Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. The program follows Seven Early News and runs from 6am to 9am. The history of Sunrise can be traced back to at least 17 January 1991 when 11AM news presenter Darren McDonald began presenting an early morning Seven News – Sunrise Edition bulletin prior to hostilities breaking out during the Gulf War. In 1996, Seven introduced a one hour weekday bulletin called Sunrise News, later renamed Sunrise. Seven recruited Chris Bath from NBN Television to present the bulletin alongside Peter Ford. Ford moved to... other presenting roles in 1996, and was replaced by finance editor David Koch. In 1997, Chris Bath was transferred to Seven's 10.30pm News and was replaced by Melissa Doyle.In 1998 Sunrise was presented by Melissa Doyal and Nick McArdle Seven launched a Sunday bulletin hosted by Stan Grant, entitled Sunday Sunrise, in 1997. Weekday Sunrise was cancelled in 1999, replaced by children's program The Big Breakfast. Seven maintained half-hourly news updates during The Big Breakfast, and their Sunday bulletin was not affected by the axing.
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| On the air: | January 17, 1991 |
| Number of seasons: | 22 |
| Network: | Seven Network |