he had a stint at ABC in 1986 as part of The Weekender, so he might have left Seven and come back later?
Source: TV Week
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14 October 1983: Channel 0/28 (SBS) becomes Network 0-28 and extends into Canberra, Goulburn and Cooma. It is the network’s first extension outside of Sydney and Melbourne.
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Those living in Mt. Taylor, Goulburn, and Cooma would receive the channel on UHF-58.
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The TV Week article also mentioned that Ten had the rights to the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship (now the U-20 World Cup) which was held in Australia. So Ten did have some experience covering soccer, 40 years before A-League. West Germany won the final, beating Qatar 4-0.
Why did Ten engage SBS to help broadcast the tournament?
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Initially, Goulburn and Cooma were Channel 54 and I am just reminded that these relays launched in November, shortly after Canberra (SBS Annual Report 1983-84) but these relays appear to have changed to Channel 58 by 1985. I’m not sure what triggered the change, but IIRC the same occurred with the Kings Cross translator in Sydney which began on 54 but later changed to 58.
Ten was the telecast partner of the Philips Soccer League when it had rights for two years in the late 1970s, although I think the extent of its coverage was only an hour or so each round. I am not aware of the arrangement between Ten and SBS for the FIFA World Championship other than what’s in that article, but Ten might not have wanted to broadcast the earlier rounds of the competition so they got handed down to SBS?
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16 October 1959: Western Australia’s first TV station, TVW7 Perth, is officially opened
From The West Australian’s 30-year anniversary tribute to TVW7 in 1989:
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19 October 1974: As part of the national transition to colour, TV stations are permitted to broadcast sport to a set number of hours a day in colour ahead of the conversion to full-scale colour on 1 March 1975.
19 October 1984: SBS Network 0/28 launches current affairs show Dateline World, hosted by Paul Murphy. The show’s title later shortened to Dateline.
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20 October 1964: Homicide, the series which triggered the drama production boom in Australian television, debuts on HSV7. ATN7 Sydney follows suit in January the following year. The series ends up running for 12 years and 510 episodes, creating a record for a weekly series not matched until Blue Heelers finished up in 2006 with the same number of episodes.
This article from the Listener In-TV, published for the show’s seventh anniversary in 1971
The intro to Seven’s 50 year tribute to Homicide in 2014:
YouTube: TelevisionAU
20 October 1973: ABC is the host broadcaster for the opening ceremony of the Sydney Opera House. ABC’s coverage was broadcast to an estimated 300 million viewers worldwide and, ironically, many would see the coverage in colour while Australian viewers would only see it in black and white.
YouTube: ABCLibrarySales
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23 October 1976: Between 4.30 and 5.00pm, all four Melbourne channels provide live coverage of the solar eclipse. With the public told that to avoid eye damage the best way to watch the eclipse was on TV, ratings for the afternoon telecasts were huge.
ABC and GTV9 were leading their coverage from Ballarat, where Australian and overseas scientists were assembled to view the eclipse.
HSV7 had an observation post at Stawell and on board an aircraft.
ATV0 had cameras set up at various sites including Ballarat, Bendigo, Mount Gambier and Shepparton.
Source: The Age Green Guide
YouTube: Australian TV Archive
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Have the Australian networks done any live telecast of a local solar eclipse since?
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If they stationed at Ballarat, I wonder if BTV6 also jumped in on the action?
24 October 1959: Adelaide’s second TV station, ADS7, begins transmission.
Source: The Advertiser
24 October 1980: The Special Broadcasting Service launches its multicultural television service, Channel 0/28 in Sydney and Melbourne. The opening night introduction, presented by Bruce Gyngell, was also relayed in Canberra on CTC7.
Source: TV Week
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26 October 1980: The new Channel 0/28 presents its first sports coverage: live coverage from Canberra of the match between Australia’s National Youth Team and Johnny Warren’s All Stars, followed by the Philips Soccer League Grand Final, between Sydney City and Heidelberg United.
With 0/28 only available in Sydney and Melbourne, the Philips Soccer League Grand Final is relayed through Nine in Brisbane and (one day delayed) in Adelaide. Not aware of any regional coverage except through BCV/STV/GLV8 in Victoria.
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Next one in Victoria 26Dec2038. Over Northern Victoria.
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They’ll be an eclipse in Sydney in 2028
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Saturday July 22nd, to be precise.
No doubt the Australian media will whip themselves into an absolute frenzy over Sydney Eclipse 2028, especially if its a clear enough day for spectacular once in a lifetime images of an eclipsed sun with the Harbour Bridge/Opera House underneath.
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Everyone will have their fingers and toes crossed for a clear day that day. Also it’ll be the day of the start of the LA 2028 Olympics.
Maximum eclipse is scheduled for 12:55:22PM AEST
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Brisbane will have one on 13 July 2037 just 9 years after Sydney’s. Perth will have to wait until 2068 to see one!
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What about Melbourne?
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In 2038
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