Michael Schildberger

Michael Schildberger
Michael Schildberger
Born Michael Julius Schildberger
4 April 1938(1938-04-04)
Berlin, Germany
Died 2 June 2010(2010-06-02) (aged 72)
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Cause of death Prostate cancer
Education Melbourne Grammar School
Occupation Journalist, broadcaster
Years active 19552010
Known for Host of A Current Affair
Spouse Julia (deceased)
Children Tim, Kate, Nick and Amy
Randi (stepdaughter)
Awards Logie: Best TV interviewer (1976)
Website
Official website

Michael Julius Schildberger (4 April 19382 June 2010) was an Australian journalist, radio and television presenter, and author. He is best known for hosting A Current Affair in the 1970s.

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Career

Schildberger began his media career in 1955 when he joined The Sun News-Pictorial as a copy boy and subsequently became a cadet reporter.[1]

In 1958 he moved to GTV 9 where he remained for the next twenty years. During the 1970s he was executive producer and national host of A Current Affair.[1] For that role, he was awarded a 1976 Logie Award for Best TV Interviewer.[2]

After leaving Channel 9, Schildberger worked for several years as Director of News for ATV 10 and FOX-FM. He then moved to Melbourne radio station 3LO where he hosted the morning program,[1] with a short stint at 3DB.[3]

In 1984 he founded the media production company Business Essentials.[4]

Schildberger was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997.[1] He achieved remission, and became a strong advocate of positron emission tomography.[5] The cancer returned in early 2010. Schildberger died at the Cabrini Hospital in Prahran on 2 June 2010.[1]

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