The news director of the Nine Network in Brisbane has reportedly resigned and a producer and two journalists have been sacked after live crosses to the Daniel Morcombe search site were faked.

After almost 25 years of working for the network, Lee Anderson resigned from the post of director of news in Brisbane, News Ltd reported on Thursday.

Nine Brisbane's managing director and head of news Mark Calvert sacked producer Aaron Wakeley and journalists Melissa Mallet and Cameron Price on Thursday afternoon, it was reported.

The television station would not comment on the reports of the sackings.

The sackings came after Nine's weekend news bulletins crossed to reporters in a helicopter who claimed they were hovering over the Morcombe search site "near Beerwah".