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Richard Stephen Wilkins (born 19 June 1954 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
) is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 presenter on Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
 on the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
.

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New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, Wilkins had graduated from teacher's college, majoring in English and Music. Wilkins (or Richard Wilde, as he was then known) became one of New Zealand's top pop stars and PolyGram
PolyGram

PolyGram was the name from 1972 in music of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945....
 signed him to a world-wide deal.

In 1980, he brought his band Wilde And Reckless to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and released some singles and a six track EP and toured with Grace Jones
Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican?United States singer, Model , and actor....
.






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Richard Stephen Wilkins (born 19 June 1954 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
) is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 presenter on Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
 on the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
.

Career

In New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, Wilkins had graduated from teacher's college, majoring in English and Music. Wilkins (or Richard Wilde, as he was then known) became one of New Zealand's top pop stars and PolyGram
PolyGram

PolyGram was the name from 1972 in music of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945....
 signed him to a world-wide deal.

In 1980, he brought his band Wilde And Reckless to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and released some singles and a six track EP and toured with Grace Jones
Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican?United States singer, Model , and actor....
. He left the music stage to work behind the scenes as Promotions and Marketing Manager for Sydney radio stations 2Day FM
2Day FM

Not to be mixed up with Today FM in Ireland.2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network....
 and 2UW (which is now known as Mix 106.5
Mix 106.5

Mix 106.5 is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia and is owned by the Australian Radio Network . The station was formerly known as 2UW, broadcasting on 1107 kilohertz AM, before converting to FM in 1994....
), when he then moved to television.

Wilkins currently has a career in Australian television for the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
, which in the past has seen him as the original host of the original Australian series of MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 when it was broadcasted on Nine, hosted a game show
Game show

A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
 called Keynotes
Keynotes

Keynotes was a game show created in Australia. This show was about the name of the given songs by uncovering the notes and following the bouncing ball....
 in 1992. Keynotes at the time was a summertime replacement for Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century (Australian game show)

In Australia, Tony Barber hosted an early version of Sale of the Century under the title of Temptation during the 1970s, and was also the initial host of Sale, replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991....
. Around the same period, he was a reporter on the now-defunct Australian version of Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is Television syndication by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world....
.

Most recently he is seen on the Today Show
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
 as a field reporter and is the summertime replacement for Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic

Karl Stefanovic is an Australian presenter who co-hosts the Nine Network's breakfast programme, Today ....
 as co-host with Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson

Lisa Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and television personality, and currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast television program Today , along with Karl Stefanovic....
. He also presents the Logie Awards Preshow, Reports from the New Years Eve fireworks
Fireworks

A firework is classified as a low explosive material pyrotechnics device used primarily for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display....
 in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 and reports at international award shows like the Golden Globe Awards.

In 2007, on the 16 April episode of the Today Show
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
, he was paid tribute for his 20 years service to the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 and footage of his involvement over the years was aired.

On 7 July 2007, Wikins presented at the Australian leg
Live Earth concert, Sydney

The Live Earth concert in Australia was held at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney on 7 July 2007, in front of around 45,000 people. It was the first of the Live Earth concerts to kick-off the day-long event....
 of the Live Earth
Live Earth

Live Earth is an annual event developed to combat global warming....
 concert.

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