Rob Kelvin

Rob Kelvin (born 1943 or 1944) is an Australian former television news presenter. He was a presenter of the weeknight edition of Nine News Adelaide produced by NWS-9. Kelvin presented the bulletin with Kevin Crease until February 2007, when Crease retired after being diagnosed with cancer. Kelvin presented with Kelly Nestor and then Michael Smyth until he retired in December 2010.

Early life and education Rob Kelvin was born in 1943 or 1944. After radio roles in Sale, Victoria, and Hobart, Tasmania, he returned to Adelaide's 5AD as a radio journalist.

Kelvin's sporting coverage included working on the Commonwealth Games in both Brisbane (1982) and Auckland (1990) and covering the Adelaide editions of the Australian Grand Prix on track from 1985 to 1995. A longtime motor-racing fan, Kelvin was also track commentator for more than 15 years at Rowley Park Speedway, and later at its replacement Speedway Park. He continued to appear as a stand-in presenter for 6pm news bulletins for Channel 9 in Adelaide during 2011.

Personal life Rob married Anna in 1966, and they had two sons, Richard and Jesse. Suspected serial killer Bevan Spencer von Einem, a leading suspect in Adelaide's unsolved Family Murders, which saw five young men abducted and killed between 1979 and 1983, was convicted of Richard's murder in November 1984 and was sentenced to life imprisonment.