That Capital ID based on Ten’s around 1991 was the best integration of regional and metro branding that I ever saw in aggregation… I loved how the Ten circles morphed into the Capital stars and the ribbon flag.
I still remember walking into a pub in Coonabarabran in 1994 and seeing the Capital ‘spinning star’ PRG on the TV in the pub… I nearly fell over because I always thought Coonabarabran was part of northern NSW and would have had NRTV, not Capital.
I recall Curran also wanted to buy NRTV, that would have also seen the Capital brand expand to Northern NSW and may have helped it survive for longer.
Sadly that didn’t happen as I thought Capital was a much better brand for TV rather than an assumed vague regional reference name (Northern Region TV?).