So much left behind such as computers and historical photos
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Such a shameful waste. If all that stuff was left behind in an abandoned government office building ACA would be all over it. They could’ve auctioned off so much of that and donated the money to charity. The electronics gear could’ve gone to training colleges or schools in under privileged areas. There are collectors out there who would’ve snapped up the out dated equipment in a heartbeat. Kind of irritated and angered by this.
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Wasn’t expecting that much to be left behind! Although the newsroom has had a refresh since i last visited in 2016!
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While it’s sad that a lot of good stuff seemed to be left behind at TCN Willoughby prior to the demolition, do the other TV stations in Sydney have a better track record when it came to keeping old stuff when they moved studios?
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So sad to see. I didn’t realise studio 1 had a window. I assume it would have been the one from the today show set in the mid 2000s
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… then you should see what was left behind by the BBC when they vacated Television Centre 
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I think people here are over-estimating the value of what’s left behind…
Nine were going back and collecting items, FYI.
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So they should.
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At the 16:50 mark they start going through Studio 21. Skeleton of the set was still there.
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Why though? They’re moving into a new, purpose built facility, complete with new tech.
Why on earth would they take all that junk with them? It’s likely that a lot of the items left would be sold to companies specialising in harvesting things for scrap.
They’d clearly stripped out anything of value - for example, the lighting grid in the studio was empty, and the rest was just rubbish.
Which tech would you give them? The old cisco phones?
Few side notes:
- I think the definition in the video of what a prop is hilarious. “It’s like, when they need something, like a book or something…”
- I know videos like these don’t really care about safety, but these two are stupid for going through a studio environment when they have no idea of the hazards - the studio would potentially have live three-phase power, and when the building is in that state, anything could be exposed.
- The video has encouraged me to focus more on my cardio training.
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I was referring to the historical artefacts. Not the tech stuff. I get the whole selling for scrap stuff, I’d do the same. But make sure the historical stuff is taken out first.
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Too late now. Isn’t the whole site now demolished?
Good.
I’d hope that would include any and all audiovisual material (along with machines which can be used to playback/transfer such material when needed, etc.) of significance that Nine still had at the time of the move.
I really don’t see anything in that video which is valuable - not much historic stuff either? I don’t think people are realising that.
Control room and general studio tech gets sent to QTQ and NTD (Blake Street) for storage if required. If not it can be sold or thrown in the bin.
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I know there was a big push to digitise all the media that broadcasters had on tape, as there was concern about parts running out for beta tape machines, as well as a number of other redundant formats. So I would hope nine had already digitised all their library of relevance.
I would also love to know if tape machines were even installed in their new home - I don’t know if I’d bother.
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Sports bars would gladly pay to acquire some of that old WWOS memorabilia to have hanging on their walls. The stand up “Howzat” girl would be a collectors item.
You never would’ve thought old milk bar and diner signage and promo material would be worth something when it was junked decades ago but here we are in 2021 with people actively collecting it and selling it on to bars and restaurants for huge profit.
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Has anyone read the comments on the video, people WANTED to break-in all steal the stuff left behind??
At the end of the day, it’s nine’s property and they can do whatever they want with it.
That includes throwing it all out.
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The cost of moving that junk out of the old TCN would have been more that its intrinsic value - things like old LCD monitors would not return the cost of removal as e-waste. Same for old racks and cabling including things like unopened Cat 5e patch cables(the new place would all be Cat 6 or better). The copper salvage from things like the big antenna feeders and earth straps would be the only thing worth doing. I would be very surprised if any of the equipment from old TCN even made it to North Syd - a poster said earlier it may have ended up being stored in Brisbane(QTQ) or even Darwin(NTD). Old TV studios are only good for the wrecking ball. In Brisbane they are stuck because they cannot sell the sites to a developer due to zoning. TEN sound like they have just walked away at Mt Coot-tha.
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