Meet the Press

Meet the Press was an Australian Sunday morning talk show focused on the national political agenda, as well as other news, sport and lifestyle issues. History Meet the Press was originally a radio and television simulcast between 3DB and HSV-7 in Melbourne. It commenced in 1957, the very early days of television, well before the simultaneous national broadcasting of programs was possible. The original moderator was Herald and Weekly Times journalist Frederick Howard. (The HWT then owned both 3DB and HSV-7.) The radio version was somewhat short-lived but the television program lasted for some time. The Network Ten version of the program was hosted by former Network Ten news presenter Kathryn Robinson and aired on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. It ran from October 1992. The program's first guest was the then prime minister, Paul Keating. As a Sunday morning talk show, usually the format included two guests – a politician and a guest who may be a politician or industry expert. A panel of two journalists joined the presenter to question the guests on the week's political issues and news.