Australian television and radio personality and sports broadcaster who held various presenting roles on Network 10 from 1981 until 2008.
Webster was the first newsreader on breakfast television show Good Morning Australia. In the early 1980s, he presented Eyewitness News in Sydney, alongside Katrina Lee. The pair enjoyed considerable success, often No. 1 in their timeslot.
On 20 January 1992, Webster launched Australia’s first regular, weeknight 5:00 pm newscast, re-uniting with Katrina Lee to co-present Sydney’s Ten Eyewitness News First at Five.
Webster covered various major sporting events for Network 10, including the Melbourne Cup, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Australasian golf tour. From 1993 until 2004, Webster was the host of the nightly sports program Sports Tonight.
During the 2003 Logie Awards, Webster was bitten in the thigh by a snake that Steve Irwin was handling during a performance.
In 2005, Webster became the co-presenter of Perth’s Ten News at Five, alongside Charmaine Dragun, while continuing with his duties as the sports presenter on the Sydney bulletin. Following Dragun’s death in late 2007, Webster continued on as the solo anchor of the Perth bulletin until 5 May 2008, after which he was replaced by Narelda Jacobs ahead of the bulletin’s relocation back to Perth. Later that same month, he stepped down as the Sydney bulletin’s sports presenter on 30 May 2008, retiring from Network 10 after 27 years.
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