David Brown (meteorologist)
Australian meteorologist for Seven News in Melbourne
David Brown (born 12 July 1959) is a former Australian meteorologist and TV weather presenter.
Brown was formerly the weather presenter on Seven News Sydney, as well as on the national Seven Morning News and Seven Afternoon News bulletins, on Sunrise and Seven News Melbourne.
Career
Brown was born in Sydney. He graduated from Caulfield Institute of Technology (now part of Monash University) in 1981 with a B.App.Sc. degree. He then worked at the Bureau of Meteorology before becoming a weather presenter, initially on Network Ten.
Brown is one of few television weather presenters who is also a meteorologist. His television career first began in the early 1990s at Channel Ten Melbourne (ATV–10) as a local weather presenter. In 1995, he left Channel Ten to join rival station Channel Seven Melbourne (HSV–7) where he also worked as weather presenter. He worked alongside news presenters David Johnston, Jennifer Keyte and Peter Mitchell.
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