Veteran broadcaster Clive Robertson, greatest identified for Newsworld, has died, aged 78.
He handed away following a battle with most cancers.
Robertson started his broadcasting profession in 1972 with the ABC earlier than transferring to Seven within the Eighties.
In 1972 he joined the ABC in Sydney, starting on the radio station 2BL. A well-known a part of his breakfast present was his each day tête-à-tête with both Caroline Jones or Margaret Throsby. He additionally introduced the 7 pm information for ABC Tv.
In 1980, he labored at 2DAY-FM, however returned to the ABC some months later.
From 1982 to 1988 he was host of the Magnificence and the Beast on 10.
Leaving ABC radio, he then moved to the Seven Community the place he hosted 11AM, and in 1985 grew to become the host of late night time’s Newsworld. The present, which was a recent to Graham Kennedy’s Coast to Coast, was well-known for Robertson delivering the information with grumpy opinion and dry wit, typically dismissing the so-called information worth of tales he was anticipated to current.
He followsedit later with Robbo’s World Tonight on 9, in the identical droll vein.
He as soon as advised ABC’s Speaking Heads, “I assumed I’ll muck round after which they’ll take me off it, you see. And it didn’t work that manner … I’d should say the order of issues particularly at Channel 9, the order of stories gadgets. And if I stated, ‘Look, that is actually essential’, I’d take a look at the digital camera and say, ‘It is a actually essential story’ and set it up, and if it was an essential story, then the viewers suppose, ‘Oh this man’s an excellent filter.’ When you stated, ‘Look, it is a foolish merchandise, I don’t know why we’re operating it’ and also you run it and it’s a foolish merchandise, you’ve obtained them. And it’s not a con. What that program did is completely different from most information applications is gave issues what they actually have been value … and did that go down nicely with the journalists? Have a guess Peter. ‘He’s ruining our station” and all that garbage. I imply, we get a brand new merchandise in at, say, 10.30 at night time and I’d say, ‘By the best way, you’ll see this at 6 o’clock tomorrow night time’ and so they’ll say it’s the most recent, ‘ higher’. ‘You’ll be able to’t say issues like that.’ Nicely, , come on, so journalists are a bit thick as …”
In 2006 he returned to nationwide TV screens on the ABC’s Agony Aunts.
As soon as married to Penny Cook dinner, Robertson spent his later years on Adelaide radio having labored throughout 6VA, 6TZ, 6IX, 2UE, 2GB, 2SM, ABC Basic FM, 2UE and Radio Nationwide.
Supply: Seven Information, Wikipedia
