James Dibble

James Edward Dibble (4 February 1923 – 13 December 2010) was an Australian television presenter, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC), where he was the inaugural presenter of the news bulletin ABC News Sydney, a role he held for 27 years, from Monday, 5 November 1956 until his retirement on Friday, 10 June 1983.

Career Dibble was born in February 1923 in Newtown, New South Wales. and 'Hot Bananas', written by Russell Guy and originally broadcast on radio station 2JJ (Double Jay). Dibble also did voice-over work for many newsreels, documentaries and educational films.

He served as a chairman of the Peer Support Foundation, a president of the Rotary Club of Warringah, and a member of Rotary International District 9680 Public Relations Committee.

Awards Dibble was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 1 January 1972 for services to media, and a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1989 for community and media services. He was also awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.

He was the first winner of the Better Hearing Australia Clear Speech Award in 1967, for his clear diction. He also received Clear Speech Awards in 1968 and 1981.

Death Dibble died of cancer in Sydney on 13 December 2010, aged 87.