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Chris Bath (born "Christine Bath" 13 May 1967 in Auburn, New South Wales) is an Australian journalist and television personality. She is currently the anchor of Sydney's 6:00pm Seven News bulletin on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Nationally, Bath is most well known for being the runner up in Series 3 of Dancing with the Stars in 2005, and for presenting the National Seven Morning News, bulletin, weekdays at 10:30am from 2004 to 2006. Bath has been with Seven since 1996 when she joined the Sydney newsroom. Bath was also one of Australia's youngest television presenters.
On the advice of The Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter Bowers, Bath applied to study communications at Mitchell College (now Charles Sturt University) in Bathurst. Not only was she accepted into the course, she also won a scholarship, and majored in politics. In 1988, half-way through the last year of her three-year course, she was offered a job at Sydney AM radio station 2UE as a cadet reporter and newsreader.
Her second job came a year later, after a friend encouraged her to apply for a job with a regional television station in Albury. She moved to Albury-Wodonga, where she spent the next 20 months working at Prime Television station AMV-4 and spending her weekends in Melbourne. At AMV-4, she started reporting, was the weather presenter for a while, then finished off as the full-time newsreader.
In 1991, at 23, she joined Newcastle's NBN Television, where she stayed for the next five years as a reporter and host to the evening local news broadcast. Originally she thought she was going there as just a reporter, but the newsreader resigned and they offered the vacant position to her. She resigned from NBN Newcastle in late 1995 after being offered a job by Seven in Sydney. NBN took Bath to the Supreme Court to delay her appearance on Seven. The court granted an injunction against her appearing on Seven before February 1, 1996.
Before becoming presenter for Seven's Morning News, Bath has previously had numerous presenting roles with the network over the years.
In 1996 until early 1997 she co-hosted the 6am news bulletin with Peter Ford (which later became Sunrise). In 1997, she became host of the network's Sunday morning political interview show, Face to Face, and anchor to Seven's national Late News. (The Late News was subsequently axed in August 2003).
For three weeks in mid 1997, Bath was working 18 hour days, filling in as host of 11AM, presenting the afternoon news updates, recording the news bulletin shown on Ansett flights and presenting the 11pm Late News bulletin.
In 2000, Bath was part of Seven's host team for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, including a spot on Olympic Sunrise. In August, she carried the Olympic Torch in Newcastle. Bath was then given the honour of co-hosting the prelude to the Opening Ceremony live on stage at the Olympic Stadium, while seven months pregnant with her first child.
After having son Darcy in late 2000, she returned to political interviewing in 2001 as anchor of Sunday Sunrise and stayed for three years, as well as presenting Sydney's weekend 6pm news bulletin until 2004 (including an extended bulletin live from Bali on October 12, 2003). In 2001 she also co-hosted part of the networks Federal Election coverage on November 10.
From December 12, 2005, Bath anchored Seven's Sydney 6pm weeknight news bulletin until the end of 2005. She then returned to the morning news on Wednesday to Friday and did the Sydney weekend news until mid January 2006. She also presented the summer breakfast show on Sydney radio station WSFM 101.7 from December 12 until January 13.
On December 7, 2005, Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph printed that Bath had been in talks with the Nine Network to become the host of the failing Today breakfast show in 2006. However, Seven insiders say Bath is contracted to Seven until December 1 2006 and the Nine Network denies approaching her. The Herald Sun reported Bath turned down the position because she could not cope with the early starts and she wanted to honour her contract with Seven . The role eventually went to now former Ten News Sydney presenter, Jessica Rowe (who was also eventually replaced by Lisa Wilkinson less than 18 months later).
In 2006, Bath began presenting the Morning News on Monday to Thursday and the Sydney evening news on Fridays. From May, Chris swapped roles with Ann Sanders to present the weekend evening news in Sydney as well as Friday's. Ann took over the Morning News. Later this year, Bath will also present a new employment based reality series for the Seven Network titled You've Got The Job.
Bath is also a master of ceremonies, having MC'ed a number of events including the Jeans for Genes Day Art Auction in Sydney on July 12 2007 and July 20 2006.
Bath also enjoys motivational speaking, and in 2003 she took a large role in the "Step to the future" youth leadership forum for school students in Sydney. On July 24, Chris is to speak at the "Empowerment through Inspiration" Summit in Queensland where she will address her experiences and challenges in becoming a leader, building a team and networking.
Bath married Denis Carnahan, a composer/sound designer and owner of Blarter Music, on November 22, 1997. They have one son, Darcy, born in 2000. |
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