Background
Hale was born in Cowell, South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula.
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Clive Hale
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He was educated at Norwood High School and studied art at the South Australian School of Art with the intention of being an artist.
Career
Hale started his American Broadcasting Company career in Perth in 1959 appearing on Perth American Broadcasting Company-television"s first night on air. In 1967, he was the presenter on the Adelaide edition of This Day Tonight or TDT, a current-affairs broadcast at 7.30pm. With Hale as the presenter, TDT became hugely influential in South Australian politics.
Hale"s popularity as the host of the South Australian edition of TDT was such that the American Broadcasting Company printed bumper stickers saying "I like Clive".
When This Day Tonight was axed, Hale was the only original presenter left. Hale was the national host of the replacement program Nationwide when it began broadcasting in 1980.
He would present the common stories broadcast across Australia with a state-based presenter presenting local current-affairs stories. After the end of Nationwide, Hale became the national presenter of the Late Night News on American Broadcasting Company television until 1995 when he was replaced by Indira Naidoo.
As well, Hale read the weekend news in NSW. Foreign three seasons from 1987, he also presented the antiques show Foreign Love or Money with regular panellists such as antique dealer Peter Cook.
He returned to Adelaide before his retirement in 1997.
