Eric Pearce (broadcaster)

Sir Eric Pearce OBE
A young Eric Pearce
Born	Eric Herbert Pearce (1905-03-05)5 March 1905 Hampshire, England, UK
Died	12 April 1997(1997-04-12) (aged 92) Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Radio and television presenter
Years active	1933−1978
Spouses	Ella Mary Pearce (1933–c. 1939) (divorce) Jean Mary Pearce (née Macartney) (1939–1956) (her death) Betty Pearce (fl. 1956–1987) (her death)
Children	Royston Gyles Pearce (born 1933) Suzanne Constance Pearce (step-daughter, fl. 1956)
Career
Show	News
Station	HSV Channel 7
Time slot	6:30 pm
Show	News
Station	GTV Channel 9
Time slot	6:30 pm

Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE (5 March 1905 – 12 April 1997) was an English-born broadcaster and television pioneer in Australia.

Pearce was born in Hampshire, England, and had an early career in radio on the BBC before migrating to Australia, where he was a long-term newsreader on Melbourne television stations HSV Channel 7 (1956–65) and GTV Channel 9 (late 1950s–74, 1976–78). Pearce's catchphrase sign-off of his news reports, "God bless you, and you", was for viewers and his third wife.