Rob Kelvin (born 20 September 1944) is an Australian former television news presenter. He was a presenter of the weeknight edition of '' Nine News Adelaide'' produced by

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. Kelvin presented the bulletin with

Kevin Crease Kevin John Crease (8 May 1936 – 12 April 2007) was a South Australian television presenter and news presenter. He was most noted for presenting South Australian edition of the Nine Network's'' National Nine News'' with Rob Kelvin between 198 ...

until February 2007, when Crease retired after being diagnosed with cancer. Kelvin presented with

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and then Michael Smyth until he retired in December 2010.

Early life

Kelvin attended

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and studied economics at university. He worked as a Patrol Officer in

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from 1964 to 1970 and returned to Australia in 1971 where he joined Lee Murray's Radio School in

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Career

Kelvin began broadcasting at Townsville's 4AY until a cyclone blew away part of his house. He then shifted to

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's 3SH. After radio roles in Sale and Hobart, he returned to Adelaide's 5AD as a radio journalist. He joined

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in 1979 doing various presenting and reporting roles before becoming a newsreader in 1983. After being joined at the news desk by

in 1987, the pair would enjoy considerable ratings success, taking '' Nine News Adelaide'' to the top of the ratings in the 1990s. Kelvin' sporting coverage has included working on the

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in both

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( 1982) and

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(

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) and covering the Adelaide editions of the Australian Grand Prix on track from 1985-1995. A long time motor racing fan, Kelvin was also track commentator for more than 15 years at

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and later at its replacement Speedway Park. Kelvin presented his final regular bulletin on New Year's Eve 2010, ending his 32-year career with the Nine Network. He continued to appear as a stand-in presenter for 6pm news bulletins for Channel 9 in Adelaide during 2011.

Personal life

Rob married Anna in 1966, and they had two sons, Richard and Jesse. Richard was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1983 when he was 15. Suspected

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Bevan Spencer von Einem Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 29 May 1946) is a convicted child murderer and suspected serial killer from Adelaide, South Australia. An accountant by profession, he was convicted in 1984 for the murder of 15-year-old Adelaide teenager Richard ...

, a leading suspect in Adelaide's unsolved

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, which saw five young men abducted and killed between 1979 and 1983, was convicted of Richard's murder in November 1984 and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

References

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