Eric Pearce (broadcaster)
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Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE (5 March 1905 – 12 April 1997) was an English-born broadcaster and television pioneer in Australia.
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Born | Eric Herbert Pearce (1905-03-05)5 March 1905 Hampshire, England |
Died | 12 April 1997(1997-04-12) (aged 92) Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
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Show | News |
Station | HSV Channel 7 |
Time slot | 6:30 pm |
Show | News |
Station | GTV Channel 9 |
Time slot | 6:30 pm |
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Pearce was born in Hampshire, England, and had an early career in radio on the BBC before migrating to Australia, where he was a long-term newsreader on Melbourne television stations HSV Channel 7 (1956–65) and GTV Channel 9 (late 1950s–74, 1976–78). Pearce's catchphrase sign-off of his news reports, "God bless you, and you", was for viewers and his third wife.