Another thing about the December 30 guide, that was the last day ABC TV telecast live test cricket to country areas. After that VIC TV, WIN, NBN and independent commercial stations in SA and WA took over coverage of the next test match in Sydney.
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IIRC, the ABC commentators did make an acknowledgement of that at the end of play on the 30th, that it was essentially the end of test cricket coverage on ABC television after 30+ years.
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I remember that too, I was watching it with my dad and he said âWell done ABCâ or words to that effect.
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Thought Iâd post this there, was requested in another thread by @Mechsta
RVN/AMV Wagga/Albury and MTN Griffith from December 1989
(a few weeks before aggregation occurred in Southern NSW).
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Thanks for posting. Much appreciated.
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I felt sorry for those living in Albury or Griffith at the time as they are stuck with ABC or Seven to choose from. You can thank Christopher Skase and Paul Ramsay for this! At least Albury viewers and those south they can get Vic TV 6 Shepparton which continued to cherry pick from Seven, Nine and Ten right through to December 31, 1991.
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Via the Canberra Times, the same listings for the aggregated region. Only real difference I see is the kinda baffling dropping of cartoons for Tenâs GMA. I suppose it at least is a point of difference over the ABC.
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And the live action UK sitcom âAndy Cappâ (based on the comic strip) was on Seven/Prime Canberra & Wollongong in the wee small hours of the morning. It didnât last long. RVN/AMV and MTN closed down for the night between midnight and 6am.
Youtube: UK Stand-up, TV and War Archive
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The 1991-92 Boxing Day test actually finished on 29 December
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Todayâs TV: Friday, 23 May 2014
Source: The West Australian, TODAY liftout
Last edition of the ill-fated breakfast show Wake Up on 10 which lasted just over 6 months and was axed due to poor ratings
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The Late News was also axed that evening, only for it to return once again in April last year.
It was never the same without Sandra Sully (and Brad McEwan to an extent), though I do know she had to fill in once in 2014. I did like the 2012-13 magazine format though.
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Wake Up from my memory was filmed at Manly Beach outdoors and never took off
YouTube: South Coast TV
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Correct - and the news segment presented by Nuala Hafner was out of a small glass studio in Federation Square in Melbourne IIRC.
That was Tenâs second attempt to crack the breakfast market, long dominated by Sunrise and Today. They havenât (and probably wonât for the foreseeable future) revisited it since, though they did launch a breakfast news bulletin in the second half of 2022 which didnât rate any better.
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But at 8am, it was never going to work. The latest it should have been on was 7am til 8am followed by Studio 10
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10âs morning line up (from the guide above):
6am: Eyewitness News Early,
6.30am: Wake Up
8.30am: Studio 10
11am: Eyewitness News Morning
Now look at 10âs morning schedule. Repeats. Good Chef Bad Chef. Lingo. Bold and the Beautiful. Deal or no Deal. And plenty more of other repeats.
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Unfortunately, Wake Up was a very expensive operation. It weighed down the network greatly. I remember someone saying the glass window they installed on the set was almost a million dollars.
How times have changed.
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Todayâs TV: Friday, 27 May 2005 - Perth, Australia
Source: The West Australian, TODAY liftout
Primetime on Nine included a Graham Kennedy tribute followed by AFL: Melbourne vs Richmond on delay from what was then Telstra Dome
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Nathan Brown sadly broke his leg in that match.
Also, the Bulldogs vs Cowboys NRL match was played at the old Carrara Stadium, which was later redeveloped into what is now commercially known as People First Stadium.
Since State Of Origin starts tonight, here is a Guide from the âNewcastle Heraldâ for TV coverage of Game 1, 1994.
Coverage started 7.30pm for an 8pm kick off and coverage finished 10.10pm (so 2 hrs 40 mins)
Compare that to tonight, 7pm coverage for an 8.05pm kick off, for an 11pm finish! (4 hours!)
Didnât have one for sometime in the 1980s, but that would have been even shorter than 1994.
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