Nine News Melbourne

Nine News
Genre	News
Presented by	Peter Hitchener (Weeknights) Jo Hall (Weekends) Tony Jones (Weeknight Sport) Lisa Andrews (Weekend Sport) Livinia Nixon (Weather)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	55
No. of episodes	Everyday since 1956
Production
Location(s)	Melbourne, VIC
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nine Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original airing	1956
External links
Website

Nine News Melbourne is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened in Melbourne, and across Victoria.

Like all Nine News bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs from 6-6.30pm every day. It local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.

Presenters

Peter Hitchener is the weeknight presenter, and has been since 1998. Jo Hall is the weekend presenter, and presents Monday-Wednesday updates, and has done so since 1995. Tony Jones presents weeknight sport, Lisa Andrews presents weekend sport since 2010, Livinia Nixon presents weeknight weather, and has done so since 2003.

Past presenters

Weekdays

• Sir Eric Pearce (1956–78)
• Peter Hitchener (1978)
• Brian Naylor (1978–98)
• Peter Hitchener (1998-current)

Weekends

• Peter Hitchener (1973–86)
• Peter Hitchener & Tracy Grimshaw (1986–87)
• Peter Hitchener (1987–95)
• Peter Hitchener & Jo Hall (1995–98)
• Jo Hall (1998-current)

Weather

• Rob Gell (1988-03)
• Livinia Nixon (2003-current)

It is presented from the Nine Networks GTV-9 Studio 1.

Fill-ins include, Jo Hall, Tony Jones, Brett McLeod & James Talia (News), Lisa Andrews, James Talia (Sport), Brodie Harper (Weather).