Canberra did get Star Wars - Return of The Jedi that night.
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I cant remember what aired on that night instead, BUT a few years later there was a charity all stars cricket game featuring Warnie and Alfie Langer that aired on NBN instead of Sydney. programming- it ended early and NBN screened Diagnosis Murder
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Your memory is better than mine! I don’t remember that at all.
The only reason I can think of is that it might have been played in Sydney and was thus subject to blackout provisions in the host city that existed back then?
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I believe it wasnt aired on Nine at all, from memory it was Fox Sports commentators
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1993 is correct.
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That is quite odd for NBN to buy something like that from FOX/Pay TV.
I know they did it for Knights games, but that was more relevant.
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I believe it was just after Galaxy went bust and when Austar *which in 1998 only had around 300,000 subscribers nationally - at the time Austar was the regional Foxtel platform.
Im actually trying to find the exact date - i think the game was played at the Gabba
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I know the one. Yes a Fox Sports telecast. Ian Healy testimonial
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thank you
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With TV Week standardising its program week to be Saturday-Friday across all state issues from the 27 January 1979 edition, the 20 January 1979 issue had listings for more than 7 days in most states. In the case of Victoria, the listings went from 17 January (Wednesday) to 26 January (Friday the following week).
For the Melbourne guide it was just additional pages for each additional day, but for the GLV10 guide at the back of the Melbourne listings, it meant running 10 days of listings over the 2 pages where they normally ran 7 days.
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Its unusual not to see cricket featuring in TV guides in the week or so leading up to Australia Day. Did any of the networks air Cricket in the period leading up to and including Australia Day in January 1979?
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GTV9 had World Series Cricket (day-night games live from SCG) on 17, 21, 22, 23 and 24 January 1979.
ABV2 had Sheffield Shield (VIC vs WA) on 19-22 January from MCG, just 2 hours live and 1/2 hour late night highlights; and a One-Day International (AUS v ENG) from the MCG which was live for the full day on 24 January.
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Did any of the Victorian regionals screen World Series Cricket?
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i don’t have guides for the other Victorian stations but if GLV10 was any indication (and its programming was also in sync with BCV8 and STV8) then it would appear regional stations were not carrying it.
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Not that I remember, but there was one exception, the BCV/GLV8 network (or whatever it was called back then) showed just one WSC day/night game in 1979, it was only the last two hours of play however, but I watched and it was my first taste of day/night cricket on television. In addition they originally scheduled to show the third final of the 1978-79 one day WSC day/night series but it wasn’t required so they showed an old movie instead. As an eleven year old cricket fan I was disappointed. In the country we were stuck with ABC TV’s coverage of the official tests and ODIs. BCV8 also showed ten minutes of footage from a WSC country game (Cavaliers v World XI) at Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval in January 1979 (I was at that game).
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Today’s TV, 23.01.2009, Melbourne, Victoria
Source: The Age Green Guide
2009 Australian Opeon live on Channel 7.
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on ABC TV:
- Ampol Master of Champions Lawn Bowls 1981
- BP Desert Rally
- P&O Sydney Cup Ten Pin Bowling
can’t use sponsors’ names on programmes on ABC TV these days, on radio ABC presenters are not allowed to mention sponsors’ names on stadiums eg. Marvel Stadium = Docklands.
And National Star Quest, a talent quest show which I think was made at the studios of BTV6 Ballarat and screened across regional stations.
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I think it’s more a case of there’s no sport broadcast on ABC these days. I do recall fairly recently ISPD Handa and RACV getting their money’s worth from golf sponsorship and Westfield for the W league.
Back in the 90s if a sport had naming rights and was broadcast by the ABC they didn’t hold back. Winfield Cup and Pepsi/Hyundai Hopman being the obvious ones, but I recall for golf tournaments they’d even change their graphics , blue for the Ford Open, Red for the Cannon Challenge and even menthol green for the Alpine ladies masters golf.
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