 2009. His brother is Peter Newman, another well-known Perth media personality.

Retirement

Newman announced his retirement on 1 July 2009 and was replaced by

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. He did his last weather broadcast on 10 August 2009. In 2013 he revealed to ''

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'' that he was battling prostate cancer. He has since recovered.

Honours

Newman won five

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for the state's most popular male television personality. In 1994 he was awarded the

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for services to charity and fundraising.

References

External links

Jeff Newmans last weather broadcast
1944 births Living people Australian game show hosts Seven News presenters People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School {{Australia-tv-bio-stub