The VFL broke ranks and ran their own comp, not having any involvement with the NFL competition for the 2nd and 3rd year of its run.
The VFL comp the AMCO Cup to start with for 1977/78, then Escort Cup (or Escort Football Championships) for a couple of years, then the Stirling Cup for a year before Fosters, then National Panasonic took over.
I remember my parents often tuning in on a Tuesday night to see a frequently rain-soaked VFL Park
Todayâs TV: 1 August 1960, Melbourne
Source: TV Times
Todayâs TV: 7.8.1980, Sydney (plus NBN3 Newcastle, WIN4 Wollongong)
Source: TV Times
Skyways, the show that featured a very young Jason and Kylie in one episode.
My mother used to listen to John Singleton on 2KY back in the day. He was difficult to listen to as a a talkback radio host. I canât imagine how bad he wouldâve been presenting a âcurrent affairs, variety, entertainment and interviewâ show. I donât even know how such a format wouldâve come together on the screen. I imagine it wouldâve been a bit like The Mike Walsh Show.
I donât think we ever got The John Singleton Show in Melbourne. ATV0/10 instead used to have The Peter Couchman Show which I think ran in various formats from about 1978 to 1980, and later tried The Ted Hamilton Show and The Saturday Night Show (the latter picking up where Sevenâs former Penthouse Club/Saturday Night Live ended off).
ATV certainly seemed to try and tackle Nineâs hold on variety on and off during the 1970s but never really caused a dent in Nineâs dominance. The Don Lane Show was unbeatable.
It wouldâve been a big investment producing a 90 minute show running from 10.30pm until midnight. I donât remember Ten in Sydney making much of an effort with variety. I do remember Don Lane being a big deal in our household. Even though it was on well past my 8.30pm bedtime, I do remember watching the show on occasion and loving Don and Bert play off each other.
Funny to see so much live television being produced for late night slots back then when next to none is produced now by the FTAs.
I occasionally would get to see The Don Lane Show as a kid, and on the night of its final show I was allowed to stay up to watch it in full even though it went way past 11.00 because my parents said there would not be another show like it again. And I think they were right. It was sort of the last of the big Channel 9 variety shows, except for perhaps Hey Hey Itâs Saturday.
Mike Walsh was class, whereas John Singleton was rubbish. He also previously did a Saturday night show in 1979 on Ten. I found this interview Singleton did with Australian Playboy in 1981. Singo recalls how his television opportunity came out of a post midday radio show he did with John Laws on 2UW in 1978 - The Ogre And The Ocker. I remember Singo on 2UW and watching both his shows on Ten, and my memory is that they were not very good.
Thursday October 25, 2007 â Melbourne
ABC
6:00 Bernard
6:03 Skyland (Final)
6:25 Spooky Sisters
6:35 Time Warp Trio
7:00 My Goldfish is Evil
7:25 Word Girl
7:26 Dr Dog
7:35 King
8:00 Upside Down Show
8:20 Five Minutes More
8:30 Play with Me Sesame
8:55 Fireman Sam
9:10 Frannyâs Feet
9:25 Dorothy the Dinosaur
9:30 Play School
10:00 For the Juniors
10:15 Music Moves
10:30 Hazards (Final)
10:45 Atoms Alive
11:00 Visions of Space
12:00 Midday Report
12:30 Pie in the Sky
1:30 Strictly Dancing
2:00 The Bill
3:00 Play School
3:30 Bananas in Pyjamas
3:35 Lazy Town
4:00 Lazy Lucy
4:05 Bottle Top Bill
4:20 SamSam
4:30 Captain Flamingo
4:50 RollerCoaster
5:55 Behind the News
6:00 Moments in Time: Myra Dyer
6:10 Grand Designs: Exeter
7:00 News
7:30 The 7:30 Report
8:00 Catalyst
8:30 The Catalpa Rescue
9:30 Difference of Opinion
10:25 Lateline
11:00 Lateline Business
11:25 Live at the Basement (Final)
12:25 Rising Stars
12:55 MOVIE: Behind the Headlines (1937) (B&W)
1:55 MOVIE: Reach for the Sky (1956) (B&W)
4:30 MOIVE: Aunt Sally (1933) (B&W)
SEVEN
6:00 Sunrise (HD)
9:00 The Morning Show (HD)
11:00 The Fairies
11:30 News (HD)
12:00 MOVIE: The Sight (2000)
2:00 Desperate Housewives: My Heart Belongs to Daddy (HD)
3:00 Medical Incredible
3:30 Destination New Zealand: Hawkes Bay
4:00 Itâs Academic
4:30 News at 4:30 (HD)
5:00 M* A* S* H
PRIME Albury: Deal or No Deal
5:30 Deal or No Deal
PRIME Albury: Prime News
6:00 News
6:30 Today Tonight (HD)
7:00 Home and Away (HD)
7:30 Ghost Whisperer: Speed Demon (HD)
8:30 Bionic Woman: Face Off (HD) (Includes Powerball draw)
9:30 Heroes: The Kindness of Strangers (HD)
10:30 FAMOUS Presents Hollywood Uncensored
11:00 Stargate SG-1: Bad Guys
12:00 Life As We Know It: A Little Problem (HD)
PRIME: The First 48
1:00 The Chase
PRIME: Danoz Direct
2:00 Passions
PRIME: Expo
3:00 Guthy-Ranker
4:00 NBC Today
5:00 PRIME: Creflo
5:30 PRIME: Home Shopping
NINE
6:00 Today (HD)
9:00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (HD)
WIN: Hi-5
9:30 WIN: Susie
10:30 WIN: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
11:00 News
11:30 Fresh (HD)
WIN: Good Chef Bad Chef
12:00 MOVIE: Heart of a Stranger (2000)
WIN: The Flying Doctors
1:00 WIN: Entertainment Tonight
1:30 WIN: Bargain Hunt
2:00 Days of Our Lives
3:00 Entertainment Tonight
WIN: Guthy-Renker
3:30 Hi-5
WIN: Goodsports
4:00 The Shak: Crop
4:30 News
5:00 Bargain Hunt
WIN: Antiques Roadshow
5:30 Antiques Roadshow: Poole
WIN: Temptation
6:00 News
6:30 A Current Affair (HD)
7:00 Temptation
WIN: WIN News
7:30 Getaway
8:30 Missing Persons Unit
9:30 The Gift
10:00 RPA â Where Are They Now?
10:30 Amazing Medical Stories
11:30 Nightline
12:00 The Mint
WIN: WIN News
12:30 WIN: The Mint
3:00 Guthy-Renker
WIN: Division 4 (B&W)
4:00 Creflo A. Dollar
WIN: Good Morning America
4:30 Good Morning America
5:30 WIN: Entertainment Tonight
TEN
6:00 Early News
7:00 Toasted TV
8:30 Puzzle Play
9:00 9am with David and Kim (HD)
11:00 News
12:00 Dr Phil
1:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show: Children of Divorce Reveal Their Secret Thoughts
2:00 Ready Steady Cook
3:00 Judge Judy
Southern Cross: Infomercials
3:30 Hueyâs Cooking Adventures
4:00 Wormwood
4:30 The Bold and the Beautiful
5:00 News
6:00 The Simpsons
6:30 Neighbours
7:00 Futurama: The Why of Fry
7:30 So You Think You Can Dance: 8 Perform & Results
9:30 Law & Order: Church (HD)
10:30 News/Sports Tonight
11:15 The Late Show with David Letterman (HD)
12:00 Everybody Loves Raymond: I Wish I Were Gus/Standard Deviation
1:00 Home Shopping
Southern Cross: Infomercials
2:25 Video Hits Up-Late
2:30 Kenneth Copeland
3:00 James Robison
3:30 Benny Hinn
4:00 The CBS Early Show
Southern Cross: Religion
SBS
6:00 Soccer: UEFA Champions League â Real Madrid v Olympiacos (Continued)
6:55 Soccer: UEFA Champions League â Chelsea v Schalke
9:00 Spanish News
9:20 French News
9:55 Russian News
10:30 Greek News
11:30 Arabic News
12:05 Indonesian News
12:30 Business Report
1:00 Japanese News
1:35 Hong Kong News
1:55 Chinese News
2:30 Dateline
3:30 Europe from Above: France (France)
4:00 Food Loversâ Guide to Australia
4:30 The Journal
5:00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
6:00 Global Village (France)
6:30 World News Australia
7:30 Marx and Venus: The Dating Game
7:35 Inspector Rex (Austria)
8:30 Unit One (Denmark)
9:35 World News Australia
10:05 The Movie Show
10:15 Kings of Clubs: Al-Ahly â Egypt (UK)
10:50 UEFA Champions League Hour
11:50 Speaking in Tongues
12:20 MOVIE: The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) (Japan)
2:20 WeatherWatch
5:25 Japanese News
ABC2
7:31 Australia Wide
7:59 Four Corners
8:44 Media Watch
9:00 ABC Asia Pacific News
9:31 Stateline (ACT)
10:00 ABC Kids
11:55 Ebb and Flo
12:00 The Hoobs
12:25 Dougie in Disguise
12:32 Mopatopâs Shop
12:41 Fireman Sam
12:51 Miffy and Friends
12:56 Bananas in Pyjamas
1:01 The Save-Ums
1:13 Pinky Dinky Doo
1:26 Bob the Builder: Project Build It
1:36 Sesame Street
2:02 Play School
2:30 The Fimbles
2:49 Titch
3:00 Gardening Australia
3:30 The Pet Show
4:00 Australia Wide
4:30 Kingâs School
5:00 Painting Australia
5:30 Aussie Animal Rescue
6:00 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
6:22 Girl Stuff, Boy Stuff
6:34 Class of the Titans
7:00 Australia Wide
7:30 The Cook and the Chef
8:00 Andrew Olle Media Lecture: Mr John Hartigan
9:00 Australian Story
9:30 Foreign Correspondent
10:10 Words
10:30 Good Game
11:00 Brat Camp
11:50 MOVIE: The History of Mr Polly (1949)
1:25 Ergo Proxy
1:50 Close
C31
7:00 Geelong Newsbeat
7:30 The Breakfast Show
8:30 Move It Or Lose It
9:00 The MS Show
9:30 Kids Life
10:00 Salome Where She Danced
11:30 Eastern Newsbeat
12:00 Waltzing Matilda
12:30 One World
1:30 Stories of the Century
2:00 Fifties Anthology Dramas
2:30 Living Life Now
3:00 Tenpin Bowling
3:30 Cruizin
4:00 Gasoline
4:30 News Line
5:00 1700
6:00 SATU TV
6:30 Good Health
7:00 4WD TV
7:30 On The Water
8:00 Adventure Bound
8:30 Wake Life
9:00 Soulwater Surf
9:30 Heavyweight
10:00 NextGen TV
10:30 Level 3
11:00 Bent TV
11:30 Hi Art
12:00 Yartz
12:30 Words of Peace
1:00 Nurse TV
1:30 Anthology of Interest
2:00 Hit TV
2:30 Pinoy Music
3:00 Late Night Programs
Source: Herald Sun
Looks like the affiliation dispute was well and truly in full swing by then
Todayâs TV: 11.8.1994, Sydney
Source: TV Week
Iâm a little surprised that NRN-11 didnât get more. Since the Newcastle Herald had a wide distribution.
I donât know if this is still the case but I remember as a kid on family holidays up at Nambucca Heads you could buy the Newcastle Herald up there
I think because NRN wasnât commonly received anywhere south of Port Macquarie, except for the odd few around Laurieton and even Forster, a listing wouldnât have been useful to many Herald readers.
You could say the same thing about NEN-9 Tamworth, which could be received by a small number of viewers from Muswellbrook to Scone.
Yeah it depended on the antenna you had up there. NEN-9 in the Upper Hunter was like Novacastrians recieveing 7,9 and 10 from Sydney
And if the Herald had listed NEN-9 some readers would have confused that with the TCN-9 listing.
Yup, you can get the Newcastle Herald up here in Coffs.
As I noted in the Fairfax Media thread the other day, it looks like the Green Guide in The Age is no longer including regional variations either. Must be some cost-saving involved by removing a few words from their TV listings?!/
Beyond 2000 ÂŽ on 7 and new eps on 10.
