Sky News Regional launch on 1 August confirmed
July 26, 2021 10:22
Sky News has announced that Sky News Regional will launch on 1 August as planned on Channels 53 and 56.
The announcement:
Sky News Regional launches Sunday August 1, 2021 offering regional free-to-air viewers in parts of NSW, VIC, QLD and SA real news and honest views with a focus on live breaking news, weather, national affairs and sport from the Sky News Australia and FOX SPORTS News teams.
Sky News Regional will feature a new live breakfast program, Sky News Breakfast hosted by Jaynie Seal and Samantha Chiari from 6:00am on weekdays. Sky News Breakfast is a three-hour program presenting news from across Australia and the world, plus interviews with key newsmakers from local, regional and international markets, as well as sports news. Sky News Breakfast will feature comprehensive weather coverage compiled by Sky News meteorologists specifically for country areas.
SKY News is commemorating Anzac Day this Sunday from 4:30am AEST.
Join Sky News Weekend Edition anchors Tim Gilbert and Jaynie Seal from 4:30am for the Sydney Dawn Service live from Martin Place followed by the National Commemorative Service at the War Memorial in Canberra at 5:30am.
From 6:00am a special Weekend Edition: Anzac Day Live program will broadcast with all the news and sports of the day and continued coverage of Anzac Day, live from Sky News reporters across the country in Canberra, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
From 10:30am Sky News will have live coverage of the National Anzac Day Ceremony from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
January 26th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: Pay TV,
Former Nine finance expert Ross Greenwood has joined SKY News as Business Editor.
With more than 40 years’ experience, he will anchor
Business Weekend, and contribute analysis across SKY News programs.
Joining him will be The Australian’s Economics Editor Adam Creighton, who will shortly take up a new post as Washington Correspondent.
Paul Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, SKY News Australia said: “We warmly welcome Ross to SKY News Australia. With decades of experience reporting on business and finance news, Ross will provide our viewers with comprehensive coverage. As the nation starts the recovery process from the global pandemic, expert analysis and finance insights have never been more important”.