Alan Wilkie read the weather from the ABC's first week of television broadcasts in 1956 until he left the organisation in 1960.
Key points:Wilkie began his TV career at the ABC, before working at the Seven and Nine networks for more than 25 yearsWilkie started out his career at the Bureau of Meteorology, which encouraged him to join the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as it launched its television division.
After a break from the media, he returned to the Seven Network in the 1980s, before joining Channel 9 where he read the weather for 25 years and formed a longstanding on-air partnership with the iconic anchor Brian Henderson. "Not one to big note himself, he simply turned up every night to deliver the weather with understated professionalism," he said.
Former Channel 9 weather presenter Monty Dwyer told ABC Radio Sydney Wilkie was a "gentleman", "who took the weather very seriously".
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