Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener (born 21 February 1946) is an Australian television presenter. He has been chief newsreader for Melbourne's edition of Nine News since 1998, and prior to that was weekend newsreader.
Originally from rural Queensland, Hitchener began his media career in 1965 at the Brisbane radio station 4BH where he wrote, edited and presented news bulletins. Hitchener then moved on to ABC Brisbane where he undertook roles as a te...
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Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener (born 21 February 1946) is an Australian television presenter. He has been chief newsreader for Melbourne's edition of Nine News since 1998, and prior to that was weekend newsreader.
Originally from rural Queensland, Hitchener began his media career in 1965 at the Brisbane radio station 4BH where he wrote, edited and presented news bulletins. Hitchener then moved on to ABC Brisbane where he undertook roles as a television newsreader and radio presenter. Still at the ABC, he moved to Sydney in 1973 where he was a relief presenter on the evening news for James Dibble.
Hitchener moved to Channel Nine after one year at ABC Sydney, presenting National Nine News first in Sydney and then in Melbourne as the anchor of "News Centre Nine". In 1977, Hitchener began hosting the breakfast show on 3AW before moving to 3AK in 1979. At about this time, Hitchener also became chief weekend newsreader and understudy to first-choice newsreader Brian Naylor. In 1985,...
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