Tony Johnston (born 9 April 1970) is an Australian television presenter, producer and radio broadcaster. Tony began his career in 1986, as a presenter on the music video show ''Saturday Jukebox'' on the

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in Australia. In 1987, he started hosting the children's program ''OK'' with the

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. In 1992, Tony became a reporter with the

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winning program '' Wonder World''.Profile: Tony Johnston
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Accessed 2 October 2018. Johnston also hosted Nine's children's game show ''

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''. In 1996, he was named host of the children's game show, '' Time Masters'' on the Seven Network. In the same year, he became a presenter '' The Great Outdoors''. In 1999, he became host of another children's game show '' Wipeout''. Between 2002 and 2003, Johnston was the weather presenter on ''

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''. He also worked as a reporter for ''

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'' in

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and hosted a talkback radio show on Brisbane radio station 4BC. From 2003, he was a director of a new media production company Tjtv Pty Ltd, and continued his radio career with the

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, as a presenter with

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and Coast FM. In 2008, he joined

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- Switzerland's English speaking radio station.

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1970 births Living people Australian children's television presenters Australian game show hosts {{Australia-tv-bio-stub