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Sunrise (TV program)
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Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television
program, broadcast on the Seven Network
. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.
The history of Sunrise can be traced back to at least 17 January 1991 when 11AM
news presenter Darren McDonald began presenting an early morning Seven News - Sunrise Edition bulletin prior to hostilities breaking out during the Gulf War.
In 1996, Seven introduced a one hour weekday bulletin called Sunrise News, later renamed Sunrise. Seven recruited Chris Bath
from NBN Television
to present the bulletin alongside Peter Ford. Ford moved to other presenting roles in 1996, and was replaced by finance editor David Koch
. In 1997, Chris Bath was transferred to Seven's 10.30pm News and was replaced by Melissa Doyle
. Seven launched a Sunday bulletin hosted by Stan Grant, entitled Sunday Sunrise, in 1997. Weekday Sunrise was cancelled in 1999, replaced by children's programme The Big Breakfast
. Seven maintained half-hourly news updates during The Big Breakfast, and their Sunday bulletin was not affected by the axing.
During the Sydney 2000 Olympics Andrew Daddo
and Johanna Griggs
presented Olympic Sunrise from a leased apartment near Lavender Bay in Sydney which provided the Harbour Bridge and Opera House as stunning waterside backdrops.
In 2000, the program was replaced by a new version of Sunrise, hosted by Georgie Gardner
and Mark Beretta
, and music video program AMV
.
Other temporary Sunrise hosts up until this time include Anne Fulwood
who was filling in for Georgie Gardner
at the time of the program's end, Leigh Hatcher
(now host of breakfast bulletin First Edition on Sky News Australia
) and Nick McArdle
previous (weekend sport presenter, Seven News
Sydney).
In March 2002, Seven revamped their breakfast television schedule with Seven Early News at 6:00 a.m., hosted by Chris Reason
(and only lasted around one week), and a new version of Sunrise from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., hosted by Reason and Melissa Doyle
. Sunrise from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. began in February the same year. David Koch
was brought in to present the finance reports. In October of that year, Reason discovered he had another cancerous tumour behind his kidney and had to quit. Four years earlier he had undergone treatment for another growth.
Koch was appointed temporary presenter, a position made permanent. Sunrise was yet again revamped soon after Koch's appointment, focusing less on hard news and became more family friendly. The show, along with its rival Today
on Nine, have become more tabloid focused. This has boosted ratings by moving people away from morning radio and the newspaper to the TV.
In 2003, the show began to pick up ratings, and appointed Natalie Barr
to present the news updates, followed by the appointment of former Network Ten
journalist Grant Denyer
to present weather reports, then the appointment of Mark Beretta
, who was brought in to present sports updates. On 30 August 2004, Sunrise, Seven News Sydney
, and Seven Morning News
moved from their studios in Epping
to the new Seven News centre at Martin Place.
On 29 January 2007 Sunrise had a complete makeover with changes to the set and on-screen graphics. Due to continued viewer feedback, the Sunrise set changed again on 10 June 2007, Specifically, the new set includes more of the city into its shots by the installation of smart glass. This glass, similar to that on the new Boeing 787
allows for the transparency of the glass to be adjusted, ranging from clear, to partially transparent to completely opaque, showing as a solid blue. These changes have proved useful in shielding viewers from the actions of some passers by, notably, cast members of the ABC
show The Chaser's War on Everything
. The set was also modified so The Morning Show's
set could fit into the Martin Place current affairs studio. In October 2009, it was announced that at the start of 2010, Sunrise will receive a brand new set, format, graphics and logo.
In April 2010, Sunrise added a feature show that shows a selection of highlights from the previous day’s (of in the case of Monday, Friday's) Sunrise, the show is known as Sunrise Extra. Sunrise Extra airs at 5am each weekday morning prior to Seven Early News
.
Musical guests who have appeared on Sunrise include Fergie, Paulini, Young Divas
, P!nk
, Sam Sparro
, The Veronicas
, The Wiggles
, Hinder
, Take That
, Keith Urban
, Joss Stone
, Eskimo Joe
, Sneaky Sound System
, Thirsty Merc
, Missy Higgins
, Josh Groban
, Girls Aloud
, Human Nature
, Grinspoon
, Avril Lavigne
, Patrizio Buanne
, Small Mercies, Zac Efron, Tamara Dowhaluk, Mark Dawson, Wilhediva Slater, The Androids
, Michael Bublé
, Maroon 5
, Crowded house
, Silverchair
, Paul Kelly
, Colbie Caillat
, Gym Class Heroes
, Editors
, Jose Gonzalez
, Josh Pyke
, Daddy Cool
, Something for Kate
, The Whitlams
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
, The Cat Empire
, Rogue Traders
, Kelly Clarkson
, The Last Goodnight
, Ben Lee
, Anthony Callea
, Delta Goodrem
, David Campbell, Kate Miller-Heidke
, Tina Arena
, Hi-5, Mika
, Operator Please
, Newton Faulkner
, Kelly Rowland
, Guy Sebastian
, Simple Plan
, Ian Moss
, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga
, Justin Bieber
, Usher Raymond, Alexandra Burke
, Amy Meredith
, Ne-Yo
, The Choirboys
, Florence + the Machine, Michael Paynter
, Katy Perry
, Little Red
, Cody Simpson
, Ricki-Lee and recently Susan Boyle
.
During September to November, finalists from the second season of The X Factor
have also performed.
replaced its struggling Sunday morning program Sunday Sunrise with a program called Weekend Sunrise which originally was an hour long (8am - 9am) program with an identical format to Sunrise. Hosted by Chris Reason
and Lisa Wilkinson
, the program was successful and various critiques at the time called for the program to be lengthened to two hours (7am - 9am) and be extended to Saturday mornings as well as Sunday.
In 2006, Weekend Sunrise was extended from an hour to a two hour show, running every Sunday from 8am till 10am. When Sportsworld
returned for the football season Weekend Sunrise settled into a 90 minute format, 8am - 9.30am. After Sportsworld's series concluded, the show returned to a two hour format.
Andrew O'Keefe
initially temporarily replaced host Chris Reason
in 2006, but after improved ratings he was given the hosting position permanently. In 2007, Wilkinson moved to the Nine Network
to host Today
, and was replaced by Samantha Armytage
. In 2008, Weekend Sunrise moved their start time 30 minutes earlier to 7.30am, to match the new start time of Nine's Sunday program. The program continued to run through to 10am, meaning the program had a two-and-a-half hour running time.
In 2009, the program's start time was moved even earlier. Originally, it was announced that Today on Sunday
(now Weekend Today
), the replacement the long-running Nine's Sunday, would run from 7.30 to 9am. But this was changed on 28 January 2009 to 7 to 9am. As result, Seven announced that Weekend Sunrise would also commence at 7am and run through to 10am, meaning the program would go for 3 hours, the same as the weekday version of Sunrise.
In February 2010, Seven announced that Weekend Sunrise would extend to Saturdays to compete against Weekend Today
. The Saturday edition airs in the same time slot as Weekend Today
, i.e. 7am - 9am. Saturday Disney
, which previously occupied the timeslot, immediately follows Weekend Sunrise. The original Saturday team consisted of Samantha Armytage
co-hosting with Larry Emdur
with Sarah Cumming
presenting the news and Simon Reeve
sport and James Tobin
presenting the weather.
, Las Vegas
, Athens
, Disneyland, Beijing
and Melbourne
for the Commonwealth Games
, Beaconsfield
in Tasmania and Dreamworld
on the Gold Coast
. A major feature of the show is that the viewer can send in their responses to stories via email, SMS, phone, Facebook and Twitter. Viewers can also bring up issues they want reviewed or investigated and it is recorded on the ROSwall (Responses of Sunrisers).
Local news updates, following the national news updates at 6am, 7am, and 8am were launched on 28 May 2007, offering viewers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Perth news specific to their city. Prior to this, local weather and capital city traffic updates had already been inserted into the program. These were removed in June 2008, following the commencement of Seven Early News
, due to logistical reasons.
Traffic reports are shown on the half hour during the show, and are presented in some cities from a local helicopter.
Chris Reason
was the original co-host with Melissa Doyle
, while Monique Wright
, David Brown
and Fifi Box
were previous weather presenters. Brown resigned from his role in July 2008, with no replacement until 2009, being Fifi Box
. On 24 January 2010 it was announced the original presenter Grant Denyer
would return to the weather, and Fifi Box
would move to entertainment.
Current fill-in presenters that have recently hosted or co-hosted Sunrise include Natalie Barr
, Samantha Armytage
, Kylie Gillies
, Mark Beretta
, Matt White
, Larry Emdur
and Andrew O'Keefe
.
Other Seven presenters who have either filled in or presented Sunrise in the past include Nick McArdle
, Anne Fulwood, Ben Davis
, Chris Reason
, Bruce McAvaney
, Jennifer Keyte
, Ann Sanders
, Sophie Hull, Mike Amor
, Sarah Cumming
, Jessica Rowe
, Jillian Whiting
, Emmy Kubainski
, Rosanna Mangiarelli
, Joanne Desmond, Sharyn Ghidella
, and Ben Damon
, amongst others.
on the topic of swearing and what was acceptable.
Doyle and Koch immediately ended the interview and apologised afterwards. This did not prevent angry viewers writing and emailing in complaints over the interview.
In 2006, a number of people including Sunrise presenters David Koch and Melissa Doyle
, news presenter Natalie Barr
, executive producer Adam Boland
and Melbourne news presenter Jennifer Keyte
and former Today Tonight
host Naomi Robson
faced court convictions over a story run in 2004 relating to a 14-year old boy who "divorced" his mother. Under the Victorian Children and Young Persons Act, it is prohibited to publish the identity of a child involved in Children's Court proceedings. While the Sunrise cast and crew were cleared of any wrongdoing, the Seven Network itself was ultimately held responsible.
Upon the rescue of trapped miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell in the aftermath of the Beaconsfield mine collapse
, David Koch was invited into an ambulance. This led to rival Channel Nine and Today labelling him an "ambulance chaser".
On 4 December 2006, Sunrise host David Koch read the joke of the day, which received public outcry. The Sunrise website quoting:
The joke went along the lines of:
In April 2007, reports surfaced that the show was lobbying Vietnam
ese authorities to hold an ANZAC Day
dawn service early so it could be broadcast live on television in Australia. Koch denied on-air that any such lobbying had occurred. His claim was proven false upon the release of email communications from the office of then opposition leader Kevin Rudd
. After considerable political fallout over the alleged request, opposition leader Kevin Rudd
and Liberal minister Joe Hockey
decided to end their regular weekly appearances on the program.
On the 18 March 2008 episode Koch and Doyle were ambushed by a group of protesters chanting and carrying placards that claimed "Channel 7 doesn't pay", a reference to controversy surrounding the reported non-payment of winnings to National Bingo Night
audience members and home viewers. The group, posing as fans of guest Keith Urban
, were driven away by security. Koch later blamed the incident on the Nine Network's A Current Affair, a theory that was lent credence when the same protesters appeared on that night's episode of the program. Both Koch and co-host Melissa Doyle
promised to look into their allegations, but later simply read a statement from the network.
In April 2010, a scheduled concert for Canadian teen singer, Justin Bieber
, at Circular Quay, Sydney was cancelled at 5:00 am by order of police after the crowd of more than 5,000 people (mainly teenage girls) had begun a crowd crush and were ignoring the orders of the crowd controllers. Eight people were taken to hospital for their injuries and others suffered from hyperventilation
. The outdoor concert was then moved to the Sunrise studios at Martin Place. Sunrise had been promoting the concert for two weeks beforehand, creating a significant amount of excitement and anticipation. It was also alleged that Bieber swore at a floor manager but was re-assured by Bieber's regular sound technician that "he tells us that all the time". Bieber, however, has denied this, publicly denouncing the claims as "lies and rumors" spread by "adults". The concert for singer Usher
, scheduled for 21 May, more than three weeks after the Bieber incident, required fans to register for a free ticket online in order to attend the concert, however the tickets quickly ran out as a result of scalpers
. When more tickets were promised later in the week, the website crashed
as soon as the ticket distribution began, causing many fans to miss out.
On Good Friday, 2009, Sunrise suffered its first one-day ratings defeat nationally against Today
since 2004. In 2011, Sunrise suffered its first weekly ratings defeat against Today since the same year.
, Sunrise is not broadcast live to all of Australia, it is instead broadcast delay
ed. New South Wales
(including ACT), Victoria
, Tasmania
have Sunrise broadcast live all year round, Queensland
has Sunrise broadcast live in wintertime, but during Daylight Saving Time
in Sydney
has the program delayed by one hour. The Northern Territory
has Sunrise delayed 30 minutes during winter and 1 hour and 30 minutes during Daylight Savings in Sydney. South Australia
has it delayed by 30 minutes all year around, and Western Australia
has it delayed by 2 hours in wintertime and by 3 hours during Daylight Savings in Sydney.
Occasionally, broadcasts of Sunrise are altered during special circumstances. On the morning of 20 March 2006 when Sunrise is normally on a 1 hour delay in to Queensland, Sunrise was broadcast live in order to provide immediate and up-to-date information on Tropical Cyclone Larry
to local residents. The show continued to be broadcast until 10am Sydney time only in to Queensland to continue these updates and prevent scheduling problems.
During 2008's World Youth Day in Sydney, Sunrise was extended on Thursday, 17 July and Monday, 21 July to cover the Pope's morning mass and the departure of the Pope respectively. Both of those editions ended at 9:30am with The Morning Show
picking up the rest of the coverage.
Sunrise was extended well past 9am on the morning of Wednesday, 13 October to cover the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
. As a result, The Morning Show did not air.
's "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise
" as its theme song up until 2010 when MGMT
's "Electric Feel
" replaced it. In October 2011, "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise
" was reinstated as the theme song.
Formerly, it had used a more traditional morning news theme before switching to the song. In the past it has also used the Seven News
theme which was based on the John Williams piece "The Mission".
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program, broadcast on the Seven Network
Seven Network
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. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.
History
11AM (TV series)
11AM was a news magazine program that aired on the Seven Network from 11am AEST to midday from 1975 to 1999.The hour-long news program started in 1975 with Roger Climpson presenting, with a number of high-profile presenters since, including Clive Robertson, Vincent Smith, Paul Lyneham, Kerry...
news presenter Darren McDonald began presenting an early morning Seven News - Sunrise Edition bulletin prior to hostilities breaking out during the Gulf War.
In 1996, Seven introduced a one hour weekday bulletin called Sunrise News, later renamed Sunrise. Seven recruited Chris Bath
Chris Bath
Christine "Chris" Bath is an Australian journalist and television personality. She is currently the weeknight presenter of Seven News Sydney and presenter of Seven's current affairs program Sunday Night....
from NBN Television
NBN Television
NBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The station was inaugurated on 4 March 1962 as the first regional commercial television station in New South Wales, and has since expanded to 39 transmitters throughout the northern half of New South Wales and...
to present the bulletin alongside Peter Ford. Ford moved to other presenting roles in 1996, and was replaced by finance editor David Koch
David Koch (analyst)
David James Koch, nicknamed Kochie , is an Australian television personality.Koch currently presents Seven Network's Sunrise morning program each weekday, as co-host with Melissa Doyle. Koch and Doyle also co-hosted another Seven Network production Where Are They Now...
. In 1997, Chris Bath was transferred to Seven's 10.30pm News and was replaced by Melissa Doyle
Melissa Doyle
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
. Seven launched a Sunday bulletin hosted by Stan Grant, entitled Sunday Sunrise, in 1997. Weekday Sunrise was cancelled in 1999, replaced by children's programme The Big Breakfast
The Big Arvo
The Big Arvo was an Australian television series that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1999 until 2005. It starred four hosts, who hosted the show in a large model bus. They had segments such as "cool job" and "dare" to amuse younger viewers and to teach viewers who had outgrown Play School...
. Seven maintained half-hourly news updates during The Big Breakfast, and their Sunday bulletin was not affected by the axing.
During the Sydney 2000 Olympics Andrew Daddo
Andrew Daddo
Andrew Daddo is an Australian actor, author and television personality.Andrew has been a long time presenter on the Seven Network in Australia and has been involved in hosting many Seven specials...
and Johanna Griggs
Johanna Griggs
Johanna Leigh Griggs is a former swimmer and current television presenter from Australia.-Swimming career:Griggs represented Australia at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990—winning a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke event....
presented Olympic Sunrise from a leased apartment near Lavender Bay in Sydney which provided the Harbour Bridge and Opera House as stunning waterside backdrops.
In 2000, the program was replaced by a new version of Sunrise, hosted by Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
and Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College...
, and music video program AMV
AMV (television program)
AMV was a music video show broadcast by the Seven Network between 2000 and 2002. It aired between 7AM and 9AM every weekday morning, following the hour-long Sunrise news bulletin...
.
Other temporary Sunrise hosts up until this time include Anne Fulwood
Anne Fulwood
Anne Fulwood is a former Australian newsreader and current affairs host who was born in South Australia's Riverland.-Career:Fulwood began her television career at ADS-7 in Adelaide in 1983 initally as a sports reporter...
who was filling in for Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
at the time of the program's end, Leigh Hatcher
Leigh Hatcher
Leigh Hatcher is an Australian journalist and currently works as a news presenter for Sky News Australia.Hatcher's career highlights include working as the bureau chief for the Macquarie Radio Network in the Canberra Press Gallery...
(now host of breakfast bulletin First Edition on Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....
) and Nick McArdle
Nick McArdle
Nick McArdle is an Australian TV sports presenter with a career spanning 20 years in the media industry. McArdle is a current sports presenter with Fox Sports in Australia...
previous (weekend sport presenter, Seven News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
Sydney).
In March 2002, Seven revamped their breakfast television schedule with Seven Early News at 6:00 a.m., hosted by Chris Reason
Chris Reason
Chris Reason is a senior reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Career:Chris began his career in newspapers - first The Redland Times then The Sun in Brisbane. He has also worked for Nine Network in the Gold Coast for a year.Reason came to Seven News in 1990 in Brisbane as a...
(and only lasted around one week), and a new version of Sunrise from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., hosted by Reason and Melissa Doyle
Melissa Doyle
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
. Sunrise from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. began in February the same year. David Koch
David Koch (analyst)
David James Koch, nicknamed Kochie , is an Australian television personality.Koch currently presents Seven Network's Sunrise morning program each weekday, as co-host with Melissa Doyle. Koch and Doyle also co-hosted another Seven Network production Where Are They Now...
was brought in to present the finance reports. In October of that year, Reason discovered he had another cancerous tumour behind his kidney and had to quit. Four years earlier he had undergone treatment for another growth.
Koch was appointed temporary presenter, a position made permanent. Sunrise was yet again revamped soon after Koch's appointment, focusing less on hard news and became more family friendly. The show, along with its rival Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
on Nine, have become more tabloid focused. This has boosted ratings by moving people away from morning radio and the newspaper to the TV.
In 2003, the show began to pick up ratings, and appointed Natalie Barr
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:...
to present the news updates, followed by the appointment of former 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...
journalist Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
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to present weather reports, then the appointment of Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College...
, who was brought in to present sports updates. On 30 August 2004, Sunrise, Seven News Sydney
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
, and Seven Morning News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
moved from their studios in Epping
Epping, New South Wales
Epping is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Epping is located 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of the City of Ryde, the City of Parramatta and Hornsby Shire and is located in the Northern...
to the new Seven News centre at Martin Place.
On 29 January 2007 Sunrise had a complete makeover with changes to the set and on-screen graphics. Due to continued viewer feedback, the Sunrise set changed again on 10 June 2007, Specifically, the new set includes more of the city into its shots by the installation of smart glass. This glass, similar to that on the new Boeing 787
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allows for the transparency of the glass to be adjusted, ranging from clear, to partially transparent to completely opaque, showing as a solid blue. These changes have proved useful in shielding viewers from the actions of some passers by, notably, cast members of the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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show The Chaser's War on Everything
The Chaser's War on Everything
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. The set was also modified so The Morning Show's
The Morning Show (TV program)
The Morning Show is an Australian morning talk show that premiered on the Seven Network on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11:30am weekdays and follows Seven's breakfast news program Sunrise, with both programs closely interlinked....
set could fit into the Martin Place current affairs studio. In October 2009, it was announced that at the start of 2010, Sunrise will receive a brand new set, format, graphics and logo.
In April 2010, Sunrise added a feature show that shows a selection of highlights from the previous day’s (of in the case of Monday, Friday's) Sunrise, the show is known as Sunrise Extra. Sunrise Extra airs at 5am each weekday morning prior to Seven Early News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
.
Special Editions
Prior to 2010, occasionally Sunrise aired two special Saturday editions. This included, since 2003:- 22 March 2003 - David Koch and Melissa DoyleMelissa DoyleMelissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
hosted the special edition of Sunrise covering the latest on the Iraq war2003 invasion of IraqThe 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
as it happened. This also saw the rise of Natalie BarrNatalie BarrNatalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:...
as news presenter. - 24 November 2007 (as Weekend Sunrise) - A special edition hosted by Andrew O'KeefeAndrew O'KeefeAndrew Patrick O'Keefe is an Australian entertainer, best known for being the host of the hit game-show Deal or No Deal. He is also the co-host of Weekend Sunrise....
and Samantha ArmytageSamantha ArmytageSamantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.Armytage is currently presenter of Seven 4.30 News , and co-host of Weekend Sunrise and she is also a regular fill-in presenter for various Seven Network programs.-Early life:Armytage grew up on a historic property, called...
covering the final day of the 2007 election campaign. Talitha CumminsTalitha CumminsTalitha Cummins is an Australian journalist.Cummins is currently a reporter for Seven News in Sydney and fill in presenter on Seven Morning News and Seven 4:30 News.-Career:...
presented the news, whilst Kylie GilliesKylie GilliesKylie Gillies is a television presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She currently co-hosts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur.-Career:...
presented the sport. - 17 July 2010 (as Weekend Sunrise) - A special edition hosted by Larry EmdurLarry EmdurLarry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....
and Rebecca MaddernRebecca MaddernRebecca Maddern is an Australian journalist, news reporter and presenter.Maddern is currently a reporter for Seven News and fill-in presenter on a number of Seven Network programs including Seven News Melbourne, Seven Morning News, Seven 4.30 News, Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise, The Morning Show and...
covering from 7.00am to 1.30pm, Australia's Prime Minister Julia GillardJulia GillardJulia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
's trip to Government House to have a chat with Governor General Quentin BryceQuentin BryceQuentin Bryce, AC, CVO is the 25th and current Governor-General of Australia and former Governor of Queensland....
and her press conference at Government House about an election to be held on 21 August and Tony AbbottTony AbbottAnthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
's press conference in Brisbane. Sarah CummingSarah CummingSarah Cumming is an Australian journalist.Cumming is currently weather presenter on Seven News Sydney.-Career:Sarah completed her Journalism degree at the University of South Australia, where she majored in International Relations...
presented the news, Simon ReeveSimon Reeve (Australian television presenter)Simon Reeve is an Australian television presenter and host of many shows on the Seven Network. Reeve is currently the sports presenter on Weekend Sunrise, reporter on Sunrise, and the host of the children's quiz show It's Academic, as well as a fill-in presenter for Seven News.Simon commenced his...
presented the sport and James Tobin presented the weather. - The weeks of 10 January – 14 and 17 – 21 January - Sunrise was extended to start at 5am and going on past 9am on these mornings to cover the ongoing 2010-2011 Queensland floods and 2011 Victorian floods2011 Victorian floodsHigh intensity rainfall between 12–14 January 2011 caused major flooding across much of the western and central parts of the Australian state of Victoria...
with Seven NewsSeven NewsSeven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
picking up the rest of the coverage. As a result, the tennis coverage was moved to 7Two7Two7TWO is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel which was launched by the Seven Network on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 12pm....
(week of 10-14 Jan) and Sunrise extended to finish at 10am (week of 17-21 January). - 22 February 2011 - David Koch went to Christchurch to report live on the Christchurch Earthquake, 2011.
Musical Guests
A number of musical guests have appeared on Sunrise and performed live action the show. Like the rest of the turdio, their stage area gives people on the street a chance to view the performances. Occasionally, musical guests perform 'on the plaza', on a temporary stage erected in Martin Place. Musical performances normally take place at 7:50am and 8:50am, with most guests playing two songs.Musical guests who have appeared on Sunrise include Fergie, Paulini, Young Divas
Young Divas
Young Divas was an Australian girl group that had consisted of previous Australian Idol contestants. The original line up consisted of season one finalist Paulini Curuenavuli, season two finalist Ricki-Lee Coulter, season three winner Kate DeAraugo and runner-up Emily Williams...
, P!nk
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
, Sam Sparro
Sam Sparro
Sam Sparro is an Australian singer-songwriter, music producer, and former child actor. His stage name was derived from a family nickname, which in turn was inspired by the Dagenham radio mascot Sammy Sparrow...
, The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
, The Wiggles
The Wiggles
The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
, Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...
, Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
, Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
, Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...
, Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
, Sneaky Sound System
Sneaky Sound System
Sneaky Sound System are a Sydney-based Australian dance music group consisting of guitarist and producer Black Angus and vocalist Connie Mitchell.-Early Years:...
, Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte , Phil Stack , Karl Robertson , and Matt Smith ....
, Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins
Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
, Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
, Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
, Human Nature
Human Nature (band)
Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...
, Grinspoon
Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...
, Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
, Patrizio Buanne
Patrizio Buanne
Patrizio is an Italian singer baritone, songwriter, producer. He was previously signed with Globe Records, a division of Universal Music, but has recently signed a global record deal with Warner Music Entertainment.-Biography:Early lifePatrizio Buanne spent his childhood living and traveling from...
, Small Mercies, Zac Efron, Tamara Dowhaluk, Mark Dawson, Wilhediva Slater, The Androids
The Androids
The Androids are a rock band from Australia. Fronted by guitarist Tim Henwood . While their 2002 single, "Do It With Madonna", was commercially their most successful release - peaking at #4 in the Australia ARIA Singles Chart and #15 in the UK Singles Chart; their second and third singles, "Here...
, Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
, Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
, Crowded house
Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
, Silverchair
Silverchair
Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...
, Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
, Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat
Colbie Marie Caillat is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her...
, Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...
, Editors
Editors
Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...
, Jose Gonzalez
José González
José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
, Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke is an Australian singer-songwriting musician.-Beginnings and Feeding the Wolves :Josh Pyke was in his first band by age 12 and played his first performance in front of 650 parents and students at his primary school graduation. Playing guitar and initial song writing efforts came aged 14...
, Daddy Cool
Daddy Cool (band)
Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan , Ross Hannaford , Ross Wilson and Gary Young . Their debut single "Eagle Rock" was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks...
, Something for Kate
Something for Kate
Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...
, The Whitlams
The Whitlams
The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra , commonly known as the Sydney Symphony, is an Australian symphony orchestra based in Sydney...
, The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
, Rogue Traders
Rogue Traders
Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...
, Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
, The Last Goodnight
The Last Goodnight
The Last Goodnight was an alternative rock/pop band from Enfield, Connecticut, USA. Their major label debut, Poison Kiss, was released on 28 August 2007...
, Ben Lee
Ben Lee
Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...
, Anthony Callea
Anthony Callea
Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 2004 season of Australian Idol when he became runner up. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist...
, Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
, David Campbell, Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke is a singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Australia. Although classically trained, she has followed a career in alternative pop music. She is signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK.-Career:...
, Tina Arena
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
, Hi-5, Mika
Mika (singer)
Mika is a British singer-songwriter.After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday EP, Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007. Life in Cartoon Motion sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit...
, Operator Please
Operator Please
Operator Please are an Australian pop band, originating on the Gold Coast of Queensland, in 2005. Their current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Amandah Wilkinson, drummer Tim Commandeur, keyboardist Chris Holland, Ashley McConnell on bass guitar, and violinist Taylor Henderson.The...
, Newton Faulkner
Newton Faulkner
Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey. Known for his guitar playing, which involves rhythmically tapping and hitting his guitar's body, Faulkner came to prominence in 2007, with the release of his debut studio album, Hand Built by Robots...
, Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...
, Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
, Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
, Ian Moss
Ian Moss
Ian Moss is an Australian rock musician, best known as the guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial ten year career, Moss recorded eight albums, three of which were No. 1 national hits. His solo career began with a No. 1 album and single and five ARIA Awards...
, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
, Usher Raymond, Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British R&B and pop recording artist who rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008...
, Amy Meredith
Amy Meredith
Amy Meredith is an Australian pop rock band who formed in 2006, fronted by lead singer Christian Lo Russo , with Joel Chapman and Cameron Laing on guitars, Wade Osborn on bass guitar and Kosta Theodosis on drums.- Music career :...
, Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
, The Choirboys
The Choirboys
The Choirboys may refer to:*Choirboy, a boy member of a choir, also known as a treble*The Choirboys , a 1975 novel by Joseph Wambaugh*The Choirboys , a 1977 film adaptation of the novel starring Perry King...
, Florence + the Machine, Michael Paynter
Michael Paynter
Michael Paynter , is an Australian singer-songwriter. Paynter has released four singles, "Closer", "A Victim Song", "Love the Fall" and "How Sweet It Is", from his upcoming debut studio album, This Welcome Diversion is set for a release in 2011.-Early life:Paynter began playing instruments from a...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, Little Red
Little Red
Little Red is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia consisting of Adrian Beltrame , Dominic Byrne , Quang Dinh , Tom Hartney and Taka Honda .-Biography:...
, Cody Simpson
Cody Simpson
Cody Robert Simpson is an Australian pop singer from Gold Coast, Queensland, who is currently signed to US record label Atlantic Records.-Early life:...
, Ricki-Lee and recently Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
.
During September to November, finalists from the second season of The X Factor
The X Factor (Australia season 2)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series...
have also performed.
Weekend Sunrise
In 2005 the Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
replaced its struggling Sunday morning program Sunday Sunrise with a program called Weekend Sunrise which originally was an hour long (8am - 9am) program with an identical format to Sunrise. Hosted by Chris Reason
Chris Reason
Chris Reason is a senior reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Career:Chris began his career in newspapers - first The Redland Times then The Sun in Brisbane. He has also worked for Nine Network in the Gold Coast for a year.Reason came to Seven News in 1990 in Brisbane as a...
and Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and television personality.Wilkinson is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast television program Today.-Career:...
, the program was successful and various critiques at the time called for the program to be lengthened to two hours (7am - 9am) and be extended to Saturday mornings as well as Sunday.
In 2006, Weekend Sunrise was extended from an hour to a two hour show, running every Sunday from 8am till 10am. When Sportsworld
Sportsworld
Sportsworld was an Australian Sunday morning sports information program shown on Seven Network. The program was broadcast from 9.00am - 11.00am following Weekend Sunrise on a Sunday morning, from Seven's Martin Place streetfront studios in Sydney....
returned for the football season Weekend Sunrise settled into a 90 minute format, 8am - 9.30am. After Sportsworld's series concluded, the show returned to a two hour format.
Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe is an Australian entertainer, best known for being the host of the hit game-show Deal or No Deal. He is also the co-host of Weekend Sunrise....
initially temporarily replaced host Chris Reason
Chris Reason
Chris Reason is a senior reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Career:Chris began his career in newspapers - first The Redland Times then The Sun in Brisbane. He has also worked for Nine Network in the Gold Coast for a year.Reason came to Seven News in 1990 in Brisbane as a...
in 2006, but after improved ratings he was given the hosting position permanently. In 2007, Wilkinson moved to the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
to host Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
, and was replaced by Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.Armytage is currently presenter of Seven 4.30 News , and co-host of Weekend Sunrise and she is also a regular fill-in presenter for various Seven Network programs.-Early life:Armytage grew up on a historic property, called...
. In 2008, Weekend Sunrise moved their start time 30 minutes earlier to 7.30am, to match the new start time of Nine's Sunday program. The program continued to run through to 10am, meaning the program had a two-and-a-half hour running time.
In 2009, the program's start time was moved even earlier. Originally, it was announced that Today on Sunday
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
(now Weekend Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
), the replacement the long-running Nine's Sunday, would run from 7.30 to 9am. But this was changed on 28 January 2009 to 7 to 9am. As result, Seven announced that Weekend Sunrise would also commence at 7am and run through to 10am, meaning the program would go for 3 hours, the same as the weekday version of Sunrise.
In February 2010, Seven announced that Weekend Sunrise would extend to Saturdays to compete against Weekend Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
. The Saturday edition airs in the same time slot as Weekend Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
, i.e. 7am - 9am. Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing...
, which previously occupied the timeslot, immediately follows Weekend Sunrise. The original Saturday team consisted of Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.Armytage is currently presenter of Seven 4.30 News , and co-host of Weekend Sunrise and she is also a regular fill-in presenter for various Seven Network programs.-Early life:Armytage grew up on a historic property, called...
co-hosting with Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....
with Sarah Cumming
Sarah Cumming
Sarah Cumming is an Australian journalist.Cumming is currently weather presenter on Seven News Sydney.-Career:Sarah completed her Journalism degree at the University of South Australia, where she majored in International Relations...
presenting the news and Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve (Australian television presenter)
Simon Reeve is an Australian television presenter and host of many shows on the Seven Network. Reeve is currently the sports presenter on Weekend Sunrise, reporter on Sunrise, and the host of the children's quiz show It's Academic, as well as a fill-in presenter for Seven News.Simon commenced his...
sport and James Tobin
James Tobin
James Tobin was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He developed the ideas of Keynesian economics, and advocated government intervention to...
presenting the weather.
Format
Like most other breakfast television shows, Sunrise blends a mixture of news every thirty minutes, interviews and light-hearted feature pieces into three hours each morning. Often they will go out and present the show from other locations, such as HawaiiHawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Disneyland, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
and Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
for the Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Beaconsfield is a town near the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 40 kilometres north of Launceston on the West Tamar Highway. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar...
in Tasmania and Dreamworld
Dreamworld
Dreamworld is a large theme park situated on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is currently Australia's largest theme park with over 27 rides including 4 roller coasters. The park is made up of several themed lands: Ocean Parade, Kid's World, Wiggles World, Gold Rush Country, Rocky Hollow, Tiger...
on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
. A major feature of the show is that the viewer can send in their responses to stories via email, SMS, phone, Facebook and Twitter. Viewers can also bring up issues they want reviewed or investigated and it is recorded on the ROSwall (Responses of Sunrisers).
News and Traffic
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
, due to logistical reasons.
Traffic reports are shown on the half hour during the show, and are presented in some cities from a local helicopter.
Presenters
| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Doyle Melissa Doyle Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:... |
Co-Host | 1997-1999, 2001- |
| David Koch | Co-Host | 2002- |
| Natalie Barr Natalie Barr Natalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:... |
News | 2002- |
| Mark Beretta Mark Beretta Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College... |
Sport | 2004- |
| Grant Denyer Grant Denyer Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist... |
Weather | 2004–2006, 2010- |
Chris Reason
Chris Reason
Chris Reason is a senior reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Career:Chris began his career in newspapers - first The Redland Times then The Sun in Brisbane. He has also worked for Nine Network in the Gold Coast for a year.Reason came to Seven News in 1990 in Brisbane as a...
was the original co-host with Melissa Doyle
Melissa Doyle
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
, while Monique Wright
Monique Wright
Monique Wright is an Australian journalist and television personality. She received national exposure as the weather presenter on the Seven Network's national breakfast program, Sunrise during 2007, being promoted from feature reporter to replace former weather presenter Grant Denyer.As a member...
, David Brown
David Brown (meteorologist)
David Brown is an Australian meteorologist for Seven News in Melbourne and the national Seven 4.30 News bulletin. He was also the former weather presenter for Sunrise....
and Fifi Box
Fifi Box
Fifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
were previous weather presenters. Brown resigned from his role in July 2008, with no replacement until 2009, being Fifi Box
Fifi Box
Fifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
. On 24 January 2010 it was announced the original presenter Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
would return to the weather, and Fifi Box
Fifi Box
Fifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
would move to entertainment.
Current fill-in presenters that have recently hosted or co-hosted Sunrise include Natalie Barr
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:...
, Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.Armytage is currently presenter of Seven 4.30 News , and co-host of Weekend Sunrise and she is also a regular fill-in presenter for various Seven Network programs.-Early life:Armytage grew up on a historic property, called...
, Kylie Gillies
Kylie Gillies
Kylie Gillies is a television presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She currently co-hosts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur.-Career:...
, Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College...
, Matt White
Matthew White (journalist)
Matthew White is an Australian journalist, and currently presenter of Today Tonight and sports presenter.-Career:White began his journalism career at a local newspaper in Manly before moving to radio and joining Newcastle's NEWFM to present breakfast news...
, Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....
and Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe is an Australian entertainer, best known for being the host of the hit game-show Deal or No Deal. He is also the co-host of Weekend Sunrise....
.
Other Seven presenters who have either filled in or presented Sunrise in the past include Nick McArdle
Nick McArdle
Nick McArdle is an Australian TV sports presenter with a career spanning 20 years in the media industry. McArdle is a current sports presenter with Fox Sports in Australia...
, Anne Fulwood, Ben Davis
Ben Davis (journalist)
Ben Davis is a sports presenter on the Seven Network in Brisbane. Currently, he presents the sport report on the 6:00pm news, on Thursday and Friday nights....
, Chris Reason
Chris Reason
Chris Reason is a senior reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Career:Chris began his career in newspapers - first The Redland Times then The Sun in Brisbane. He has also worked for Nine Network in the Gold Coast for a year.Reason came to Seven News in 1990 in Brisbane as a...
, Bruce McAvaney
Bruce McAvaney
Bruce William McAvaney OAM is an Australian sports broadcaster with the Seven Network, well-known for his commentary of Australian rules football matches as well as covering every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 until Beijing 2008.- Early years :The son of an Adelaide accountant, McAvaney...
, Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Keyte is an Australian television journalist.Keyte is currently weekend presenter of Seven News in Melbourne. -Career:...
, Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...
, Sophie Hull, Mike Amor
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is the United States Correspondent for Seven News.Mike Amor is one of Australia’s most experienced TV correspondents and is currentlyU.S...
, Sarah Cumming
Sarah Cumming
Sarah Cumming is an Australian journalist.Cumming is currently weather presenter on Seven News Sydney.-Career:Sarah completed her Journalism degree at the University of South Australia, where she majored in International Relations...
, Jessica Rowe
Jessica Rowe
Jessica Rowe is an Australian television news presenter. Rowe attended Sydney Girls High School in Sydney, and completed a Communications degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM...
, Jillian Whiting
Jillian Whiting
Jillian Whiting is a former presenter with the Nine Network in Brisbane, having presented both Nine News Brisbane and Nine Gold Coast News, as well as the local Brisbane magazine show Extra....
, Emmy Kubainski
Emmy Kubainski
Emmy Kubainski is an Australian journalist and news presenter and reporter for Seven News in Perth.She was born in Queensland and moved to Western Australia after securing a national cadetship with the ABC in 2005...
, Rosanna Mangiarelli
Rosanna Mangiarelli
Rosanna Mangiarelli is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for the Seven Network in Adelaide.Mangiarelli is currently the main presenter for local public affairs program Today Tonight South Australia.-Career:...
, Joanne Desmond, Sharyn Ghidella
Sharyn Ghidella
Sharyn Ghidella is the weekend presenter on Seven News Brisbane.Ghidella was born in Babinda, in Far North Queensland. Her career in television began in the region, as a reporter and presenter for North Queensland Television . She also produced and presented the regional weekly current affairs...
, and Ben Damon
Ben Damon
Ben Damon is an Australian journalist.-Career:Prior to his resignation, Ben presented the weeknight sport report for Sydney's edition of Seven News, since the departure of Matthew White who now hosts Today Tonight East Coast Edition...
, amongst others.
Recurring Sunrise Regulars
| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Aspen | Showbiz editor | 2003- |
| Molly Meldrum | Music editor | 2009- |
| Richard Arnold Richard Arnold (TV presenter) Richard Arnold is a British television presenter. He is currently employed by Seven Network.-Early life:Arnold was born in a house in Hampshire, grew up in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, and attended University of Edinburgh, gaining a MA in English Language and Literature. He then studied journalism at... |
UK Entertainment | 2009- |
| Edwina Bartholomew | Sydney correspondent | 2011- |
| Nick Etchells Nick Etchells Nick Etchells is an Australian journalist.Etchells is currently Melbourne Correspondent on Sunrise.Nick joined A Current Affair in December 2007 after an extensive career in news reporting.... |
Melbourne correspondent | 2011- |
| Amanda Bachmann | Adelaide correspondent | 2010- |
| Michelle Tapper | Brisbane correspondent | 2010- |
| Mark Riley Mark Riley (journalist) Mark Riley is an Australian journalist, who is chief political reporter for Seven News based in Canberra.Riley started his journalism career in 1979 at The Newcastle Herald, where he covered the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. He soon moved to The Sydney Morning Herald, where he worked in politics... |
Chief Political correspondent | 2004- |
| Martin Frizell | UK Bureau correspondent | 2010- |
| Mike Amor Mike Amor Mike Amor is the United States Correspondent for Seven News.Mike Amor is one of Australia’s most experienced TV correspondents and is currentlyU.S... |
US Bureau correspondent | 2001- |
| Angela Cox | US Bureau correspondent | 2010- |
| Simon Reeve Simon Reeve (Australian television presenter) Simon Reeve is an Australian television presenter and host of many shows on the Seven Network. Reeve is currently the sports presenter on Weekend Sunrise, reporter on Sunrise, and the host of the children's quiz show It's Academic, as well as a fill-in presenter for Seven News.Simon commenced his... |
Reporter | 2005- |
| Nuala Hafner Nuala Hafner - Early life :Hafner is the daughter of the Ghanaian-born Australian television personality and celebrity chef, Dorinda Hafner. Her father, Julian, is a retired English psychiatrist and an art gallery volunteer. Hafner attended Adelaide's private Pembroke School where she became Dux... |
Melbourne correspondent | 2010 - 2011 (various reports before) |
| Monique Wright Monique Wright Monique Wright is an Australian journalist and television personality. She received national exposure as the weather presenter on the Seven Network's national breakfast program, Sunrise during 2007, being promoted from feature reporter to replace former weather presenter Grant Denyer.As a member... |
Reporter | 2004- |
| James Tobin | Reporter | 2008- |
| Kai Aiyub | Fashion | 2007- |
| Peter Blasina Peter Blasina Peter Blasina, otherwise known as "The Gadget Guy", appears weekly as the Hawaiian shirt-wearing technology reporter on Channel Seven's Sunrise breakfast program as well as occasional appearances to provide reports on technology events such as Cebit and other technology fairs... |
"Gadget Guy" technology news | 2002- |
| Jim Wilson | Talking Sport | 2004- |
| Rebecca Wilson | Talking Sport | 2009- |
| Matthew Richardson Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer) Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a retired professional Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Australian Football League... |
Talking Sport | 2010- |
| Tom Harley Tom Harley Thomas 'Tom' Harley is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
Talking Sport | 2010- |
| Neil Mitchell Neil Mitchell Neil Mitchell AO is an Australian radio announcer on Melbourne AM talk-back station 3AW. The son of a school teacher, he entered journalism at an early age straight after completing high school... |
Kings of Talkback Radio | 2010- |
| Jason Morrison | Kings of Talkback Radio | 2010- |
| Andrew Moore | Kings of Talkback Radio | 2010- |
| Sarah Wilson Sarah Wilson Sarah Wilson was an English impostor who took a role of nonexistent sister of Queen Charlotte. How much of the tale is true is unclear.Sarah Wilson was born in Staffordshire and at the age of 16 moved to London... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Kylie Gillies Kylie Gillies Kylie Gillies is a television presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She currently co-hosts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur.-Career:... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Jackie Frank | Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Felicity Harley | Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Charlotte Dawson Charlotte Dawson Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia.... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Julia Zaetta Julia Zaetta Julia Anita Zaetta , surname is , is an Australian journalist, and magazine editor. Currently Editor of Better Homes and Gardens, "Australia's favourite homemaker magazine" and Family Circle for Pacific Publications and over the last 17 years, has been involved an exciting partnership with the... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Kim Wilson | Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Nicky Briger | Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Sophie Falkiner Sophie Falkiner Sophie Falkiner is an Australian television presenterSophie has previously presented an entertainment news series Confidential on FOX8... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Jacinta Tynan Jacinta Tynan Jacinta Tynan has been a news presenter and journalist for more than 12 years, she is currently a news presenter on Sky News Australia, where she has been since 2005.... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Sarrah Le Marquand Sarrah Le Marquand Sarrah Le Marquand is a television presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is also a journalist for several magazines, as well as associate editor and columnist for the Daily Telegraph.... |
Kochie's Angels | 2010- |
| Tracey Spicer Tracey Spicer Tracey Spicer is an Australian journalist, who worked as a national presenter for Network Ten's news bulletins Ten Weekend News, Ten Morning News and Ten Late News - Weekend Edition in the 1990's and 2000's.... |
Kochie's Angels | 2011- |
| Anne Fulwood Anne Fulwood Anne Fulwood is a former Australian newsreader and current affairs host who was born in South Australia's Riverland.-Career:Fulwood began her television career at ADS-7 in Adelaide in 1983 initally as a sports reporter... |
Kochie's Angels | 2011- |
| Kellie Connolly Kellie Connolly Kellie Connolly is a Australian journalist.Connolly was the presenter of the Nine Network's Nightline and also was an interim co-host of Today in 2007.-Career:... |
Kochie's Angels | 2011- |
| John Mangos John Mangos John is an Australian news presenter.He is also a host on talk back radio station 2UE and a regular on Sunrise on the Seven Network. He has also made cameo appearances on the Australian comedy programs Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers.... |
Mel's Devils | 2010- |
| Larry Emdur Larry Emdur Larry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage.... |
Mel's Devils | 2010- |
| Vince Sorrenti Vince Sorrenti Vince Sorrenti is one of Australia’s best known and leading comic entertainers, a respected and successful Australian stand-up comedian from Punchbowl, New South Wales. He is of Italian heritage. Sorrenti performs at many functions and events, such as the AFL Grand Final Breakfast... |
Mel's Devils | 2010- |
| Dr Keith Suter Keith Suter Dr Keith Suter is a consultant on strategic planning, Christian, and a futurist. He is a weekly guest on radio station 2GB in Sydney to discuss international affairs with host Brian Wilshire.This and other commentaries are published daily on Keith's blog... |
Foreign affairs | 2002- |
| Dr Ginni Mansberg | General Practitioner | 2009- |
| Dr John D'Arcy | Medical editor | 2001- |
| Dr Michael Carr-Gregg | Child Psychology | 2006- |
| Jo Lamble Jo Lamble Jo Lamble is an Australian clinical psychologist. She is also a mother to a son and daughter.She works in private practice in Crows Nest, treating couples and individuals with a wide range of problems, from relationships to motherhood and a whole gamut of psychological problems... |
Resident Psychologist | 2005 - 2011 |
| Barbara Northwood | Cooking | 2005- |
Controversies
In 2003 an interview aired live with Sue Butler from the Macquarie DictionaryMacquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary is a dictionary of Australian English. It also pays considerable attention to New Zealand English. Originally it was a publishing project of Jacaranda Press, a Brisbane educational publisher, for which an editorial committee was formed, largely from the Linguistics...
on the topic of swearing and what was acceptable.
- Sue Butler: Today's taboos are all about labels that you use for people. So that the sentence, "you are a" is practically a no no. You cannot use...
- David Koch: Even if you use boofhead.
- Sue Butler: Even if you use boofhead because you're putting it in the same context as things which are clearly rude. You know: "You are a fuckwit." Well, obviously we know that's bad.
Doyle and Koch immediately ended the interview and apologised afterwards. This did not prevent angry viewers writing and emailing in complaints over the interview.
In 2006, a number of people including Sunrise presenters David Koch and Melissa Doyle
Melissa Doyle
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
, news presenter Natalie Barr
Natalie Barr
Natalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:...
, executive producer Adam Boland
Adam Boland
Adam Boland is currently a director of social media and strategy with the Seven Network and executive producer for Weekend Sunrise....
and Melbourne news presenter Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Keyte
Jennifer Keyte is an Australian television journalist.Keyte is currently weekend presenter of Seven News in Melbourne. -Career:...
and former Today Tonight
Today Tonight
Today Tonight is a controversial Australian News and Current Affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
host Naomi Robson
Naomi Robson
Naomi Robson is an Australian television presenter who is best known as the former presenter of the east coast edition of Today Tonight, an Australian current affairs program which is broadcast on weeknights on the Seven Network, from 1997 to 2006...
faced court convictions over a story run in 2004 relating to a 14-year old boy who "divorced" his mother. Under the Victorian Children and Young Persons Act, it is prohibited to publish the identity of a child involved in Children's Court proceedings. While the Sunrise cast and crew were cleared of any wrongdoing, the Seven Network itself was ultimately held responsible.
Upon the rescue of trapped miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell in the aftermath of the Beaconsfield mine collapse
Beaconsfield mine collapse
The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Of the 17 people who were in the mine at the time, 14 escaped immediately following the collapse, one was killed and the remaining two were found alive using a remote-controlled device...
, David Koch was invited into an ambulance. This led to rival Channel Nine and Today labelling him an "ambulance chaser".
On 4 December 2006, Sunrise host David Koch read the joke of the day, which received public outcry. The Sunrise website quoting:
Kochie's joke of the day is being rested today after a controversial one yesterday. He got in a little strife from his big bosses.
We're currently deciding whether to keep Kochie's joke. What do you think?
The joke went along the lines of:
John HowardJohn HowardJohn Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
went skiing and his bodyguard saw 'John Howard is a Dork' peed into the snow...Johnny went off and told his guard to get a sample of it and find out who did it at all costs...The guard returned a day later and said we have good and bad news...Johnny asked what the good news was, and the guard retorted that it was Kim Beazley'sKim BeazleyIn the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....
urine...Johnny says right, he's stuffed now - throw the book at him...What's the bad news? The guard grins and says it was in Janette'sJanette HowardJanette Howard is the wife of John Howard, who was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia.-Early life:Alison Janette Parker was born in Kingsford, a working-class suburb of Sydney in 1944. Her father was an engineer with the New South Wales railways. The family later moved to Vaucluse...
handwriting.
In April 2007, reports surfaced that the show was lobbying Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese authorities to hold an ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all...
dawn service early so it could be broadcast live on television in Australia. Koch denied on-air that any such lobbying had occurred. His claim was proven false upon the release of email communications from the office of then opposition leader Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
. After considerable political fallout over the alleged request, opposition leader Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
and Liberal minister Joe Hockey
Joe Hockey
Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey , is an Australian politician and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996....
decided to end their regular weekly appearances on the program.
On the 18 March 2008 episode Koch and Doyle were ambushed by a group of protesters chanting and carrying placards that claimed "Channel 7 doesn't pay", a reference to controversy surrounding the reported non-payment of winnings to National Bingo Night
National Bingo Night (Australian game show)
National Bingo Night was an Australian game show, based on the American game show of the same name, which premiered on the Seven Network on 21 October 2007. The show was hosted by former Home and Away star Tim Campbell with former Girlband member Renee Bargh acting as the number caller. Tanveer...
audience members and home viewers. The group, posing as fans of guest Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
, were driven away by security. Koch later blamed the incident on the Nine Network's A Current Affair, a theory that was lent credence when the same protesters appeared on that night's episode of the program. Both Koch and co-host Melissa Doyle
Melissa Doyle
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television personality.Doyle is currently co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now.-Early career:...
promised to look into their allegations, but later simply read a statement from the network.
In April 2010, a scheduled concert for Canadian teen singer, Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
, at Circular Quay, Sydney was cancelled at 5:00 am by order of police after the crowd of more than 5,000 people (mainly teenage girls) had begun a crowd crush and were ignoring the orders of the crowd controllers. Eight people were taken to hospital for their injuries and others suffered from hyperventilation
Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation or overbreathing is the state of breathing faster or deeper than normal, causing excessive expulsion of circulating carbon dioxide. It can result from a psychological state such as a panic attack, from a physiological condition such as metabolic acidosis, can be brought about by...
. The outdoor concert was then moved to the Sunrise studios at Martin Place. Sunrise had been promoting the concert for two weeks beforehand, creating a significant amount of excitement and anticipation. It was also alleged that Bieber swore at a floor manager but was re-assured by Bieber's regular sound technician that "he tells us that all the time". Bieber, however, has denied this, publicly denouncing the claims as "lies and rumors" spread by "adults". The concert for singer Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
, scheduled for 21 May, more than three weeks after the Bieber incident, required fans to register for a free ticket online in order to attend the concert, however the tickets quickly ran out as a result of scalpers
Ticket resale
Ticket resale is the act of reselling tickets for admission to events. Tickets are bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined by the individual or company in possession of the tickets. Tickets sold through secondary sources may be sold for less or more than their face...
. When more tickets were promised later in the week, the website crashed
Crash (computing)
A crash in computing is a condition where a computer or a program, either an application or part of the operating system, ceases to function properly, often exiting after encountering errors. Often the offending program may appear to freeze or hang until a crash reporting service documents...
as soon as the ticket distribution began, causing many fans to miss out.
On Good Friday, 2009, Sunrise suffered its first one-day ratings defeat nationally against Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
since 2004. In 2011, Sunrise suffered its first weekly ratings defeat against Today since the same year.
Broadcasting
Because Australia has more than one time zoneTime zone
A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
, Sunrise is not broadcast live to all of Australia, it is instead broadcast delay
Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
ed. New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
(including ACT), Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
have Sunrise broadcast live all year round, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
has Sunrise broadcast live in wintertime, but during Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
has the program delayed by one hour. The Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
has Sunrise delayed 30 minutes during winter and 1 hour and 30 minutes during Daylight Savings in Sydney. South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
has it delayed by 30 minutes all year around, and Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
has it delayed by 2 hours in wintertime and by 3 hours during Daylight Savings in Sydney.
Occasionally, broadcasts of Sunrise are altered during special circumstances. On the morning of 20 March 2006 when Sunrise is normally on a 1 hour delay in to Queensland, Sunrise was broadcast live in order to provide immediate and up-to-date information on Tropical Cyclone Larry
Cyclone Larry
Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry was a tropical cyclone that made landfall in Australia during the 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. Larry originated as a low pressure system over the eastern Coral Sea on 16 March and was monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in...
to local residents. The show continued to be broadcast until 10am Sydney time only in to Queensland to continue these updates and prevent scheduling problems.
During 2008's World Youth Day in Sydney, Sunrise was extended on Thursday, 17 July and Monday, 21 July to cover the Pope's morning mass and the departure of the Pope respectively. Both of those editions ended at 9:30am with The Morning Show
The Morning Show (TV program)
The Morning Show is an Australian morning talk show that premiered on the Seven Network on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11:30am weekdays and follows Seven's breakfast news program Sunrise, with both programs closely interlinked....
picking up the rest of the coverage.
Sunrise was extended well past 9am on the morning of Wednesday, 13 October to cover the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
2010 Copiapó mining accident
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest and harshest...
. As a result, The Morning Show did not air.
Theme Song
Sunrise used Duran DuranDuran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
's "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise
(Reach Up For The) Sunrise
" Sunrise" is a song by Duran Duran, the first single from the album Astronaut and their 31st single overall. It was the first single since "A View to a Kill" in 1985 to feature all five of the original members of the band.-Music video:...
" as its theme song up until 2010 when MGMT
MGMT
MGMT is an American alternative rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio...
's "Electric Feel
Electric Feel
-Quotations:"Electric Feel is a shunting single that cobbles together the instrumental roving of Gary Numan, the high pitch vocal provocation of Scissor Sisters and tops it off with a Timo Maas vibe that varies in impact. Worldly, boundary crossing expressionism is the end result...
" replaced it. In October 2011, "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise
(Reach Up For The) Sunrise
" Sunrise" is a song by Duran Duran, the first single from the album Astronaut and their 31st single overall. It was the first single since "A View to a Kill" in 1985 to feature all five of the original members of the band.-Music video:...
" was reinstated as the theme song.
Formerly, it had used a more traditional morning news theme before switching to the song. In the past it has also used the Seven News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
theme which was based on the John Williams piece "The Mission".
See also
- Weekend SunriseWeekend SunriseWeekend Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On Saturdays, it runs from 7am to 9am whilst on Sundays it runs from 7am to 10am.-History:...
- The Morning ShowThe Morning Show (TV program)The Morning Show is an Australian morning talk show that premiered on the Seven Network on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11:30am weekdays and follows Seven's breakfast news program Sunrise, with both programs closely interlinked....
- Journalism in AustraliaJournalism in AustraliaJournalism in Australia varies from international practices in areas as diverse as legal freedoms and editorial practices.- History :Most of the published material in the first twenty years of the New South Wales colony was to inform residents of the rules and laws of the time. These were printed...
- List of Australian television series