Ken Sutcliffe

Ken Sutcliffe is a retired Australian sports journalist and television personality known for his extensive career with the Nine Network, hosting major sporting events and news programs. After establishing a foundational career in regional broadcasting, Ken Sutcliffe joined the Nine Network in 1979, embarking on a distinguished 37-year tenure that shaped Australian sports journalism. He began his broadcasting career in 1966 as a radio presenter and disc jockey in Mudgee, followed by a role as a general announcer at 2LF Young. His television career commenced as a newsreader at local station CBN-8 Orange before joining TNQ-7 in Townsville in the mid-1970s.

Throughout his impressive 50-year career in broadcasting, with 37 years exclusively dedicated to the Nine Network, Sutcliffe became a prominent and respected figure in Australian television. He encapsulated his career experiences in his published memoirs, ‘The Wide World of Ken Sutcliffe,’ released in 2009. Ken Sutcliffe retired from full-time news reading and presenting at the end of 2016, marking the close of a landmark era in Australian broadcasting. In acknowledgement of his enduring impact and service to the industry, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2019 for his outstanding service to broadcast media, underscoring a legacy of journalistic excellence and on-screen charisma.