As Spring 2002 arrived, so did a brighter, more colourful On-Air Presentation package for Channel Nine. At 6.30pm on 1/9/2002, out went the darker look which had been the dominant feature of Nine’s On-Air branding since the start of Digital TV and in came what many enthusiasts regard to be possibly the best On-Air Presentation package that Australian TV has ever seen. A different colour was used each day which (initially anyway) also perfectly complimented the theme of Nine’s primetime programing that night.
Anyway, enough of the commentary. Let’s go to the caps!
Of course there are probably Media Spy members who might have more caps from this era, but that’s what I could find so far. That batch was from a couple of recordings of Channel Nine Sydney in July 2003, just for the record.
When I looked at the brand new look in 2002, I find this on-air presentation fantastic. This is by far the best that I have seen on Channel Nine.
Channel Nine has refreshed its sponsor billboards, lineups, PRGs. However, they still kept the classification billboards that is voiced by Ken Sparkes and Tim Elliott.
Didn’t Nine Perth for a long time (including into the early part of this millennium) use that over bevelled “gold Nine” PRG with a program title font dating back to the 1994/95 On-Air Presentation package? In that case, it doesn’t overly surprise me that they weren’t quick to update to the new coloured PRGs!
Great caps (except the dubious quality special program, of course).
Here’s a few more which I capped from some of the September 2002 Channel Nine Sydney recordings which Steve Rutherford recently uploaded to YouTube:
While the still frames don’t quite capture it, this promo for the NRL Preliminary Finals had rather high production values - probably something which would’ve looked absolutely fantastic in digital widescreen!
