Mal Walden (born 20 May 1945) is a former Australian journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne. Until his retirement, he was the longest continually serving face on Australian television. Walden was the main presenter of Melbourne's Ten Eyewitness News from Monday to Wednesday until 2013.
According to Walden himself, upon his final news bulletin for Network Ten, he had presented around 12,000 bulletins.
Career
After joining radio station 3DB, Walden moved to television to sister station HSV-7 in early 1970 as a reporter. One of his first assignments at HSV-7 was to go to Darwin to report on the devastation of Cyclone Tracy which ripped through the tropical city on 25 December 1974 (Christmas Day).
In 1979, Mal took over the role of chief news presenter at HSV-7, replacing Brian Naylor who had moved to rival station GTV-9.
On 27 March 1987, Walden was sacked by new management after HSV-7 was taken over by the Fairfax...
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