Bill McDonald Biography
Bill McDonald is a journalist and news anchor from Australia. Since 2021, he has hosted Weekend Breakfast on Brisbane commercial radio station 4BC. Brooke Seychell is his producer in 2023.
How old is Bill McDonald? – Age
He is 56 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1967 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Bill McDonald Wife – Children
McDonald is married to Julianne McDonald, who gave birth to the couple’s fourth son in mid-2010.
Bill McDonald Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Bill McDonald Career
Beforehand McDonald had been a games moderator yet was elevated to news moderator when Geoff Mullins left Ten News. He also presented sports on Seven News. In the late spring of January 2010, McDonald introduced Ten Early News, Ten Morning News, and Ten Weekend News from Sydney. McDonald continued to host 10 News First Queensland in 2011 and served as the Queensland AFL ground commentator for Ten’s national AFL coverage, primarily of Brisbane Lions games.
McDonald’s is dynamic in different media and occasions in Brisbane. On the Macquarie Southern Cross-national radio network, he broadcasts daily AFL reports and his Friday footy tips on Sunshine Coast’s 92.7 Mix FM. He’s a customary MC at Capabilities and in 2010 was selected as the Queensland Rugby Club’s corporate lunch until 2012. Additionally, McDonald has provided AFL commentary for Triple M Radio Network and NIRS.
Beforehand he was likewise an AFL journalist for Melbourne’s The Age and composed a week-after-week AFL section for the Gold Coast Notice. McDonald likewise composed segments for Brisbane News and Style magazines and co-facilitated a live Saturday morning sports show on Waterway 94.9.
McDonald is an experienced voice-over talent who provides character voices for radio commercials. Bill and Kristin Devitt, a business partner, own Mas Media (Master the Art of Speaking), a media training company that focuses on corporate clients.
McDonald resigned from Network Ten in November 2012. In January 2013, McDonald joined the Seven Organization and began co-giving Seven News from Sunday to Thursday Sharyn Ghidella. While crossing the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea in 2015, Bill co-hosted a documentary and also recorded news reports and live crosses from the jungle. He has participated in numerous charity bike rides, runs, and even his first marathon in 2016, when he was 49, on the Gold Coast.
McDonald left the Seven Network in March 2018 to focus on network sports and start his own media company, billmcdonald.com.au. Till 2016, Bill was a member of the Triple M Radio AFL commentary team for a number of years. In the early 1990s, he also provided commentary for Channel 7 on NIRS and the local AFLQ Grand Finals. Bill has introduced the End of the Week Breakfast on Brisbane business radio broadcast 4BC beginning around 2021. His producer in 2023 is Brooke Seychell.