Tony Johnston

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Tony Johnston
Born (1970-04-09) 9 April 1970 (age 53)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actor
Years active1986-present

Tony Johnston (born 9 April 1970) is an Australian television presenter, producer and radio broadcaster. Tony began his career in 1986, as a presenter on the music video show Saturday Jukebox on the Seven Network in Australia. [1]

In 1987, he started hosting the children's program OK with the Nine Network. In 1992, Tony became a reporter with the Logie Award winning program Wonder World . [2] Johnston also hosted Nine's children's game show My Generation . [1] In 1996, he was named host of the children's game show, Time Masters [1] [3] on the Seven Network. In the same year, he became a presenter The Great Outdoors . [2] [1] In 1999, he became host of another children's game show Wipeout .

Between 2002 and 2003, Johnston was the weather presenter on Seven News . [1] He also worked as a reporter for The Great South East in Queensland and hosted a talkback radio show on Brisbane radio station 4BC. From 2003, he was a director of a new media production company Tjtv Pty Ltd, and continued his radio career with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as a presenter with ABC Radio Brisbane and Coast FM. [2] In 2008, he joined World Radio Switzerland - Switzerland's English speaking radio station. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Profile: Tony Johnston, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Accessed 2 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lifestyle host new Seven weatherman". Australasian Business Intelligence | HighBeam Research. 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 – via web.archive.org.
  4. ↑ "Nouvelle fronde contre la RSR via sa chaîne anglophone :: Le Courrier :: Quotidien suisse indépendant". Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Video, Animation & Podcast Specialist Switzerland". Tony Johnston Media.


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