# General TV History **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137 "2015-12-28T06:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bluenoser](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bluenoser/32/30321_2.png) [@Bluenoser](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Bluenoser)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/67 "2016-02-06T18:59:49Z")
Ironically enough, CNN now mainly sources Australian material from either Seven or Sky News… ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/68 "2016-02-14T06:02:18Z")
I’m sure this will get a mention on tonight’s news - 14 Feb 1966, 50 years since the introduction of decimal currency - that was the first day that decimal currency was able to be used. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/69 "2016-02-14T06:56:41Z")
> [@TV.Cynic](#): > > I’m sure this will get a mention on tonight’s news - 14 Feb 1966, 50 years since the introduction of decimal currency - that was the first day that decimal currency was able to be used. Interested to see from the NFSA this clip of footage from the archives, courtesy of ATV0: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/igeGD4lIfgY/maxresdefault.jpg "Decimal currency change-over, Eyewitness News (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igeGD4lIfgY) ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/70 "2016-02-16T11:24:39Z")
Continuing from the _Molly_ thread > [@Molly](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/molly/586/34): > > While ‘Shirls Neighbourhood’ (which was mentioned in the mini series) was a Channel 7 program, it actually aired on QTQ 9 in Brisbane. > [@Molly](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/molly/586/35): > > and Channel 10 in Adelaide. I assume BTQ7 in Brisbane knocked it back because they were already producing Wombat. > [/quote][quote=“WATV, post:36, topic:586, full:true”] > It was shown on Tvw 7 in Perth > [/quote][quote=“Xenawarriortv, post:40, topic:586, full:true”] > Oh thank for the clarification TVWest! > [/quote][quote=“spw68, post:41, topic:586, full:true”] > Yes I thnk so, and there was some deal where 7 showed Family Feud which was made by 9 at the time. It seemed like straight swap. _Family Feud_ was initially a TVW7 production (for Reg Grundy) in Perth and had been sold to ADS7 in Adelaide and BTQ7 in Brisbane. But then the Nine Network took over production of the show, moving it to GTV9 in Melbourne, which saw _Family Feud_ screen on Nine in Sydney and Melbourne but from the previous deals continued to air on Seven in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. (And at the time TVW7 was still independent of any specific network affiliation) ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/71 "2016-02-17T05:13:18Z")
Kinda like how Fat Cat and Friends started out as a Channel 10 production (SAS10) but then moved to 7 in the late eighties. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/72 "2016-02-17T05:45:40Z")
> [@Tane04](#): > > Kinda like how Fat Cat and Friends started out as a Channel 10 production (SAS10) but then moved to 7 in the late eighties. Well no, not like it at all, that was a different situation brought about by changes of ownership and affiliation. ---
**Author:** ![Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tane04/32/348677_2.png) [@Tane04](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tane04)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/73 "2016-02-17T11:37:35Z")
Well, my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/zampakid/32/270066_2.png) [@Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Zampakid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/74 "2016-02-21T04:31:19Z")
Prime Local News Illawarra Partial Bulletin 1st April 1998. ---
**Author:** ![mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/mubd)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/75 "2016-02-29T13:34:11Z")
This would be a 1972ish ABC TV slide. Quite rare to find stuff like this, I’d imagine. ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/28cfd2a37d5b45c34370e52405528ad88a51796c.png) Taken from here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTrycJH4Ms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTrycJH4Ms) ---
**Author:** ![Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/zampakid/32/270066_2.png) [@Zampakid](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Zampakid)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/76 "2016-03-05T11:53:03Z")
Caps of Prime Local News Illawarra from 1999. ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/07fbb34dbadb851e05081180200c1cc22ceba4a5.png) ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/df7f35ed0369d720e64cef6baf69378434f78f17.png) ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a96f8334bacc23b043123a9d56728e459687aaef.png) ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/77 "2016-03-07T07:15:04Z")
On this day 11 years ago, ABC2 launched becoming the first multichannel to be broadcast on Australian television and heralding the multichannel era. Some idents from ABC2 when it first launched Sydney Storms Suburb The famous Big 2 ident Family Dish Motorbikes Highway Forest Rodeo Outback Industry Birds ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/78 "2016-03-07T08:23:37Z")
> [@BigVic](#): > > On this day 11 years ago, ABC2 launched becoming the first multichannel to be broadcast on Australian television and heralding the multichannel era. Actually it was beaten by Fly TV/ABC Kids which ran from 2001 to 2003, and the SBS World News Channel which began in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/79 "2016-03-07T10:25:44Z")
In those idents, its obvious that they were going for a similar thing to the BBC Two’s ‘2’. I always hated ABC2’s original look. It was interesting how they started off Breakfast on 2 all those years ago. I feel like a similar decision made nowadays would be criticised for being a waste of resources, considering back in 07 barely anyone knew ABC2 existed. ---
**Author:** ![CQtvNetwork](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/cqtvnetwork/32/92_2.png) [@CQtvNetwork](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/CQtvNetwork)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/80 "2016-03-07T11:15:24Z")
RTQ Newswatch (now WIN News Central Queensland) bulletin that aired 16 months prior to aggregation. Newsreader is Bruce Diamond, sport with Gary Foale and weather with Cathy Miller, who I’m guessing was Peter Byrne’s predecessor. Interesting to note the use of Nine’s Cool Hand Luke theme. ---
**Author:** ![sammy123](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sammy123/32/25162_2.png) [@sammy123](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/sammy123)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/81 "2016-03-08T07:28:50Z")
Seven Nightly News Melbourne (1989) with Glenn Taylor and Jennifer Keyte. ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/82 "2016-03-08T13:30:38Z")
> [@sammy123](#): > > Seven Nightly News Back in the day when I used to care about such things, I was never a fan of that _Seven Nightly News_ opening title. I liked the previous one (a Melbourne version of the one below) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUJZetmB25w&t=7s) YouTube: AustralianTVFan ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/moe/32/398912_2.png) [@Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/83 "2016-03-08T14:01:16Z")
> [@TelevisionAU](#): > > (a Melbourne version of the one below) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kcpkSB7NNHM/hqdefault.jpg "Seven Nightly News Melbourne Openers | 1988-2000") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcpkSB7NNHM&t=19s) Interesting that you’d probably not use any of those skyline shots in a similar opener today. I’d probably pan across the front of Flinders Street Station, and then the Eureka tower, and finally end on a shot of the Montague Street Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Herb](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/herb/32/315634_2.png) [@Herb](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Herb)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/84 "2016-03-08T14:06:50Z")
Seven seemed to be going through some bad titles back then. I think this is from 1990. ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e5282d7bda8841016b7b234ba6d28ec0264bd0a8.jpg) ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0417b8a92f4d150b75c475d0e54ec5997183554d.jpg) ![](https://forums.mediaspy.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5f5c2e4f2a3fbe2bcb4c427de2a10068f1d50c9c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AlanCramer](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/alancramer/32/377314_2.png) [@AlanCramer](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AlanCramer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/85 "2016-03-08T20:16:14Z")
At least it’s not comic sans ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137/86 "2016-03-09T00:06:12Z")
Oh wow, even for Early '90s standards those graphics look more like something from a regional station rather than a major metro market like Melbourne! [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-tv-history/137.md?page=5)