Peter Hitchener

Journalist

Peter Hitchener was born in Texas, Queensland, Australia on February 21st, 1946 and is the Journalist. At the age of 78, Peter Hitchener biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 21, 1946
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Texas, Queensland, Australia
Age
78 years old
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Pisces
Profession
News Presenter
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Peter Hitchener Life

Peter Donald Beauchamp OAM (born 21 February 1946) is an Australian television presenter.

He has been the head news presenter for GTV-9, the company's flagship bulletin, since 1998, and before that, he was the weekend news presenter.

Personal life

Hitchener lived in Eltham for a short period of time in the 1970s.

Hitchener confessed to being gay in an Eight News Melbourne article in April 2008. Online commentators sluggishly criticized Hitchener's personal life, saying that he was "compelled" to talk about his personal life. Hitchener's spokesperson denied it.

In the Australian Football League, Hitchener supports the St Kilda Football Club.

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Peter Hitchener Career

Career

Hitchener, a native of Texas, began his media career in 1965 at Brisbane radio station 4BH, where he wrote, edited, and distributed news bulletins. Hitchener then went to ABC Brisbane, where he worked as a television news and radio host. He went to Sydney in 1973, where he was a relief presenter on James Dibble's evening news.

After one year at ABC Sydney, Hitchener appeared first on National Nine News in Sydney and then in Melbourne as the co-anchor of News Centre Nine, with Brian Henderson co-anchoring in Sydney. Hitchener started hosting the breakfast show on 3AW in 1977 before moving to 3AK in 1979. Hitchener was also the chief weekend news presenter and understudie to Chief Weeknight news host Brian Naylor at about this time. Hitchener resigned from 3AK in 1985.

Hitchener took over as host of Nine News Melbourne on weeknights after Brian Naylor retired in 1998. In 2008, Hitchener celebrated ten years as the weeknight news host.

At a gala dinner in January 2013, Hitchener's 40-year service with the network was honored, as many speakers paid their respects to his contributions to journalism and the community. Hitchener had signed a new deal to remain presenter of Nine News in July 2014, presumably for five years.

Hitchener's news bulletin was reading the news bulletin when he suddenly became sick and was unable to read the teleprompter, causing him to miss the show mid-broadcast on March 29, 2021. Hitchener was later discovered to have a migraine and was relieved by Alicia Loxley for the following night's bulletin.

Hitchener will shrink from 4 days a week from January 2021, with Alicia Loxley presenting on Friday.

Along with Fifi Box, Hitchener was announced as a Moomba Monarch in February 2022.

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Peter Hitchener fans devastated as the veteran Channel Nine newsreader signs off weeknights for last time after five decades at the Melbourne studio

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 1, 2023
After watching the veteran newsreader sign off the weeknight 6 p.m. news bulletins for good, Peter Hitchener's followers are terribly sad. On Thursday night, the 77-year-old Melbourne journalist wrote an emotional farewell. Fans took to social media to announce that Peter will no longer be delivering the nightly news briefing but not necessarily on weekends.

As he says goodbye for the last time after five decades at Channel Nine News Melbourne, Peter Hitchener shows a smattering of emotion.'Pass the tissues,' says the Channel Nine News Melbourne reporter

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 30, 2023
On weekdays, Peter Hitchener (pictured) has signed off for the last time as part of Nine News' emotional farewell. Livinia Nixon (pictured left) at the end of her weather report on Thursday, the legendary Melbourne newsreader's five-decade career came to an end.

After being barred from his position in the shock shakeup, defiant Nine News anchor Peter Hitchener denies he will resign

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 30, 2023
Peter Hitchener, a veteran of the weekdays news bulletins, has denied rumors that he wants to retire. The legendary broadcaster, 77, said he was able to take on a reduced workload to ensure a healthier work/life balance while still doing what he loved doing. "I started worrying about it after hearing that I'm going to die." I thought, "What am I going to do? "I'm going to see if I can revert to a less cluttered schedule," he said on TV Tonight.