Sean Sowerby

Last updated

Sean Sowerby
Born (1983-06-28) 28 June 1983 (age 40)
OccupationSport Presenter & Reporter
SpouseBianca
Children3

Sean Sowerby (born 28 June 1983) is an Australian sports presenter and reporter.

Contents

Career

Sowerby's media career began at 3AW as a producer and reporter after graduating from Melbourne University and Australian Catholic University. [1] He produced a number of programs at the station including Sports Today, Glossing Over as well as majoring sporting events such as the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

In 2006 Sowerby allowed an incorrect attribution of himself as a Melbourne Victory fan in a TV interview for Nine News, withholding that he was in fact a producer at 3AW at the time. He provided mobile phone video footage of fans singing as proof of "violence" in the crowd that he alleged. [1]

In December 2006, Sowerby moved to WIN TV where he held a number of positions on WIN News including head sports reporter, sports presenter and bureau chief. [2] He also worked as host of the popular country football show Off The Bench alongside Danny Frawley, Liam Pickering, Wayne Schwass, Terry Wallace and Craig Hutchison.

In July 2012, Sowerby resigned from WIN TV after 5 years with the station to move to Melbourne. He later joined Network Ten in Melbourne to become a senior news reporter on Ten News .

In December 2012, Sowerby moved to the Seven Network to join Seven News as a sports reporter. [3]

In February 2014, Sowerby was appointed weekend sports presenter on Seven News Melbourne replacing Tim Watson. He remained in the position until September 2018, when he was replaced by Jacqueline Felgate. Sowerby remains a sport reporter and fill in sport presenter.

It announced in the early 2021, that Andrew McCormack is going to take-over Sowerby’s space to present sport from the Seven Network.

In May 2021, Sowerby resigned from the Seven Network after almost 9 years.

Personal life

In January 2012, Sowerby married Bianca Earle at St Peter's Anglican Church in Brighton. [4] They have three children. Sean is a keen golfer and a two-time winner of the annual Mosh McKew championship.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glenn Robbins</span> Australian actor and comedian

Glenn Maxwell Robbins is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known for The Comedy Company, portraying Kel Knight in Kath & Kim and adventurer Russell Coight in All Aussie Adventures. Robbins has appeared on The Panel, Thank God You're Here and Have You Been Paying Attention?.

TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Sir Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. TCN-9 is the home of the NRL coverage and national-level Nine News bulletins.

QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by the Nine Entertainment Co., and is part of the Nine Network. It broadcasts on VHF Channel 8 (digital). QTQ began broadcasting on 16 August 1959 as the first television station in Queensland. QTQ-9 is the home of the NRL coverage.

Nine News is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin. National bulletins also air on weekday mornings, weekend afternoons and most nights of the week after 10:30pm. In addition, a supplementary regional news program for the Gold Coast in Queensland airs each weeknight as well as regional bulletins for Northern NSW and the Gold Coast under the name of NBN News air seven nights a week.

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia.

<i>10 News First</i> News and current affairs service of Network 10 in Australia

10 News First is an Australian television newscast, produced by Network 10. The network's ninety-minute long news program airs at 5pm each evening covering local, national and world news, including sport and weather. Weekend editions are presented nationally from Network 10's studios in Pyrmont, Sydney.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HSV (TV station)</span> Television station in Melbourne, Victoria

HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne. HSV-7 is the home of AFL coverage.

Timothy Lane is a veteran Australian sports broadcaster and journalist who works at the Seven Network and Fairfax. He currently calls Australian rules football (AFL) matches for 3AW radio on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and writes for The Age newspaper. Additionally, beginning in 2018, he is a lead commentator for the Seven Sport test cricket coverage. Between 2003 and 2011, he was also an AFL commentator for Network Ten.

Leith Mulligan is an Australian sports journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew White (journalist)</span> Australian journalist

Matthew White is an Australian sports broadcaster, television executive, television presenter and journalist at Network 10, where he returned to in 2014. He has previously been Network 10's Head of Sport and host of the motorsports panel show RPM.

Tony Jones, known by the nickname “Chompers”, is an Australian sports presenter and journalist based in Melbourne.

Stephen William Quartermain is an Australian television personality, journalist and presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick McCallum</span> Australian journalist

Nick McCallum is an Australian television and radio journalist.

Alicia Loxley is an Australian journalist and news presenter.

Graeme Goodings is an Australian television and radio presenter.

Jim Wilson is an Australian sports journalist, reporter and radio presenter.

Jane Bunn is an Australian meteorologist and weather presenter.

Nine News Queensland is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. It is screened across Queensland on weeknights, while on weekends it is also screened on a half-hour delay in the Northern Territory. Like all Nine News bulletins, the Queensland bulletin runs for one hour, from 6PM every day. It comprises local, national and international news, as well as sport, weather and finance.

Sam McClure is an Australian sports journalist who works for the Nine Network, The Age, 3AW and Sports Entertainment Network.

Sebastian Costello is an Australian television and radio journalist.

References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne Victory fans pick a fight with News Ltd". 19 December 2006.
  2. "Sean Sowerby - Yahoo News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
  3. "Seven ramps up Melbourne | The Australian". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  4. http://www.lauriston.vic.edu.au/documents/LauristonLifeApril2012/files/mobile/index.html#26