Peter Byrne

Peter Alexander Byrne is an Australian television presenter and meteorologist. Byrne was most notable for being a weather presenter for WIN Television from 1990 until 2012.

Biography Peter was born in Mackay, Queensland and worked with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for over 37 years.

After graduating from a high school in Mackay, Byrne was appointed as a junior weather observer at the Bureau of Meteorology. Byrne then went on to complete meteorological training in Brisbane and Melbourne for 18 months before being posted to Brisbane. After his marriage to a Townsville school teacher, Byrne was posted to Madang on the north coast of Papua New Guinea which Byrne described as a "weather man's dream" as there was a smoking volcano to the north and snow-capped mountains to the south. Additionally, Byrne also began presenting a statewide weather report upon the introduction of the Queensland edition of WIN Late News in 2001.

Byrne retired from his post at the Rockhampton office of the Bureau of Meteorology in 2001, but continued his work as a weather presenter with WIN Television in Rockhampton. In one weather report, Byrne said: The southern media are at it again... more unprofessional claptrap on what they portray as breakfast television. Imagine the repercussions if, on national television, I forecast 200km/h winds for Sydney or Melbourne! Hooley, Dooley! Queensland deserves and demands better. Give us the factual information, not the nonsensical gobbledygook transmitted out of Sydney. Give us a break! It just makes me so angry. How do they get away with it?!

Following his on-air outburst, there were reports that Byrne had clashed his WIN Television management which led him to storm out of the television station, which may have led to his absence on WIN News for the succeeding two nights following the incident. Byrne later said that while management still weren't happy with him, the issue had been reconciled and his colleagues had even handed him a "Storm in a Teacup" award after the incident, which consisted of a cut-out of a Melbourne Storm player in an actual teacup. Byrne also alluded to not having a job at WIN for much longer, which was likely referring to the imminent closure of the WIN Television studio facilities in Rockhampton.

In May 2012, WIN Television closed their Rockhampton studio facilities as they centralised the production of news bulletins to a new studio complex on the Sunshine Coast. While the news anchor and sports presenter relocated to commence work at WIN's new production facilities at Maroochydore, Byrne decided to stay in the local area effectively ending his relationship with 22-year relationship with WIN Television. On his final night on 4 May 2012, WIN Television aired a special package featuring tributes from former colleagues that had previously worked at WIN Television in Rockhampton such as Karl Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon and Davina Smith.

Soon after leaving WIN Television, Channel 7 approached Byrne to do some work for them without having to leave the local area.

Since late 2012, Byrne has presented a weekly retrospective segment called Rewind which airs on all local editions of Seven News across regional Queensland.