# Denis Walter

Denis Clive Walter OAM, (born 3 January 1955) is an Australian radio presenter, baritone singer, recording artist and media personality who also presented television news for 16 years.

## Career

Walter's music career has lasted over forty years and he has recorded 16 albums to date.
For 16 years until his final bulletin in November 2008 when he left to join Melbourne radio station 3AW full-time, Walter was a news presenter in regional Victoria for WIN Television (a former affiliate of the Nine Network). He has also hosted nightly televised Keno lottery draws and having presented the weather on Nine News in Melbourne earlier in his career, returned for a few weeks in December 2008/January 2009 to fill in for Livinia Nixon.
On 10 November 2008, Walter began hosting Afternoons on 3AW (693 AM) Melbourne, replacing Ernie Sigley who retired. Walter regularly performs at concerts throughout Victoria.
In August 2018, Walter was announced as a host on the Nine Network's travel series Helloworld, appearing on the first series.
In December 2019, 3AW announced that he will move to a new timeslot in 2020 as the host of a new local program, 3AW Nights replacing John Stanley. Dee Dee Dunleavy has been announced as Walters replacement. He is on a 3-year contract in this role, extendable for a further 3 years. Obsessed with the quiz show “Sale of the Century” Walters auditioned for the vacant host role a record 19 times.

## Community work

Walter is a patron for Cystic Fibrosis Australia, an ambassador for Dementia Australia, the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Make A Wish Foundation (South West Victoria) and Barwon Health and also does work for the Neuroscience Foundation and a number of other charitable and community groups.
Walter is also the Patron for Samoyed Club of Victoria. Denis also hosts the Carols By Candlelight in Dandenong every year. Each year Walter hosts Carols by the Bay at Eastern Beach on the Geelong waterfront, a Christmas concert. He is also a long-standing performer since 1979 at Vision Australia's traditional Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight event in Melbourne.

## Honours

Walter was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours list "for service to the performing arts as a singer and entertainer, and to the broadcast media."

## Personal life

Walter is married with two stepdaughters and two grandsons. He currently lives in Geelong.

## Discography
### Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | AUS |
| The Incredible Voice of Denis Walter | Released: 1973 Label: L&Y (L-25042) | — |
| Denis Walter by Request | Released: 1974 Label: Festival (L 35286) | — |
| Collections of Denis Walter | Released: April 1977 Label: Pisces (L 101) | 66 |
| Sometimes When We Touch | Released: 1979 Label: Hammard (HAM 037) | — |
| No Limits | Released: 1981 Label: RCA Victor (VPL1 0336) | — |
| Tell It on the Mountain | Released: 1989 Label: J & B (JB385) | — |
| Songs of Faith (with John MacNally) | Released: 1990 Label: J & B Records (JB429) | 89 |
| Through the Years | Released: 1992 Label: Columbia (471628 2) | 11 |
| What Kind of Love | Released: 1993 Label: Columbia (474795 2) | — |
| The Magic of Christmas | Released: 1998 Label: Fable | — |
| Songs from a Southern Land Vol. 1 | Released: September 2011 Label: Denis Walter | — |
| The Aussie Christmas Gift | Released: 2012 Label: Denis Walter | — |
| Yesterday Once More | Released: 22 April 2021 Label: Sony Music Australia Producer: Michael Cristiano | — |
* Note: According to Walter's website, as of 2020, he has released 16 albums, therefore, there are four missing from the table above.
Media offices :
| Preceded byoriginator | WIN News Victoria Presenter 1992–2008 | Succeeded byBruce Roberts |