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Mal Walden Born 20 March 1945
Melbourne, Victoria AustraliaOccupation News Presenter Years active 1970 - present Website Mal Walden Mal Walden (born 20 May 1945) is an Australian journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne.
Walden is currently presenter of Melbourne's Ten News at Five with Helen Kapalos.
After joining radio station 3DB, he moved to television to sister station HSV-7 in early 1970 as a reporter. One of his first assignments at HSV-7 was to go to Darwin to report on the devastation of Cyclone Tracy that ripped through the tropical city on Christmas Day 1974.
In 1979, he took over the role of Chief News Presenter at HSV-7, replacing Brian Naylor who had moved to rival GTV-9.
On 27 March 1987, Walden was sacked by new management after HSV-7 was taken over by the Fairfax group, and was told of his dismissal just minutes before going on air to present what became his final news bulletin.
On 27 April 1987, Walden joined the Eyewitness News team at ATV-10 as a reporter and presenter of the segment Mal's Melbourne, presenting human interest stories. Walden continued as relieving news presenter, reporter and weekend news presenter at ATV-10, as well as presenting special events such as Young Australian of the Year and ATV-10's 30th Anniversary.
In 1996, he took on the role of chief news presenter after David Johnston announced his return to HSV-7. He was appointed news presenter of the station's Ten News at Five alongside Jennifer Hansen. He celebrated 30 years in television news on 8 June 2000. In 2004, he published a detailed history of ATV-10 to commemorate the stations upcoming 40th anniversary.
In September 2010, Walden was announced as presenter of Melbourne's Ten Evening News which commenced in January 2011 he remained in this position until April 2011.
Mal and his wife (the former Pauline Durham, who originally worked in the Programming Department at HSV 7) have two adult children, twins Sarah and James. Mal is a keen gardener and fisherman and loves golf.[1]
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Media offices Preceded by
Brian NaylorSeven National News
Melbourne Presenter
1979 - 1987Succeeded by
Greg PearcePreceded by
David JohnstonTen News at Five Melbourne
Presenter with Helen Kapalos
1996 - presentSucceeded by
incumbentPreceded by
originatorTen's Evening News
Melbourne Presenter
24 January 2011 – 1 April 2011Succeeded by
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- Journalists from Melbourne
- Living people
- Australian game show hosts
- Australian broadcast news analysts
- Australian reporters and correspondents
- People educated at Mentone Grammar School
- 1945 births
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