Found some more MTN Television stuff
So obviously at one stage MTN did have a full brand seeing all those promos, although I don’t recall that font being used by Nine, must have been clean, although if so, I don’t understand why they’d use the cover-up when elsewhere they used the clean version.
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I assume that’d be where they are using generic promos for a show, vs ones they are just covering up a WIN promo for when they are weekly shows or one off specials where they’d be using a unique promo.
Kinda amusing now thinking about another station covering up a WIN logo, rather than the other way around…
Thanks for the caps @Zampakid - nice to see more of the odd local presentation.
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Who owned MTN at this point, was it WIN?
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It was still owned by Associated Media Investments (AMI) during that period. WIN then bought MTN and AMN in 1998.
source: https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/Investigation%20into%20control%20-%20Associated%20Media%20Investments%20Pty%20Ltd_DMG%20Regional%20Radio%20Pty%20Ltd.pdf (page 12)
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That PRG is reminiscent of RTS5A’s 1986 effort.
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Here’s an MTN News bulletin from 1992
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Another MTN9 bulletin from 1990, note the nine dots logo there, must have been new at that stage. Cuts off during the sport segment.
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The Theme used for the MTN Regional News is called Good News by Keith Mansfield.
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Interesting that MTN were still using scripts as late as 1992.
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I’m not surprised given it’s one of the smallest broadcast areas around. When did all other regional stations switch to autocues?
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MTN-9 1979 ID. The music in this ID was In the Hall of the Mountain King.
ID starts at 8:06.
More MTN 9 Presentation from late 1970’s. - YouTube
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Lmao, they couldn’t have found more mundane footage to pair with that piece of music if they tried!
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I was half expecting someone to start sneaking up on people set to the music. Like a creepy sex pest. 
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On the subject of that “I Am” promo…what was Ed Phillips doing on Nine back in 1994-95 to get a spot in it?
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A “Pot of Gold” revival, if Wikipedia is any indication.
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I wonder if they dug Bernard King out of retirement for that one
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no they didn’t