Brian Naylor (broadcaster)
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 Brian Naylor |
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| Occupation: | News presenter (Retired) |
| Spouse: | Moiree Naylor |
Brian Naylor was an Australian television presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief newsreader at the Nine Network from 1978 to 1998 and his popular saying "May your news be good news".
Naylor began his radio and television career in 1956 as a radio announcer and host of children's talent program Swallows Juniors with Melbourne radio station 3DB. In 1958, he moved to the Seven Network, transferring Swallows Juniors (which later became known as Brian and the Juniors) to television.
He became Seven's chief newsreader in 1970 and switched to Nine in 1978. He stayed chief newsreader at Nine until he was taken over by Peter Hitchener in 1998.
Naylor also hosted Nine's annual Carols By Candlelight on 10 occasions from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Naylor has been a patron of the Variety Club in Victoria, the Dialysis and Transplant Association of Victoria and the Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit of Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has also assisted with fundraising for the MacFarlane Burnet Appeal and Windana Society Drug Rehabilitation.
