# National Nine News 2006-2008

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**Category:** Nine\
**Created:** [October 18, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992 "2016-10-18T02:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/1 "2016-10-18T02:13:26Z")

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**This graphics package was a major overhaul for Nine’s news service. Done were they with their traditional globe motif in favour of a flying billboard flying through various city skylines.This is also the first time that Nine Gold Coast News uses the same style of opening and graphics as it’s capital city counterparts. Sets during this era became more noticeable as well, even if they still maintained a sense of simplicity, unlike what was happening on the other 2 commercial networks. In early 2007, the Queensland news desk was changed slightly to appear more like the Sydney desk, whereas Melbourne went out for something completely different. Changing their stylish glass top desk in favour of a wooden design and ditching their live shot in favour of a blue background with various imposed images of landmarks.**

## **Opening Title Cards**

\<img src="/uploads/default/original/2X/2/22fb3c513cada18bf28f4580cd38af7d299f56b5.png" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News National Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/d/df3000c3959232eb25952252080156a0f74fe4e2.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Sydney Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/5/50541bc53b34da97c79b2432ebc3b0fd85275b99.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Melbourne Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05a1da0c74fb51812f6c96f11c3b9329298e4b73.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Queensland Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/8/823ee1be42373af84e4334111b7e2774b8c39858.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Adelaide Opening Title Card” \>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/9/99783db6a681e7dc668ae912966f66dedd03ebc4.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Perth Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2713ecedc62a5bdd15bc47ad77e6176a38b90622.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“National Nine News Darwin Opening Title Card”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b0b4a1f909680fff2ea48b5e399958289e20ff91.jpg" width=“400” height="300"title=“Nine Gold Coast News Opening Title Card”\>

## **Sets**

\<img src="/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1544c9421bb8ed1b3143796ae1c8b9849850542c.JPG" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Sydney”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/6/64a37e2ab9626989bb07193daa5eb69374f8ec83.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Melbourne 2006”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/9/92c5c41df4b8ede232a787ff0442a27d6f597033.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Melbourne 2007”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6dc58c6d4eff5849440052263435391bbdff35b1.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Brisbane 2006”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c7a6fea7e4cd6dd256d248e01df7d3cb6c9639d8.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Adelaide 2007”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/5/50532d958a889d7535d1b0bf4a42ef2a6d3ee926.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Perth 2006”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ed29c8b42df2565826cf820d5d125d4d8aad03ec.jpg" width=“400” height="300"title=“Darwin”\>

## **On Screen Graphics**

\<img src="/uploads/default/original/2X/0/06572458c249ce579d2aab26616ab40e2b796b05.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Morning News OTS and presenter super”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e0209498e23f5b8577c30108bf4536d755b66beb.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Melbourne promo strap”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9e1037d05aa1902d94f305b35b2ba2c9e1f4bbcc.jpg" width=“400” height=“300"title=“Adelaide OTS and presenter super”\>\<img src=”/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b814061258a3d646b62fa2b22a1dbf07de2e7ebd.jpg" width=“400” height="300"title=“Perth Plasma OTS”\>

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**Author:** ![AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aussietv/32/319185_2.png) [@AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AussieTV)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/2 "2019-07-14T08:18:24Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Feb8E4slo)

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**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:** [November 10, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/3 "2019-11-10T10:47:32Z")

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Various caps of National Nine News Perth - Sunday 7/1/2007:

 ![NNNPerth07012007](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/c/3c6fc2c16d9ef18f6d3f6d80e27b23c01eaa384f.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h40m58s023](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/e/fee8e281cb14060928aa6d920cbfbd7f5c766307.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h41m26s328](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/9/893abfd53fb8ea115a0b85d5f2fbe64d21e9e2ca.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h41m47s772](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/2/62325deb4f81f732d45d04f843708746dbbb2f4b.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m02s077](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/9/b91fd896cff291ea5dbe59fc770a12a3c8919e1d.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m09s786](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/4/240b03cf55b28cdbd4731834312069e3e5f3c29f.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m19s011](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/2/32f069f2d033e7bd6dbea681ea4aee29ad601c98.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m27s330](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/b/db4df74bd4c8bce8b0b9bad8faffb507754f9bad.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m32s164](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/4/847069cbf0c2ce58daf376768931abda087998e1.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m40s268](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/7/07c4463b4fc2de1913dae416ada27b7db76db20b.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h42m46s699](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/8/48c5d15f91f6db7446655dc91b550d32da40106d.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h43m00s119](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/9/59c3440d9bba5bd1a165b81fb14f7cf52ad506cd.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h43m04s621](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/b/5b9580e4c683702d6a7ff4993e71e401fb5772b9.png)  
 ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h43m14s305](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/6/c665c63c4fcf5c1861f28f7aaaf2be8c7610c019.png) ![ZampakidCap-2019-11-10-21h43m23s382](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/c/ece1aebc87b868006c7c8c6a48a571501b6f1b46.png)

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**Author:** ![T-Mac](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@T-Mac](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/T-Mac)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/4 "2019-11-11T02:44:29Z")

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Anyone know who the sports presenter is?

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**Author:** ![Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Super_SC)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/5 "2019-11-11T03:07:22Z")

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It looks like Bob Harnett.

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**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:** [November 11, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/6 "2019-11-11T11:46:00Z")

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Look at those Petrol prices.

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**Author:** ![Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aurora/32/249208_2.png) [@Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Aurora)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/7 "2019-11-11T23:48:23Z")

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Not sure what has happened to Wade’s initial post. Now a jumble of code.

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**Author:** ![Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/wade/32/12774_2.png) [@Wade](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Wade)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/8 "2019-11-12T00:11:44Z")

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You and me both and I’ve lost the original files too 😕

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**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:** [November 27, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/9 "2019-11-27T06:17:40Z")

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Morning News 29/3/2006:

 ![NNMorningNews290306](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/d/bdadcbfb4cfa158e94fb18d1107e7ed8cf6c9acf.png)  

[https://ia600909.us.archive.org/13/items/NationalNineMorningNewsPartialBulletin29.3.2006/National%20Nine%20Morning%20News%20-%20Partial%20Bulletin%2029.3.2006.mp4](https://ia600909.us.archive.org/13/items/NationalNineMorningNewsPartialBulletin29.3.2006/National%20Nine%20Morning%20News%20-%20Partial%20Bulletin%2029.3.2006.mp4)

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**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:** [November 27, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/10 "2019-11-27T09:08:17Z")

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Nine News Melbourne changed their theme back to Cool Hand Luke a few weeks after viewer backlash from the remixed version which wasn’t liked by Melburnians

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**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:** [November 27, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/11 "2019-11-27T13:07:03Z")

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If anyone can find a video of NNN Melbourne using that theme it would be absolute gold.

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**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/12 "2019-12-01T02:32:24Z")

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…and that saw them take out the Melbourne news wars winning 24 weeks to Seven’s 16 weeks.

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**Author:** ![anthony78977](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/anthony78977/32/77065_2.png) [@anthony78977](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/anthony78977)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/13 "2019-12-01T06:43:20Z")

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I’ve always wondered if that was true or not, or maybe it was because the news staff didn’t like it. I wonder what kind of complaints Nine received from viewers if there were any.

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**Author:** ![Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Super\_SC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Super_SC)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/14 "2019-12-09T09:51:16Z")

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Taken via Channel 9 Perth on 14 January 2008

 ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/2/727fbad5af4c979c126cfb5f15e7903295894e3e.jpeg)  
What is interesting was that instead of Perth’s Chris Brown’s voiceover intro, they had Ken Sparkes doing the vo for NNN Perth in 2008.

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**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:** [May 21, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/15 "2020-05-21T02:56:56Z")

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Sydney Updates 15/7/2006:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eV2fmKCZgoo/hqdefault.jpg "National Nine News Sydney - 7:20pm Update (15.7.2006)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV2fmKCZgoo)
  

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rupHFvXY5VA/hqdefault.jpg "National Nine News Sydney - Weather in a Flash (15.7.2006)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rupHFvXY5VA)

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**Author:** ![Brayden\_Courtney](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/brayden_courtney/32/120949_2.png) [@Brayden\_Courtney](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brayden_Courtney)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/16 "2022-10-01T02:27:32Z")

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Hey Zampakid, when did National Nine News Adelaide launch their own graphics when the Cowbell themed music was still playing when it was launched on Monday January 30th 2006?

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**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/17 "2023-02-07T21:57:13Z")

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> [@Seven News and Current Affairs](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/seven-news-and-current-affairs/10530/495):
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> Bruce Paige and Heather Foord on weeknights and Melissa Downes on weekends.

They were unbeatable in the ratings in 2006; Brisbane was National Nine News’ strongest performing market that year with only a handful of weeks lost.

But when weatherman John Schluter quit just short of 25 years with the network, sports presenter Wally Lewis had to take sick leave to treat his epilepsy condition, and BTQ poached Sharyn Ghidella (who was then reading the news on Nine’s _Today_ show, following in the footsteps of another Seven defector in Ian Ross) to read its weekend news, QTQ’s news ratings went south of BTQ’s for the first time in two decades.

By 2008 QTQ would crash to not winning a single news ratings week, and Heather Foord decided to step down to spend more time with her family (though was also appointed presenter of _Extra_), prompting Melissa Downes’ promotion to weeknights alongside Bruce Paige.

Around this time Andrew Lofthouse was poached from the ABC and was appointed weekend co-presenter with Eva Milic. Then when Paige “retired” (I say this in quotes because he didn’t strictly retire, but instead decided to scale back his duties) in mid-2009, Lofthouse stepped up to the weeknight chair with Downes.

Like Peter Overton in Sydney, both Lofthouse and Downes endured a rough start being up against Kay and Rod on Seven (like how Overton was up against Roscoe) but they quietly started to build ratings and by 2013 QTQ would be back on top.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_TV7](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tom\_TV7](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tom_TV7)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/18 "2023-02-08T09:46:39Z")

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> [@Avatar5991](#):
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> They were unbeatable in the ratings in 2006; Brisbane was National Nine News’ strongest performing market that year with only a handful of weeks lost.
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> But when weatherman John Schluter quit just short of 25 years with the network, sports presenter Wally Lewis had to take sick leave to treat his epilepsy condition, and BTQ poached Sharyn Ghidella (who was then reading the news on Nine’s _Today_ show, following in the footsteps of another Seven defector in Ian Ross) to read its weekend news, QTQ’s news ratings went south of BTQ’s for the first time in two decades.
> 
> By 2008 QTQ would crash to not winning a single news ratings week, and Heather Foord decided to step down to spend more time with her family (though was also appointed presenter of _Extra_), prompting Melissa Downes’ promotion to weeknights alongside Bruce Paige.
> 
> Around this time Andrew Lofthouse was poached from the ABC and was appointed weekend co-presenter with Eva Milic. Then when Paige “retired” (I say this in quotes because he didn’t strictly retire, but instead decided to scale back his duties) in mid-2009, Lofthouse stepped up to the weeknight chair with Downes.
> 
> Like Peter Overton in Sydney, both Lofthouse and Downes endured a rough start being up against Kay and Rod on Seven (like how Overton was up against Roscoe) but they quietly started to build ratings and by 2013 QTQ would be back on top.

Yes I believe everyone is well and truly aware of how everything unfolded in those years. No need to keep repeating it every time someone mentions it.

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**Author:** ![Brayden\_Courtney](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/brayden_courtney/32/120949_2.png) [@Brayden\_Courtney](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brayden_Courtney)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/19 "2023-02-09T05:20:04Z")

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Georgina McGuinness Presented a National 9News Update for Adelaide Sponsored by the Bank of SA during a Nightly Movie on Saturday October 7th 2006.

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**Author:** ![AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aussietv/32/319185_2.png) [@AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AussieTV)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/national-nine-news-2006-2008/1992/20 "2023-02-12T11:24:25Z")

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**Channel Nine Melbourne**  
_Wednesday 15 February 2006_

[**National Nine News Update With Peter Hitchener**](https://youtu.be/89LB08O4c3k)

 ![vlcsnap-2023-02-12-18h04m43s070](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/d/5/8/d581a0b0b42d6504aee7dcb9d3e73067d53b521c.jpeg)

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> [@Channel Nine - January, 2006-May, 2006 (Original Dotless) On-Air Presentation](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/channel-nine-january-2006-may-2006-original-dotless-on-air-presentation/4388):
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> Original Package - 30.1.2006 Channel Nine Melbourne [Wednesday 15 February 2006](https://youtu.be/Ca36PCFW8vQ)[Lineup - Toni Pearen](https://youtu.be/P8EIFBlmh7E) Promos

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