Steve Liebmann Biography
Steve Liebmann OAM is a retired Australian television personality, journalist, and radio broadcaster best known for co-hosting Today on the Nine Network from 1982 to 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005.
How old is Steve Liebmann? – Age
He is 78 years old as of 4 May 2022. He was born in 1944 in Cooma, Australia.
Steve Liebmann Wife
He is married to Di Liebmann. The couple has been married for over 53 years. They dated in 1968 and married on 15th February 1969.
Steve Liebmann Cancer
He is said to be a survivor of prostate cancer.
Steve Liebmann Today show
Liebmann joined the Nine Network in late 1981 as the first co-host of the national breakfast show Today, partnering Sue Kellaway, and stayed with the show until 1987, when he moved to the Ten Network to anchor TEN-10 Sydney’s Eyewitness News, alongside Geraldine Doogue.
He returned to Today in 1990 and continued with the Nine Network until February 2005, presenting the show across Australia five days a week. He announced his departure from the show at the age of 60, citing a minor heart attack. Karl Stefanovic, National Nine News’ US Correspondent, took his position.
After departing the show, Liebmann told an AAP journalist that the substance and format of Today under its new management had become a “poor imitation” of its Seven Network counterpart, Sunrise.
Steve Liebmann Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Steve Liebmann Career
On weekdays, he hosted “Teen Scene” from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., playing the most recent music. “Yip yip yehodie, you’re a little beauty” was his way of saying goodbye at the end of the show. In 1962, Liebmann moved to Canberra and worked at radio 2CA. In 1967, he moved to Sydney to work as a news editor and on-air presenter for the Seven Network’s Sydney bureau. He became a senior journalist at Radio 2UE the following year, where he hosted an afternoon news and public affairs show that quickly rose to the top of its time slot. He eventually rose to become the station’s director of news and public affairs.
He left in 1976 to join 2SM, where he also hosted Seven’s 11AM program and was the anchor of the Sydney evening news. He hosted the Willesee show multiple times.
Liebmann was a journalist who contributed to Men’s Vogue and The Bulletin. Liebmann appeared on television for the Australian government’s anti-terrorism advertising campaign in 2002 and 2003. In 2006, he hosted Crime Investigation Australia on Foxtel and presented Ten Weekend News in Sydney, focusing on notorious Australian crimes. He likewise had an agreement with 2UE, as well as accomplishing some corporate work and public talking. Liebmann took over for Steve Price as Morning Show host on 2UE in December 2009, but he resigned in November 2010.
