Not sure how familiar viewers were with their ABC call-signs. They probably knew one way or another.
I’m not well acqainted with some of the logistics around ABC’s SA regional stations around this time. My understanding (which may stand to be corrected) is that the whole state got a single “regional” news bulletin, but I’ve not got any evidence of that.
As for Alice Springs, when ABAD7 began in 1972, programming was sourced on tape delivered from Adelaide and aired 7-days later, so viewers only got a trimmed down schedule of around 7-8 hours a day. And to avoid Alice Springs viewers seeing 7-day old news, according to the ABC’s 1972-73 annual report, TV news bulletins were simply a re-broadcast of the local ABC radio news. I think there was some discussion around these forums that eventually provision was made to have TV news and current affairs delivered express from Adelaide to avoid viewers watching week-old news or having to “watch” radio news on the TV.
My understanding is that by the 1980s, ABAD7 became a relay from ABS2, Adelaide, while ABD6, Darwin, became a relay of ABQ2, Brisbane, but had ability to insert its own news.
ABV2
6.00 Rage (cont’d)
8.00 Outlook Conference 1990 highlights
9.00 Soccer: 1989/90 NSL highlights
10.00 Play Sport: Roller Skating
10.25 Gymnastic: Konica Men’s Parallel Bars
10.30 My Favorite Martian
11.00 Worship Sunday (from Hobart)
12.00 Compass “Papa Wojtyla” (conclusion)
1.00 Sunday Afternoon: Summer Edition
5.00 Soccer: 1989/90 NSL highlights
6.00 News
6.30 Aaron’s Way (final)
7.20 Come and Get It
7.30 Visionaries “Declaration of a Heretic”
8.25 News
8.30 Sunday Stereo Special “La Traviata”
10.15 Call Me Mister
11.10 Ray Bradbury Theatre “There Was an Old Woman”
11.40 sign-off
HSV7
6.00 Fantastic Four
6.30 Super Sunday Show
7.30 Tripods
8.00 Butterfly Island
8.30 Saturdee
9.00 Sportsworld
12.00 Movie “The Black Knight”
2.00 Davis Cup: Australia v. France (round 1, from Perth)
6.00 News
6.30 Disneyland’s All Star Comedy Circus
7.30 One More Audience with Dame Edna
8.30 Movie “At Close Range”
10.50 The Oldest Rookie
12.00 NBC Today on Sunday
1.30 NBC Meet the Press
2.00 Manhunt Crime Stoppers
3.35 People’s Court
4.00 Knightwatch (short-lived 1988 drama)
5.00 Hot Shots
GTV9
5.55 Kenneth Copeland
6.55 Turn 'Round Australia
7.20 Point of View
7.30 Christian Television Association
8.00 Same Game, Different Rules
9.00 Movie “Living Free”
10.50 Cricket: Australia v. Pakistan (3rd test, from the SCG)
1.00 Ten Pin Bowling: 1989 Goldpin Coca-Cola Classic
1.30 Cricket: Australia v. Pakistan (cont’d)
6.00 News
6.30 Brian Boitano: Canvas of Ice
7.30 Mississippi (part 2; Jacques Cousteau documentary)
8.30 Movie “Smokey and the Bandit”
10.30 News
10.35 Cricket: Australia v. Pakistan highlights
11.05 Gleason: The Great One
1.05 Movie “Cave In”
2.55 Movie “Between Two Worlds”
5.00 Alliss Down Under
5.30 The Young Doctors (repeat)
ATV10
6.00 Bionic Six
6.30 Mass for You at Home
7.00 Down Under Show
8.00 Walsh Report
9.00 Video Hits
12.00 Movie “Rhapsody in Blue”
2.50 Space Ace
3.00 Iron Man: War on Water (from Sydney)
6.00 News
6.30 The Wizard
7.30 Benny Hill
8.30 Vietnam (repeat of the 1987 mini-series; return)
11.30 Iron Man: War on Water (highlights)
12.30 Entertainment This Week
1.30 Law & Harry McGraw
2.30 Movie “The Eagle and the Bear”
4.00 Legwork
5.00 Dallas
SBS
1pm Italia News
1.30 Italian Soccer: 1989/90 First Division highlights
2.30 Little Missy (Brazil)
3.15 International Cookbook
3.30 Nasser (British documentary)
4.30 Call of the Jitterbug (US documentary)
5.10 Ireland: A Television History
6.30 SBS World News
7.00 The Planets (UK; final)
7.30 The Day the Universe Changed
8.30 Goya (Spanish drama; final)
10.30 Puccini (dramatised documentary; UK)
12.30 sign-off
Ten’s first coverage from the Winter Olympics which included a preview of (the next night)’s Big Bash League final between the Hobart Hurricanes and Perth Scorchers and coverage of qualifiers for the first event on Ten, called Sochi’s Big Bash, averaged 305,000 viewers from 8.30pm until midnight. The Block tops the night as Ten kicks off Sochi coverage - Mumbrella
I think it was a segment devoted to health and wellness topics, hosted by Dr Andrew Rochford, and kept separate from the “main” Studio 10 show. I don’t believe that it lasted very long.
And the highly popular “Wake Up” aired on Ten then too in 2014…
Good to see that Ten’s Morning News was still in the mix in 2014. A shame its not on these days, and Ten only has the 5pm News (yes, i know that there are currently regular news updates throughout the 4 hours of Studio 10, but its not the same).
