Melody Joy Iliffe | |
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Born | Melody Joy Welsh 10 April 1938 |
Died | 21 September 2017 | (aged 79)
Years active | 1964 to 2009 |
Known for | Becoming the first woman in Australia to read a prime time television news bulletin |
Television | QTQ-9 News |
Spouse | |
Awards | Logie Award (1965) |
Melody Joy Iliffe (née Welsh, 10 April 1938 - 21 September 2017) was an Australian Logie Award-winning news presenter. [1] [2] [3]
Iliffe is best remembered for becoming the first woman to co-anchor a prime time news bulletin on Australian television after she was chosen to read the 6pm news alongside Don Seccombe on QTQ-9 in Brisbane in 1964. [1] Welsh had previously been a production assistant on the station's children's program The Channel Niners hosted by "Captain" Jim Iliffe. [1]
She married Jim Iliffe in 1964. [1] They had three children, including David who is now a media veteran himself and a long serving breakfast presenter on ABC Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. [4]
Although she kept a low profile after her marriage, Melody Iliffe regularly appeared in television commercials for Brisbane-based electrical good retailer Chandlers throughout the 1980's. [5] She also co-hosted QTQ-9's 25th anniversary of Queensland television broadcast in 1984 and appeared at the station's 50th anniversary celebration in 2009. [5] [3]
Jim Iliffe died in 2005. [6] Melody Illife died on 21 September 2017. [7] A funeral service was held for her at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Indooroopilly on 29 September 2017. [7] At the time of her death, she had eight grandchildren. [7]
The achievement of being the first female newsreader in Australia was recognised at the Logie Awards of 1965 when Welsh was presented with a special Logie Award for "acknowledged ability, in a man's domain." [2]
After growing up in a "broadcasting household" (his parents Jim and Melody were Queensland television identities in the sixties and seventies) the odds were heavily against David choosing any other profession.
Melody Joy Iliffe | |
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Born | Melody Joy Welsh 10 April 1938 |
Died | 21 September 2017 | (aged 79)
Years active | 1964 to 2009 |
Known for | Becoming the first woman in Australia to read a prime time television news bulletin |
Television | QTQ-9 News |
Spouse | |
Awards | Logie Award (1965) |
Melody Joy Iliffe (née Welsh, 10 April 1938 - 21 September 2017) was an Australian Logie Award-winning news presenter. [1] [2] [3]
Iliffe is best remembered for becoming the first woman to co-anchor a prime time news bulletin on Australian television after she was chosen to read the 6pm news alongside Don Seccombe on QTQ-9 in Brisbane in 1964. [1] Welsh had previously been a production assistant on the station's children's program The Channel Niners hosted by "Captain" Jim Iliffe. [1]
She married Jim Iliffe in 1964. [1] They had three children, including David who is now a media veteran himself and a long serving breakfast presenter on ABC Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. [4]
Although she kept a low profile after her marriage, Melody Iliffe regularly appeared in television commercials for Brisbane-based electrical good retailer Chandlers throughout the 1980's. [5] She also co-hosted QTQ-9's 25th anniversary of Queensland television broadcast in 1984 and appeared at the station's 50th anniversary celebration in 2009. [5] [3]
Jim Iliffe died in 2005. [6] Melody Illife died on 21 September 2017. [7] A funeral service was held for her at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Indooroopilly on 29 September 2017. [7] At the time of her death, she had eight grandchildren. [7]
The achievement of being the first female newsreader in Australia was recognised at the Logie Awards of 1965 when Welsh was presented with a special Logie Award for "acknowledged ability, in a man's domain." [2]
After growing up in a "broadcasting household" (his parents Jim and Melody were Queensland television identities in the sixties and seventies) the odds were heavily against David choosing any other profession.