On This Day

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and some footage from Channel 0’s first two nights of transmission

SBS On-Air Presentation 1980-83

A rare piece of TV history i’ve just come across… the first two hours of SBS Channel 0/28 in Sydney and Melbourne, Friday 24 October 1980, including Bruce Gyngell’s half-hour introduction to the new channel, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser declaring the service open, Peter Luck’s documentary Who Are We?, the channel’s first foreign program, Chromakey Follies, and the first continuity presenter, Michela Rupena. At around the 2:00 mark the tape skips to the following night and the comedy special Mo…