Education
Prior to his television work he studied sport at Newcastle University and did a placement with television Sport and Leisure (TSL) in 1998.
Prior to his television work he studied sport at Newcastle University and did a placement with television Sport and Leisure (TSL) in 1998.
He appeared on an edition of Blockbusters in the early 1990s. In 1992 he joined Independent Television Tyne Tees as a sports assistant and trained alongside Roger Tames. Ten years later he became the senior sports presenter.
On 25 September 2006, Payne was promoted to a news presenter on the now defunct South edition Independent Television News Tyne Tees.
On 13 February 2009 the final North and South editions of the programme aired. On 25 February 2009, Independent Television Tyne Tees and Independent Television Border merged news output whilst the respective programme titles were retained, Payne now presents both Independent Television News Tyne Tees and Lookaround.