Tributes have been paid to the presenter Hugh Cornish following the news that he died earlier this week, aged 90

A television elder statesman, Cornish was the first to greet Channel 9 audiences in Queensland when TV first went live.

Queensland has lost a “burning star’’ with the death of media legend, Hugh Cornish, the first person on Queensland television.

The first person to appear on Queensland television screens, Hugh Cornish AM, has died at a nursing home in Hamilton, Brisbane, aged 90. A major figure in television and the arts in the state, Cornish began his career as an announcer at 4IP in Ipswich,