Mike Munro
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Marist College North Shore
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TV Presenter
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Michael Munro (born April 12, 1952) is an Australian television presenter.
Early life
Munro cites a tough childhood with an abusive and alcoholic mother, as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed »http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s954232.htm Australian Story "This is his life". Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in North Sydney. He began his career at 17 as a copyboy on the The Daily Mirror in 1971. He stayed in newspapers for 7 years, before trying television and not liking it. So he returned to newspapers when Rupert Murdoch sent him to New York to work in the NewsCorp bureau writing for newspapers in Great Britain and Australia.
Television career
In 1982 he returned to Sydney and television, where he started as a senior reporter in the Channel 10 newsroom. In 1984, he joined the Nine Network and Mike Willessee on the "Willessee" current affairs program. Two years later he replaced George Negus as the fifth male reporter on 60 Minutes, where he remained for the next 7 years. He then became a a reporter and later the host of A Current Affair.
He is synonymous with the biographical show This Is Your Life, which he has hosted since 1995.
In 2005 he took up the role of afternoon presenter of Nine News. In 2006 he stepped down from Nine News Afternoon edition but has continued presenting the Nine News Sydney weekend news.
Also in 2006, Munro hosted the television series Missing Persons Unit and What a Year, alongside Megan Gale, which first aired on the Nine Network on 2 October 2006. But in 2007, they were replaced by Bert Newton and Julia Zemiro and since then the show had been axed.
On 26 October 2008, Mike Munro left Channel Nine after 22 years with the network.
On 7 January 2009, despite announcing his retirement, he signed a one year contract with rival Seven Network to be the co-host of new current affairs program Sunday Night. »http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24885608-5012974,00.html Munro co-hosts "suday night" In addition to this, he has also substituted for David Koch on the top-rating Sunrise show.
- 60 Minutes (1986 - 1993)
- A Current Affair (1999 - 2003)
- This Is Your Life (1995 - 2008)
- Nine News (2005 - 2008)
- What a Year (2006)
- Missing Persons Unit (2006-2008)
- Sunday Night (2009 -)