Cameron Williams
| Cameron Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cameron Williams 18 February 1963 Emerald, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Children | Arkie & Remy |
Cameron Williams (born 18 February 1963, Emerald, Queensland) is an Australian journalist and television personality and presenter
Williams has previously been co-host of Weekend Today and sport presenter on Nine News Sydney
Career
Williams's journalism career began 1984 with a cadetship at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane.[1] From there he moved to The Australian offices in Melbourne, where he wrote sports features and columns before joining the Seven Network in 1988.[1] Apart from his role as a sports presenter on Seven News, Williams occasionally hosted Sportsworld. He was a presenter for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he called Matt Ryan's equestrian double gold for Australia.[1]
In 1996 he signed as the face of Fox Sports, anchoring NRL On Fox, Dally M Awards, Super 12 Rugby, Wimbledon, Winter Olympics, the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and Fox Sports News.[1] In 2001, amid scandal, Fox Sports declined to renew his contract.[2]
After this, Williams was a breakfast announcer at 2HD in Newcastle. Williams also owns a Newcastle modelling and talent agency, Models and Actors.[1]
Williams was the official sports editor/presenter on the Nine Network's breakfast programme, Today from January 2006 until December 2010.[1] Occasionally, he also presents the Nine Network's coverage of horse racing, swimming and other sporting events.[1]
In late December 2007 and early January 2008, Cameron hosted alongside Lisa Wilkinson for 2 weeks while Karl Stefanovic was on holidays. Williams is now the main fill in presenter for Karl Stefanovic.
In January 2009, it was announced that Cameron would be a co host of Weekend Today alongside Leila McKinnon and news presenter Amber Sherlock. The program launched in February to counteract Weekend Sunrise, and has since extended to Saturday mornings.
In 2010, Williams joined Nine News Sydney as Friday & Saturday sport presenter.
In January 2011, Cameron was replaced by Ben Fordham on Today, he will now concentrate on Weekend Today.
In April 2012, Cameron filled in for Peter Overton as the main 6pm news bulletin anchor for Nine News Sydney & NSW. On both of these days his bulletin rated higher than Seven News.
In February 2016, Williams announced his resignation from the Nine Network.[3]
However, following veteran sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe's retirement, Williams will return to the Nine Network, taking over Sutcliffe's role as Nine's sports presenter from Sunday to Thursday on Sydney's 6PM news bulletin.
Personal life
In June 2009, Williams and his wife Natasha welcomed daughter Arkie, and in September 2012 their second daughter, Remy was born.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cameron Williams". ninemsn.com.au. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- ↑ Kibble, Emma; Yeaman, Simon (28 August 2001). "Fox drops sportscaster". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 20.
- ↑ "Cameron Williams' shock exit from Nine". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
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| Media offices | ||
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| Preceded by Ken Sutcliffe |
Nine News Sydney Sport Presenter (Sun -Thurs) January 2017 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Program started |
Weekend Today Co-host with Deborah Knight February 2009 - 2016 |
Succeeded by Peter Stefanovic |
| Preceded by Tim Sheridan |
Nine News Sydney Sport Presenter (Fri & Sat) 2010 - 2016 |
Succeeded by Yvonne Sampson |
| Preceded by Sharyn Ghidella (previously part of news segment) |
Today Sport Presenter 2006 - 2010 |
Succeeded by Ben Fordham |
| Preceded by Kim Watkins and Andrew G |
Sydney New Year's Eve Co-host with Leila McKinnon 2009-10 |
Succeeded by Alicia Gorey and Michael Usher |