{"id":9756,"date":"2018-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/an-adelaide-newsreader-could-be-the-next-host-of-the-today-show\/"},"modified":"2018-09-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T00:00:00","slug":"an-adelaide-newsreader-could-be-the-next-host-of-the-today-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/an-adelaide-newsreader-could-be-the-next-host-of-the-today-show\/","title":{"rendered":"An Adelaide Newsreader Could Be The Next Host Of The Today Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Adelaide weatherman Brenton Ragless is reportedly the \u201cpreferred choice\u201d to replace Karl Stefanovic as rumours swirl the long-time host is about to lose his spot on Nine\u2019s Today Show.<\/h3>\n<p>According to News Corp:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRagless&nbsp;heads the short list of possible replacements&nbsp;following a surprisingly successful stint in the&nbsp;<em>Today&nbsp;<\/em>hot seat during last year\u2019s Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won over Nine executives with his natural \u2018Un-Sydney everyman\u2019 style, reportedly becoming the network\u2019s preferred choice to fill Stefanovic\u2019s big shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the paper quotes an unnamed source who suggests it may take a lot to tempt Ragless away from Adelaide.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBrenton has a clear and genuine connection with viewers in Adelaide and across the country. The big question is what it would take to convince Brenton to move to Sydney. Even if he was to be offered the job, would he want to trade an Adelaide lifestyle for a Sydney one?\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is Adelaide through and through. It will be a massive task for anyone to step in to that role and even if they are in consideration, it will come down to who actually wants the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An outsider is emerging as a frontrunner among the favourites to replace Karl Stefanovic on TODAY &#8211; but does he want the gig? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZzEmzbLLv\">https:\/\/t.co\/UZzEmzbLLv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newscomauHQ\/status\/1044389056094732288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Adelaide weatherman Brenton Ragless is reportedly the \u201cpreferred choice\u201d to replace Karl Stefanovic as rumours swirl the long-time host is about to lose his spot on Nine\u2019s Today Show. According to News Corp: \u201cRagless&nbsp;heads the short list of possible replacements&nbsp;following a surprisingly successful stint in the&nbsp;Today&nbsp;hot seat during last year\u2019s Christmas period. \u201cHe won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-9756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Adelaide Newsreader Could Be The Next Host Of The Today Show - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/an-adelaide-newsreader-could-be-the-next-host-of-the-today-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Adelaide Newsreader Could Be The Next Host Of The Today Show\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Adelaide weatherman Brenton Ragless is reportedly the \u201cpreferred choice\u201d to replace Karl Stefanovic as rumours swirl the long-time host is about to lose his spot on Nine\u2019s Today Show. 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