I remember Channel 1 was usually just like your first picture, just a very fuzzy black and white version of what was also on 2. I never knew if it was some kind of overflow from ABV2 or if it was a distant ABC signal from Bendigo or thereabouts.
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It would have almost definitely have been ABEV 1 Bendigo. In Brisbane, we had a similar situation with ABDQ 3 Darling Downs. The nearest high power Channel 1 was ABSQ 1 Southern Downs that was at very low levels.
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NSW had ABC NATIONAL TV in their test pattern.
There were some parts of Western Sydney that were able to get near permanent reception of ABCN1 Orange, albeit very snowy.
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Paul Higgins reading 7 nightly News Melbourne (filling in). Also, ABC News was at 6pm on Saturdays?
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yeah there was that brief period during 1988/89 that ABC News was on at 6.00 on weekends but 7.00 on weeknights. Didn’t last that long AFAIK.
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So all 4 local Melbourne stations would often have news at 6.00pm on weekends? (1988/1989)
pretty much, although during footy season Seven Nightly News was on at 5.30 on Saturdays
It defies logic really.
Not at all, footy replay was at 6-7:30, was the only night my family regularly watched 7 news.
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I meant having 4 local bulletins competing against one another in the same time slot. Which was often the case in 88/89 (on weekends).
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A Wheel of Fortune rerun replaced The Golden Girls in regional centres
Today’s TV: Monday 10th January 2005, Perth
On that day, a special One Day Cricket match between Asia and the World was shown on Channel 9.
Source: The West Australian
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Today’s TV: Tuesday 11 January 2011, Perth
On that day, Neighbours has a new home on the newly-launched, CHannel 11.
Source: The West Australian
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these West Australian screen caps are very hard to read on a desktop. Any chance they can be made bigger/clearer?
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