Rod Young

For other people named Rodney Young, see Rodney Young (disambiguation).

Rod Young is an Australian journalist.

Young currently presents Seven Gold Coast News on weekdays.

Young formerly presented Seven News Brisbane with Kay McGrath on Saturday & Sunday.

On Saturday, June 18, 2016, Rod Young announced to viewers of Seven News Brisbane's 6PM bulletin, that on Sunday, June 26, after 14 years of presenting the news alongside Kay McGrath, he would be leaving the Brisbane studio to take up presenting the new Gold Coast edition of Seven Local News from Monday, July 4, 2016. Kay McGrath will continue to present the weekend news solo from Saturday, July 2, 2016.

Career

Before moving to the Seven Network, Rod was the face of news in Brisbane on the ABC^[1] where he began working in the late 1970s. Rod has had a distinguished career after starting in radio at station 2GO at Gosford on the New South Wales central coast. Rod was appointed the weeknight newsreader on the ABC in 1985.

In October 2002 he moved to Seven News to present beside Kay McGrath, after long serving news presenter Frank Warrick retired.

In June 2016, after presenting with Kay McGrath for 14 years on weekdays for ten years and weekends for four, Rod Young announced he would be stepping down from the Brisbane bulletin to present Seven News' new local Gold Coast bulletin from Surfers Paradise. He will present the bulletin Monday to Friday, with Amanda Abate anchoring the weekend bulletin.

References

↑ Aunty's men five shades of grey

External links

7 News Profile

Preceded by Frank Warrick	Seven News Brisbane Presenter with Kay McGrath 2002-2012	Succeeded by Sharyn Ghidella & Bill McDonald
Preceded by Sharyn Ghidella	Seven News Brisbane Saturday & Sunday Presenter with Kay McGrath January 2013-June 2016	Succeeded by Kay McGrath

Seven News presenters

National	Jodie Speers Natalie Barr Ann Sanders

State	Sharyn Ghidella Bill McDonald Kay McGrath Rod Young Mark Ferguson Michael Usher Peter Mitchell Jennifer Keyte Jane Doyle John Riddell Jessica Adamson Rick Ardon Susannah Carr Angela Tsun Rob Brough Joanne Desmond

Sport	Mark Beretta Mel McLaughlin Jim Wilson Ryan Phelan Shane Webcke Pat Welsh Tim Watson Sean Sowerby Bruce Abernethy Mark Soderstrom Basil Zempilas Adrian Barich

Weather	Sam Mac Tony Auden Paul Burt Liz Cantor David Brown Angie Asimus Jane Bunn Amelia Mulcahy Samantha Jolly Livio Regano

Past	Samantha Armytage Chris Bath Tracey Challenor Roger Climpson Natalia Cooper Alex Cullen Melissa Doyle Ben Damon Chris Dittmar Anne Fulwood Georgie Gardner Kylie Gillies Graeme Goodings Sara Groen Melody Horrill David Johnston Rebecca Maddern Chris Mainwaring Nick McArdle Yvette Mooney Jeff Newman Greg Pearce Giaan Rooney Sandy Roberts Jessica Rowe Ian Ross John Schluter Jo Silvagni Tony Squires Ross Symonds Mal Walden Frank Warrick Matthew White Garry Wilkinson

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