Stephen William Quartermain (born 7 May 1962) is an Australian television personality, journalist and presenter. Quartermain is currently a sport presenter on '' 10 News First'' in Melbourne.

Early career

Quartermain began his career as a cadet journalist with Leader Newspapers in January 1980. He then joined the ABC in 1982, where he worked as a radio and television journalist, covering general news, politics, police rounds, finance, industrial affairs and sport.

Television career (Network Ten)

In December 1984, Quartermain joined

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where, during the 1980s, he covered events such as the

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and the world gymnastics championships. He was also a member of the "Eyewitness News Team". In 1991, he hosted the sports program ''

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''. He also covered Commonwealth games, the Sydney Olympics and other special sporting events including AFL, Rugby League, Basketball and Swimming. From 1998 until 2004, he appeared on shows such as '' The Panel'', providing sports reports, and commentated

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matches for

when they gained the rights in 2002. Starting with the 2009 season, he has co-hosted with

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the new football discussion show '' One Week at a Time'' on

's HD channel One. Stephen hosted five

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ceremony presentations, hosted and called eight

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s until

lost the football rights at the end of the 2011 season. After Network Ten lost the rights to televise AFL, Quartermain remained at the network, retaining his role as weekday sports presenter for the ''

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'' bulletin in Melbourne. In 2013, he became the Friday presenter of ''

'', with

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wanting to downscale his on-air role. In December 2013, after presenting the main news bulletin for two days per week for some months, Quartermain replaced Walden and became the full-time presenter of ''Ten Eyewitness News'' Melbourne.Stephen Quartermain to replace Mal Walden
''TV Tonight'', 2 September 2013 Stephen was also an occasional fill-in host on morning show, ''

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''.Sports presenter Stephen Quartermain's wife Paige has cancer
/ref> He is a member of the MCG Media Hall of Fame and a life member of the Australian Football Media Association. In 2015, Quartermain celebrated three decades with

. In May 2018, Quartermain was replaced by former ''

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'' Friday-Saturday presenter

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as presenter of '' 10 News First Melbourne''. In July 2018, it was announced that Quartermain would return to his former role as the sport presenter.

Radio career

Triple M

Quartermain began his AFL radio commentary career at Magic in 1995 before joining

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, where he worked from 1997 to 2011.

3AW

In 2013, Quartermain joined radio station

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as an AFL commentator but left at the end of the season following his appointment as the chief news presenter at Network Ten Melbourne. In 2017, Quartermain replaced Rex Hunt as a caller for Crocmedia. Quartermain is a fill in presenter on

Personal life

Quartermain was married to then

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presenter Julie Quartermain from 1992 until their divorce in 2000. He married again in 2003 to Paige, and has a son from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage. He is a supporter of the

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. His brother, Glen, is the sports editor for The Sunday Times and is a sport reporter for The West Australian in Perth.

References

External links

Network Ten Profile

Ovations Speakers Profile
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