The Power House Museum had an exhibition on the 1980s about 10 years ago, and had a small section on news events of the decade. I recall Richard Palfreyman’s report being projected on one of the screens - I think he was one of the ABC’s US correspondents in 1986? Not sure if they did anything in the way of breaking news as it would have been quite early the morning of the 29th, right?
I don’t recall any live coverage as such, just coverage in news breaks throughout the day.
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There was no live coverage. That was left to the major news bulletins that night. There were late night extra news bulletins. As seen in Brisbane:
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Kuwait City was liberated 28 Feb / 27 Feb US time - 30 years ago.
Interesting clip from 40 years ago today. SBS (0/28) World News coverage of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
Clip starts with a countdown clock to news at 7.30pm. Newsreader is George Donikian
YouTube: Malcolm Farnsworth
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It looks like Malcolm has uploaded multiple networks’ coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt for the 40th anniversary.
ATV10:
GTV9:
ABV2:
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You can see why Brian Naylor was so popular. His pattern of speech demands your attention and he oozes authority. Too many newsreaders today seem to have a slow and deliberate rhythm they stick to no matter the urgency of the information being delivered.
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it was unfortunate that while he was taping Channel Nine that he couldn’t tape Channel Seven at the same time. Would have liked to see Seven’s coverage as that was our usual TV news choice at the time.
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Peter Overton seems to exhibit quite a bit of this from what I’ve seen of him.
Peter Hitchener’s style on the other hand is very similar to Naylor’s style.
To a certain extent I’d probably say Peter Overton’s newsreading style is inspired by that of his mentor and Sydney’s most iconic ever TV newsreader - Brian Henderson.
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Yes. However, Brian Henderson couldn’t ad-lib and needed to read the prepared script. Overton can anchor without a script.
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Also great to see some vintage Jana Wendt in that 10 clip - brilliant anchoring with DJ.
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He uttered some pretty funny quips at times when things went wrong and when crossing back and forth to Gibbo and Kenny. I agree he wouldn’t have been adept at providing information off the cuff or filling time during rolling news coverage in the way today’s news presenters are expected to.
I miss Jana. It’s a crying shame she never anchored a flagship news bulletin after her time at ATV. A few typos with names in the Ten report. It’s Hinckley, not Hinkley and a reporter was credited as Ken Body when his surname is Bodie. Nice cross promotion for GMA shoe horned in there, also.
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Also feels like they all read at a much quicker pace in those clips than we would expect today?
The only Melbourne news anchor who reads at a similar pace today is Alicia Loxley.
Nice to know that typos in captions are not just a current day trend.
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Multi-channel coverage of the inaugural flight of the Space Shuttle Program STS-1.
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The launch of Apollo 12 the second manned mission to land humans on the moon
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25 years ago today Port Arthur.
ACA with Ray Martin in Tasmania
Nightline live from Port Arthur anchored by Jim Waley with the first story by Hugh Riminton.
Seven
NBC Today - first report.
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