Ray Martin quits nine

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Only found out about this when I was on the phone for my Gran last night and wasn't too surprised, considering that there had been rumours about him stepping down before Christmas.
 
More likely he was pushed... seriously doubt the private equity firm that is now running Nein would consider paying Ray $1.6m per year to do bugger all.
 
Some cracking piss takes out of him over the years.

Eric Bana take offs were always funny with that plastic hair and blackened out gap in his teeth.

The much loved, infamous, John Safran incident when Safran went to his house. Made Ray look like a ****wit who was happy to pick on people for ACA but couldn't take a bit of his own "journalistic" tactics shined on himself.
 

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ausde13 said:
Some cracking piss takes out of him over the years.

Eric Bana take offs were always funny with that plastic hair and blackened out gap in his teeth.

The much loved, infamous, John Safran incident when Safran went to his house. Made Ray look like a ****wit who was happy to pick on people for ACA but couldn't take a bit of his own "journalistic" tactics shined on himself.
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Great point. Every time I see Martin I think of that Safron bit and the rage on Martin's face as he confronted Safron. Martin is one of the reasons I rarely watch nine at all.
 
He was always stumbling through his scripts whenever I saw him do anything live. No idea how he continued to be employed for 30 years... must of been down to "Packer loyalty" or some crap.

"Packer loyalty" is also why many of Nine's cricket commentators are mediocre old men (although that could also be explained by the fact that Nine targets it's cricket to bogans).
 
just noticed his fiancee on wikipedia wonder how long that will stay there



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Ray Martin
Born Ray Martin
20 December 1944 (1944-12-20) (age 63)
Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Residence Sydney
Employer Nine Network
Occupation journalist, television presenter
Salary AU$2 million pa[1]
Ray Martin (born 20 December 1944, in Richmond, New South Wales) is a well known Australian Television Journalist. He is best known for his various on-air roles on Channel Nine from 1978 to 2008.

Contents [hide]
1 Television career
2 Incident with John Safran
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links



[edit] Television career
Ray Martin was appointed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s North American correspondent in 1969 . Over the next 10 years his coverage included race riots, anti-Vietnam War protests, Olympic Games and presidential elections for news and current affairs television and radio, from Four Corners and This Day Tonight to science and religion programs.

In 1978 he joined the Nine Network to launch 60 Minutes, along with reporters George Negus and Ian Leslie.

From 1985 to 1993 he presented the daily variety show Midday with Ray Martin and hosted top-rating specials such as Ray Martin Presents, Up Close and Personal and The Ray Martin Show, interviewing entertainment celebrities including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elton John, Michael Crawford, Russell Crowe and Madonna. These were among the highest-rating programs on television.[citation needed]

He hosted A Current Affair from 1994 to 1998 and went on to present three series – Our Century, The Great Debates and Simply the Best – before returning to 60 Minutes to do special reports. In 2003 he resumed as host of A Current Affair. It was announced in December 2005 that he would become the Nine Network's Senior Reporter. This quashed much speculation that he would return to Four Corners at the ABC, as the fluctuating ratings for A Current Affair have decreased. Over the past few years he has assisted in reporting with some major events including the Indonesian tsunami disaster in 2005. Former Today Show co-host Tracy Grimshaw replaced Martin on ACA at the beginning of 2006. He is now a senior correspondent for Channel Nine. He has also hosted diverse television events, from the Logie Awards, Commonwealth Games, World Cup Cricket, 1988 Bicentenary Spectacular and Federal and State Election nights to the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. From September 16th 2007, Martin took over as co-host of Sunday replacing Ross Greenwood.

Ray Martin left the Nine Network in February 2008, allegedly due to differences with management over budget cuts and a time slot change for the Sunday program.[2] He later revealed that his true motive for leaving the network was so he could spend more time with his fiancee Andrew Hansen.
 
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