Typos happen to the best of us! I would assume it was news at 6.30 and maybe Disney at 7.00.
btw another listing but posted to the TV History thread:
Nostalgia seems to be flurishing these days since what’s on offer by and large is complete dog shit.
Melbourne TV listing for Sunday July 23, 1989, the day Channel 10 changed its logo from “X” to “TV Australia”:
courtesy of the Age Green Guide:
ABV 2
8.00am Super League Highlights: Newcastle v Balmain
9.00 Rock Special
11.00 Worship Sunday: from St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Castle Hill
12.00noon Compass
1.00pm Sunday Afternoon with Peter Ross
3.00 Rugby Union: ANZACS v British Lions from Ballymore, Brisbane
4.45 Sports News
5.00 National Soccer League
6.00 ABC News
6.30 All Creatures Great and Small
7.20 Backchat with Tim Bowden
7.30 That’s Dancin’ (ballroom dancing series)
8.30 Scales of Justice
9.50 Garibaldi: The General
10.45 Rugby Highlights: ANZACS v British Lions
11.45 Hilary (BBC comedy)
12.15am Station Close
HSV 7
6.00am Inch High Private Eye
6.30 The Cartoon Connection
9.00 Sportsworld
12.00noon NBL Basketball: Eastside Spectres v North Melbourne Giants
2.00pm VFL Football: West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans
5.00 VFL Highlights: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 The Magical World of Disney: Farewell Miss Freedom Part 2
7.30 Australia’s Most Wanted
8.30 Mini Series: Shadow of the Cobra
10.30 Golf: British Open (Live)
4.00am NBC Today on Sunday
5.30 NBC Meet the Press
SBS 28
11.00am Italia News
11.30 Anne’s International Kitchen
12.00noon Greek Variety Show
1.00pm The Disappearance of John Aviakiptis (Greece)
1.45 International Cookbook
2.00 Empress Wu
2.45 Little Missy
3.30 North Pole Expedition (Norway)
4.00 Billiards: World Championship Tournament from Fairmont Resort, Blue Mountains
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 Vox Populi
7.30 The Other Europe
8.30 Mini Series: The Magic Mountain (Germany)
10.30 Billiards: World Championship Tournament from Fairmont Resort, Blue Mountains
1.20am Station Close
GTV 9
5.55am Kenneth Copeland
6.55 Turn Around Australia
7.20 Point of View
7.30 Rave
8.00 Business Sunday
9.00 Sunday
11.00 Wide World of Sports
12.15pm Rugby League: New Zealand v Australia
2.30 Movie: The Runaways (1975)
4.00 Sports Sunday
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Our World: Kearney’s Cavalcade of Characters
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 Movie: Time Guardian (1980, Australian)
10.20 News
10.30 Movie: Inside Moves (1980)
12.40am Movie: Bogie (1980)
2.30 Movie: The Devil’s Rain (1975)
4.05 Movie: Crossfire (1975)
5.30 The Young Doctors
ATV 10
6.00am The Brady Kids
6.30 Mass for You at Home
7.00 Business Week
8.00 Video Hits
11.00 Face to Face
12.00noon Movie: Now and Forever (1934, starring Shirley Temple)
1.45pm Movie: Pack Up Your Troubles (1932, starring Laurel and Hardy)
3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man
4.00 Fantasy Island
5.00 The David Johnston Collection: Trecherous Strait
6.00 Ten News
6.30 Jack Thompson Down Under
***** 10 TV Australia logo introduced *****
7.30 The Comedy Company
8.30 Movie: Predator (1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger)
10.40 Entertainment This Week
11.40 USA Today Weekend Edition
12.40am Rugby League Match of the Day
2.30 Hazell
3.00 Emergency
4.00 Crazy Like a Fox
5.00 Karen’s Song
5.30 Lone Ranger Cartoon
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Channel 10 relaunching as TV 10 Australia, what a disaster that turned out to be.
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And here’s Adelaide’s TV schedule for Sunday July 23, 1989 courtesy of the Victor Harbor Times via Trove
ABS 2
8.00am Super League Highlights: Newcastle v Balmain
9.00 Programme to be advised
11.00 Worship Sunday: from St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Castle Hill
12.00noon Compass
1.00pm Eduardo Paulozzi
2.00 Joan Hammond Masterclass
2.30 Rugby Union: ANZACS v British Lions from Ballymore, Brisbane
4.15 Sports News
4.30 NBA Basketball
5.00 National Soccer League
6.00 ABC News
6.30 All Creatures Great and Small
7.20 Backchat with Tim Bowden
7.30 That’s Dancin’ (ballroom dancing series)
8.25 ABC News
8.30 Scales of Justice
9.50 Garibaldi: The General
10.45 Rugby Highlights: ANZACS v British Lions
11.45 Hilary (BBC comedy)
12.15am Station Close
SAS 7
6.30am Hour of Power
7.30 Sing Me A Rainbow
8.00 Top Cat
8.30 Sportsworld
11.30 Sports Special
1.30pm VFL Football: West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans
5.30 Trax
6.00 Seven Nightly News
6.30 The Magical World of Disney
7.30 Australia’s Most Wanted
8.30 Mini Series: Shadow of the Cobra
10.30 Golf: British Open (Live)
3.30am NBC Today on Sunday
5.00 NBC Meet the Press
SBS 28
10.30am Italia News
11.00 Anne’s International Kitchen
11.30 Greek Variety Show
12.30pm The Disappearance of John Aviakiptis (Greece)
1.15 International Cookbook
1.30 Empress Wu
2.15 Little Missy
3.00 North Pole Expedition (Norway)
4.00 Billiards: World Championship Tournament from Fairmont Resort, Blue Mountains
6.00 SBS World News
6.30 Vox Populi
7.00 The Other Europe
8.00 Mini Series: The Magic Mountain (Germany)
9.50 Billiards: World Championship Tournament from Fairmont Resort, Blue Mountains
12.50am Station Close
NWS 9
6.00am Kids Sunday
8.00 Business Sunday
9.00 Sunday
11.00 Wide World of Sports
12.15pm Rugby League: New Zealand v Australia
2.30 Sunday Footy Show
3.30 Sports Sunday
5.30 Ask the Leylands
6.00 National Nine News
6.30 Our World
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 Movie: Time Guardian (1980, Australian)
10.25 Movie: Inside Moves (1980)
12.40am Movie: Bogie (1980)
2.30 Movie: The Devil’s Rain (1975)
4.05 Movie: Crossfire (1975)
ADS 10
5.00am Wall Street Journal
5.30 The Brady Kids
6.00 Dads
6.30 Business Week
7.30 Video Hits
10.30 Chris Conroy’s World of Boats
11.00 Face to Face
12.00noon Movie: Now and Forever (1934, starring Shirley Temple)
1.45pm Movie: Pack Up Your Troubles (1932, starring Laurel and Hardy)
3.00 The Muppets
4.00 Fantasy Island
5.00 Keith Martyn’s World
6.00 Ten News
6.30 Jack Thompson Down Under
***** 10 TV Australia logo introduced *****
7.30 The Comedy Company
8.30 Movie: Predator (1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger)
10.40 Entertainment This Week
11.40 USA Today Weekend Edition
12.40am Station Close
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Interesting how Nine back then showed League tests live even in the Southern States. Unlike their reputation in recent years until multi channels came in
Brisbane, 27.1.1988. 29 years ago today…
Source: TV Week
Network Ten launches its new Sydney-based soap Richmond Hill, from the same producers as Neighbours. It was set in a semi-rural community with a lot of drama set around the local police station. Starred Ross Higgins in a rare dramatic role and former Prisoner stars Maggie Kirkpatrick, Paula Duncan and Amanda Muggleton. Also introduced a young Emily Symons who is now in Home And Away.
The series actually rated well but for some reason Ten axed it at the end of the year in favour of launching E Street the next year.
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Who could forget Mum Foote!
I bet Gwen Plumb was sorry she picked Richmond Hill over Home And Away.
She’d appeared in the pilot for Home And Away but instead opted for the role in Richmond Hill – apparently it was written specifically for her and it was loosely similar to a guest role that Plumb played in Neighbours during its first year on Channel 7.
Here’s another listing from the same week. Friday 29 January 1988, again Brisbane.
Also here’s the NRTV (RTN8) listing that appeared on a separate page after the Brisbane listings, given NRTV’s UHF coverage in the Gold Coast.
The times listed are QLD eastern standard time but the schedule is clearly based on NSW daylight saving time so Gold Coast viewers get to see a lot of programs an hour before the Brisbane channels.
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First ep of MacGyver!
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When did ABC stop showing highlights of Test Cricket in metro areas. Was it right up until aggregation when the Nine broadcast was finally available nationwide?
I would say so. ABC was still covering Test Cricket to regional areas right up until 31.12.1991 (edit: the second test ended on 29.12.1991), the day before aggregation in Victoria. I remember at the close of that day’s telecast the commentators gave a very low key farewell to Test Cricket from ABC. And for local viewers the test cricket was on VIC TV from the the start of the Third Test on 2.1.1992. I think from that point on all test cricket was covered by regional commercial channels even those not in aggregated markets.
Not entirely sure what the arrangement was in Southern NSW/ACT or Queensland when aggregation started there. I imagine their local Nine affiliates took over test cricket coverage with ABC holding on until Victorian aggregation.
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In Sth NSW test cricket was on both WIN and ABC. SMH, 1 April 1990.
[quote]“In the peak cricket season there is a duplication of programming (secondary licensing of events resulting in two channels showing the Test matches live).”
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I don’t know if these aired on TV0 but in Melbourne they also had ads during Neighbours, featuring cast members from Neighbours telling us to stay tuned for Richmond Hill.
Very vintage TV listing here. 31 January 1958, Melbourne, from TV-Radio Week
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and from a couple of years later… Saturday 4 February 1961:
Source: TV Times
Includes GTV9’s Today, which began in July 1960, going from Monday to Saturday mornings.
Barry McQueen was the show’s first host but left Channel 9 abruptly after the show’s first five days! He of course later became a main presenter for ATV0 which debuted a few years later.
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NRTV had started a loose affiliation with Network Ten come early 1987. It relayed Sydney’s Eyewitness News on weekends however still took TCN9 News on delay at 6.30 weeknights as it was only 30 mins long. TEN’s weekday news at 1 hour would have interrupted NRTV’s schedule in those days working around programmes such as Perfect Match, Neighbours & Sale of the Century. By 1988, NRTV start using TEN’s News theme and ident music and relayed more of TEN’s programmes before full affiliation in late 1991.
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I wonder how well “Music, Clock and Audio Time Calls” would’ve rated. Must’ve been riveting stuff. 
haha… well it was basically a glorified test pattern. And in those days test pattern with music was not entirely unpopular as people appreciated the FM sound quality which even though it was mono it was better than AM radio.
But to be honest I don’t think that early morning lineup lasted long and Nine went back to starting its broadcast day later in the morning. Breakfast TV seemed to fare better in Sydney but it seems Melbourne households never quite warmed to it until much later.
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