Trying to extend news/talk format past midday. Had This Afternoon succeeded, it would have probably been extended to 3pm-5.30pm and they would have brought back The Midday Show from 12pm-3pm to finish the rest of daytime off.
Here’s another one that was erased from memory 
Nine got rid of The Young and the Restless for that garbage. Meanwhile The Young and the Restless continues to thrive on Foxtel.
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I agree - Mark Ferguson really shouldn’t be anchoring a news bulletin.[/quote]Oh, Seven begs to differ! 
Ahh, THISafternoon…now there’s a show Nine would definitely rather forget ever happened. Breakfast TV-type programming in the 4.30pm-5.30pm timeslot, what could possibly go wrong?!
I believe that Mark Ferguson’s defection to Seven was announced either just before the first episode went to air or within the first few days, which lead to this rather awkward moment of television at the end of THISafternoon’s first week:
Does anyone know when the ABC switched from VHF to UHF in regional NSW? I can’t remember now if I switched to 5A or to U to watch the ABC in Wollongong in the mid-90s (around 1995).
The fact that ABC was on 5A would also explain why it was programmed to channel 5 when we upgraded TVs in 1996. I could never figure that out, and why people in metropolitan areas called it channel 2!
My understanding is that in Wollongong both WIN and ABC switched to UHF sometime around 1989 or 90, after aggregation happened.
4 and 5A in Wollongong were long gone by 1991 from memory.
I can always remember it being 5A in Newcastle when I was growing up many years ago. We called it Channel 5.
Well it was Channel 5 until about 1976 or 77 
And curiously, here in Newcastle, ABC was simulcast on 5A and UHF 48 from 1991 through to anologue switch off in late 2011.
48 was launched as NBN were also supposed to move over to UHF 51 in the early 90s which never happened. As we know, the ACMA (then ABA) wanted VHF Channels 3, 4 and 5 for FM radio, but NBN fought to keep Channel 3 in court and won.
Meaning we STILL have an absolute mess on the FM dial here, particularly between 94-98 MHz.
I think you meant 2012.
You’re right… The years go by so quick now it’s hard to keep up!
on what basis was NBN deemed to be allowed to stay on Channel 3?
Not sure what the court’s reasoning was based on.
Now that I think about it, my (long missing) VHS of Australia Live 1988 had several ads from Win Television advising of the upcoming switch to UHF. They included a short instructional on how to tune to the new frequency on various television sets.
The ads ended with the text in the WIN TV logo at the time replaced with the letters “UHF”, which would suggest the conversion was well into the swing of things by the early 90s.
Does anyone remember a WIN slogan “listen to our pictures”? I recorded the audio on FM one year when WIN TV switched on stereo sound for the first time.
Is this why NBN was able to be heard on FM or is there another reason for it?
That’s exactly why because Channel 3 overlapped with the FM radio band. I used to be able to hear Channel 3 (ABC) from Shepparton on the FM radio when away on holidays and Channel 4 (ABC) from Gippsland when at home. Also once listened to Channel 4 (Prime) from Albury when driving back from Canberra to Melbourne. FYI It’s very hard to play along with Wheel Of Fortune when you can’t see where the letters are
Yes - channels 3, 4 and 5 were in the FM Band range. The primary audio frequency for NBN 3 was 91.75 (the vision frequency was 86.25). WIN 4 would have been 95.25 vision and 100.75 primary sound. Some stations were offset from these frequencies so as not to interfere. IIRC ABNT 3 Launceston could be heard on 92.75 (though I’m not 100% sure).
Is there any particular reason why Channel 5 was not used much in Australia. There were heaps of channel 3 and 4 stations but IIRC channel 5 was only used a few times, e.g. ABC in Bunbury and ABC in Newcastle (up until 1977) and I think GTS4 in South Australia had a translator on Channel 5. Not sure if there were many others?
Channel 5A seemed to be used a lot more often than Channel 5.
Apparently Channel 5 was reserved for a proposed Geelong commercial station which never eventuated, as the area could receive all three Melbourne stations clear as a bell.
