Ronald Wilson (born 25 October 1954[1]) is a Northern Irish-born Australian television and radio news presenter and voice-over with a lengthy career in journalism and hosting, especially with Network Ten.
[2] Wilson was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and emigrated to Australia with his family when he was a young child.
Wilson admitted on the "Newsreaders Vs TV Hosts" episode of All Star Family Feud on 21 November 2016 that he still suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder from surviving Cyclone Tracy.
Wilson presented non-stop coverage of the start of Gulf War 1 on 17 January 1991 (AEDT) on Ten from mid-morning until 6.00 pm.
[citation needed] His co-presenters have included Anne Fulwood, Sandra Sully, Katrina Lee, Juanita Phillips, Deborah Knight, Jessica Rowe, Natarsha Belling, Tracey Spicer, Charmaine Dragun, Celina Edmonds, Claudia Emery, Margaret Bates, Geraldine Doogue and Ann Sanders.
[citation needed] Despite reportedly being sacked by Network Ten in November 2012,[8] Wilson continued with the station as a fill-in presenter for its national weekend news bulletins.
He filled in for Sandra Sully and Natarsha Belling until 28 December that year, which was his final time presenting for Ten News.
[10][12] In April 2013, Wilson joined smoothfm as a newsreader and currently hosts the music breakfast show every weekday as an announcer with his radio presenting colleague Bogart Torelli.