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Description: Radio, Australia
Known For: Australian television presenter
Location: Australia
Date Born: 21st January 1931
Location Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Died: 7th February 2009
Location Died: Kinglake West, Victoria, Australia
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Brian Naylor
An Australian television presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief newsreader at Channel Nine Melbourne from 1978 to 1998 and his sign-off line, “May your news be good news, and good-night.”
His son Matthew was killed in a plane crash at Kinglake, Victoria on 29 May 2008, aged 41.
Less than a year later, on 7 February 2009, Naylor and his wife, Moiree, were killed as one of the Black Saturday bushfires destroyed their property in Kinglake West.
He grew up in Melbourne, initially attending Camberwell High School until the onset of World War II, at which point he was relocated to Balwyn High School, along with all of the students at his school.
In 1956, when The Blind Factory needed someone to provide a voice for their radio commercials, Naylor was “co-opted” into the role — reportedly because his voice made him sound like “a nice family sort of fellow”.
This led to a two year stint as the radio presenter of the company’s program on radio station 3AK.
Two years after starting with 3AK, Naylor joined Melbourne radio station 3DB where he worked with Ernie Sigley as a radio announcer and host of a children’s talent program, Swallows Juniors.
In 1958 Naylor moved to Melbourne television station HSV-7, transferring Swallows Juniors to television where it was renamed Brian and the Juniors. Running until 1969, it provided a stepping stone for performers such as Debbie Byrne, Rod Kirkham, Jane Scali, Peter Doyle, Patti McGrath, Anne Watt, Vikki Broughton and Jamie Redfern.
He became Seven’s chief newsreader in 1970 replacing Geoff Raymond. Naylor switched to GTV-9 in 1978.
In his time at Nine, Naylor also hosted Carols by Candlelight from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl ten times.
He won the 1988 Victorian Father of the Year Award.
He presented the Melbourne edition of National Nine News until he retired from this position on 27 November 1998. He was replaced by Peter Hitchener.
Naylor was posthumously inducted into the TV Week Logie Awards Hall of Fame at the 2010 Logie Awards.
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