Weren’t they all the same? I can’t remember either. Nothing on youtube
I know Disney Adventures which aired in the afternoon in the 90s had the same or similar theme. Sadly that intro is also not on youtube.
I believe the morning schedule might of changed between the lineup in 2001 and the launch of Kerri-Anne in Late 2002/Early 2003. I can remember watching Hi-5 sometime between 9am-10:30am in Early 2002. It wasn’t just WIN who was airing it either, because the Nine endboard appeared after the end of the show.
The ABC in Queensland must have got a bulk-buy discount on that art deco lettering - this is from Mt Mowbullan (Darling Downs main transmitter site)
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And it looks like someone has given both a coat of paint. someone Amazingly the Mt Coot-tha sign included full stops after the A, B and Q!
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With Saturday Disney’s last episode coming up on September 24, here’s the classic closing credits theme that I basically associate with Saturday morning (but somehow I don’t remember how the opening theme went?)[/quote]Ah, the memories!! Waking up early (and waking up my parents to their displeasure! 
) every Saturday morning. 
I’m pretty sure I have a recording of two separate closers from the early-mid '90s and an opener from the early 2000s somewhere still. When I get a chance I’ll see if I can find them.
Interesting use of You Tube sourced material despite the claim “Nine Network’s vast archives”.
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The first one I saw was 25 Years Of Television. But I was about 9 years old at the time and it originally went to air on a Sunday night in February 1981, but Nine repeated it on 16 September which was a Wednesday. So being on school nights and years before a VCR I never got to really see the show other than about the first half an hour. It was many years later someone put the full show on YouTube.
I don’t think Seven (in Melbourne, anyway) did anything for its 25th anniversary, either the ABC. Although ABC did do some big specials for the 50th anniversary of the broader ABC in 1982 which of course covered television.
I reckon Studio 10’s special this morning has put Nine to shame… and it was Nine’s birthday. In years and management gone by they would have made the biggest noise about a big birthday. Now they barely acknowledge it.
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My recollection of most o these specials was how network-centric they were. For example, you wouldn’t see Homicide or Mavis Bramston mentioned on 9’s 25 year special, you had to wait for Seven’s where it was Graham who? 
Most of them were like that although I do recall the 35 years special, which was one of Graham Kennedy’s last hosting appearances for Channel 9, which did feature programs from other channels like Prisoner, Number 96 and Neighbours.
Channel 7’s 40 years of television in 1996 featured other networks as well IIRC.
To be honest I don’t even recall Seven’s 50th anniversary special other than it was hosted by Mel and Kochie. But I don’t remember anything that was on it??!
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I believe that Seven’s 50th anniversary special was “TV Turns 50” where they counted down the Top 20 TV moments over 50 years or something like that.
I don’t think HSV did any special program on a local scale until 2005 when they made Made In Melbourne, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the government issuing the Herald and Weekly Times the licence to operate a TV station which happened in April 1955.
Then they did a follow up in 2006 with Studio One which was a lot of recycling from Made In Melbourne including the host John Wood.
Although they did do a local special in 1975 on the eve of the conversion to colour television.
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As seen in this clip. I thought it odd at the time that Nine used Kylie Mole as the presenter of a segment considering the Sunday night rivalry that existed.
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The Comedy Company had well and truly passed by this stage. Kylie Mole wasn’t a threat to 60 Minutes anymore 
Now that TV is 60 years and one day old… here is a double-page advert that appeared in B&T magazine the week after TCN9 launched.
It would seem that TV station branding was still a science to be figured out as this ad shows one logo but elsewhere in the same magazine the logo was this:
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What made anyone a “star” back then? Wouldn’t everyone have been more or less totally unknown - regardless of US success - with the exception of anyone with a film career?
Did they do things like screening episodes in Cinemas or otherwise find ways to get people to think they were missing something by not having a television? How do you convince someone they want to watch a TV program when they’ve never watched TV?
Or did shop windows do the job of selling people on TV and just the novelty of pictures in your house did enough?
I reckon just the pure novelty of television would be enough of a selling point, rather than the programs. Although people like Lucille Ball and the Disney characters would have been familiar to Australians. And a lot of local radio names went over to TV so there is familiarity there too.
Did ever Seven ever carry a Saturday Afternoon AFL game live in Melbourne? the only time i’d say was when Victoria Park closed in 99 with Drew Morphett as the host/main caller(Brisbane was the other team) They’ve done Finals live though on Saturdays before, like in 2001.