Steve Liebmann (born 4 May 1944) is an Australian retired television presenter, journalist and radio broadcaster. Liebmann is best known for co-hosting ''

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'' on the

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between 1982 and 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005.

Early life and career

Born in

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, he attended Monaro High School. He became a journalist in Cooma on Radio 2XL while still in high school. He hosted "Teen Scene" from 5:30 pm to 6:00pm on week days, playing the latest records. His sign-off at the end of the show was "Yip yip yehodie, you're a little beauty". Liebmann relocated to Canberra in 1962 and worked at radio 2CA, before moving to Sydney in 1967 to take up a position with

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's Sydney bureau as news editor and on-air presenter. The following year, he became a senior journalist at Radio

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, and presented an afternoon news and public affairs program on the station which became the top show in its timeslot. He eventually became director of news and public affairs at the station. In 1976, he left to join 2SM, and also became the host of Seven's ''11AM'' program, as well as anchoring the station's Sydney evening news. He hosted the '' Willesee'' program on several occasions. As a journalist Liebmann wrote articles for ''

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'' and ''Men In Vogue''.

''Today'' show

Liebmann joined the

in late 1981, to become the inaugural co-host of the national breakfast show ''

'', alongside Sue Kellaway, staying with the program until 1987, when he joined the Ten Network to anchor TEN-10 Sydney's ''

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'', alongside Geraldine Doogue. He rejoined ''Today'' in 1990 and remained at the Nine Network, presenting the program across Australia five days a week, until February 2005. He cited a mild heart attack as the reason for his retirement from the show at the age of 60. he was replaced by '' National Nine News'' US Correspondent

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. After leaving the program, Liebmann expressed disappointment to an AAP journalist about the content and format of ''Today'' under its new management, saying it had become a "poor imitation" of its

rival, ''

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''.

TV presenting - other programs

During 2002 and 2003, Liebmann appeared on television in a counter-terrorism advertising campaign on behalf of the Australian government. He presented '' Ten Weekend News'' in Sydney during 2006, and hosted '' Crime Investigation Australia'' on Foxtel, focusing on infamous Australian crimes. He also had a contract with 2UE, as well as doing some corporate work and public speaking. In December 2009, Liebmann replaced Steve Price as Morning Show host on 2UE, but resigned in November 2010.

Awards and recognition

Liebmann is the recipient of several journalistic awards, including the "News Presenter of the Year" from the Australian Commercial Radio Industry and the

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for Special Recognition for Contribution to News. He was awarded the

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in the

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References

External links

Steve Liebmann
(archived official website)

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