Greg Pearce
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Greg Pearce is currently presenter of Nine News Perth, a position he has held since early 2008.
Originally a journalist with the ABC
Greg became best known as presenter of the Ten News
bulletin for Perth, prior to that he had been a news presenter for Seven News in Melbourne and had a short stint with Nine.
Originally produced locally in Perth, the 5pm news production was moved to Sydney as Network Ten
claimed the upgrade of the Perth
studios was at the time, too expensive. Greg continued to present Perth's news, from Sydney, with Christina Morrisey and later Celina Edmonds. He also often filled in for Sandra Sully
on Ten Late News
.
After 15 years as the presenter for Ten News Perth
, Greg cited family reasons and resigned from Ten to return full-time to Western Australia.
He worked with ABC Local Radio
in South Western Australia, presenting ABC South West's Breakfast show. Greg was offered the chance to return to Nine and present Nine News Perth with Dixie Marshall
. He replaced Sonia Vinci
who was to move to the new local version of A Current Affair but resigned for family reasons.
Originally a journalist with the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Greg became best known as presenter of the Ten News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
bulletin for Perth, prior to that he had been a news presenter for Seven News in Melbourne and had a short stint with Nine.
Originally produced locally in Perth, the 5pm news production was moved to Sydney as Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
claimed the upgrade of the Perth
NEW-10
NEW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Australia, and is a member of Network Ten. Out of the three commercial stations, NEW generally rates the lowest overall, but usually rates highest in its target demographic ....
studios was at the time, too expensive. Greg continued to present Perth's news, from Sydney, with Christina Morrisey and later Celina Edmonds. He also often filled in for Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully (journalist)
Sandra Sully is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Sully is currently a presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Bill Woods-Career:...
on Ten Late News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
.
After 15 years as the presenter for Ten News Perth
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
, Greg cited family reasons and resigned from Ten to return full-time to Western Australia.
He worked with ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites...
in South Western Australia, presenting ABC South West's Breakfast show. Greg was offered the chance to return to Nine and present Nine News Perth with Dixie Marshall
Dixie Marshall
Dixie Marshall was previously a senior news presenter for Nine News Perth.She held the position from 2002 until 2011 despite low ratings, although she has been with the Nine Network since 1984, and previously worked for The Australian Newspaper and Radio 6PR.Dixie was one of the first female sports...
. He replaced Sonia Vinci
Sonia Vinci
Sonia Vinci is a former journalist and co-anchor of Nine News in Perth.She began a journalist in 1990 at Perth radio 6PR and later became Australia's youngest female news director...
who was to move to the new local version of A Current Affair but resigned for family reasons.