{"id":660,"date":"2024-09-24T13:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=660"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:50:04","slug":"tony-armstrong-to-leave-abc-news-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/tony-armstrong-to-leave-abc-news-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Armstrong to leave ABC News Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"DetailLayout_headerContainer__KMMRO\">\n<header class=\"DetailLayout_headerInner__qftvv DetailLayout_hasShareTop__S1iCP\" data-component=\"DetailHeader\">\n<div class=\"DetailHeader_meta__43Jgi\">\n<div class=\"DetailHeader_publishedDate__Hup8D\" data-component=\"Dateline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/2a299b08ecb0120194465f10a173017d?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=386&amp;cropW=687&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=7&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"UtilityBar_utilityContainer__pE_Lw\" data-component=\"UtilityBar\">\n<div class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP UtilityBar_utilityBar___pS7X DetailLayout_shareTop__m0nZG Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_letterSpacedSm__V8kil\" data-component=\"UtilityBar__flex\">\n<div class=\"ShareUtility_share__JQtbY\" data-component=\"ShareUtility\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"Button_btn___qFSk UtilityBar_printButton__NnQSl Button_noBorder__4YGxV Button_uppercase__u_om3 Button_hasIcon__G3VLB Button_iconOnly__q0bR0\" title=\"Print\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Print this page\" data-component=\"Button\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LayoutContainer_container__jw05j DetailLayout_container__OqE89\" data-component=\"LayoutContainer\">\n<div class=\"Grid_row__pEgHw DetailLayout_containerInner__SUKCD\" data-component=\"GridRow\">\n<div class=\"DetailLayout_body__1rSCR\">\n<div class=\"DetailLayout_bodyInner__OLBbu\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"DetailLayout_inner__IbILg\">\n<div>\n<p>Popular ABC presenter and Gold Logie nominee Tony Armstrong this morning told viewers he\u2019s leaving\u00a0<em>ABC News Breakfast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Armstrong, who has hosted a number of ABC series in recent years including\u00a0<em>Tony Armstrong\u2019s Extraordinary Things,\u00a0<\/em>will host a new ABC show screening in 2025 that will be announced later this year.<\/p>\n<p>A proud Gamilaroi man, Armstrong first charmed Australian audiences on\u00a0<em>News Breakfast<\/em>\u00a0as a fill-in sports presenter in 2020, before taking up the role full-time the following year. He quickly made a name for himself as a fresh and versatile television personality, winning the Graham Kennedy Award for most popular new talent at the 2022 Logie Awards. His meteoric rise continued when he won the 2023 Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter and was shortlisted for the Gold Logie earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Tony\u2019s final day on the\u00a0<em>News Breakfast<\/em>\u00a0couch will be Friday 4 October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Armstrong:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI just want to thank Brekky and the broader ABC News team for welcoming me in with open arms and helping me grow over the past few years. I love live TV and those moments that are unplanned and unpredictable where anything can happen. I\u2019ve been so lucky to be surrounded by an incredible team and it\u2019s those friendships that I\u2019m going to cherish the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC Director, News Justin Stevens:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cTony Armstrong is a once in a generation talent and it has been fantastic watching him soar in his role at News Breakfast.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to see what he does into the future and see his career continue to go from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC News Breakfast host Michael Rowland:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI am so sorry three years of talking sport and swapping gags with Tony is about to end. He is an engaging colleague and a good friend. In fact, there&#8217;s no one I would rather sit through an earthquake with. (We did. Google it.) All the best with what comes next, mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC News Breakfast host Bridget Brennan: \u201c<\/strong>How blessed we&#8217;ve been to have Tone on our screens every morning, bringing the sparkle, joy and heart that only Tony can! Tony is a wonderful friend and everyone at\u00a0<em>News Breakfast<\/em>\u00a0is going to miss his infectious and caring nature. I know it&#8217;s meant so much to me and to thousands upon thousands of First Nations viewers waking up to see Tony representing us on the daily. Can&#8217;t wait to see what you do next, Tone! Maybe sleep?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tony Armstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tony grew up in rural NSW and is a former AFL player for Adelaide, Sydney Swans and Collingwood, where he played 35 matches from 2010-2015.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of his playing days he became an AFL commentator and also appeared on the Marngrook Footy Show. He later became the co-host of the Indigenous comedy football chat show \u2018Yokayi Footy\u2019 (2020) in a collaboration between NITV and the AFL.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 Tony joined the ABC as a sports producer and presenter and commentating for ABC Grandstand. He hosted the summer series of\u00a0<em>Offsiders and\u00a0<\/em>co-hosted ABC Radio in Melbourne with Sammy J. In 2021 he became\u00a0<em>ABC News Breakfast\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>full-time sports presenter, replacing Paul Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022 he hosted ABC series\u00a0<em>A Dog\u2019s World<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Tony Armstrong\u2019s Extraordinary Things<\/em>. His other television credits include regular appearances on\u00a0<em>The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, The Yearly, The Project<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Fox Footy<\/em>. He has been a guest on numerous\u00a0<em>Play School\u00a0<\/em>specials and is the voice of Mr Flip on ABC Kids\u00a0<em>Reef School.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular ABC presenter and Gold Logie nominee Tony Armstrong this morning told viewers he\u2019s leaving\u00a0ABC News Breakfast. Armstrong, who has hosted a number of ABC series in recent years including\u00a0Tony Armstrong\u2019s Extraordinary Things,\u00a0will host a new ABC show screening in 2025 that will be announced later this year. A proud Gamilaroi man, Armstrong first charmed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/tony-armstrong-to-leave-abc-news-breakfast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tony Armstrong to leave ABC News Breakfast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}