9 July 1970: ABC presents Project Australia, marking the launch of the microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, allowing the direct transmission of program material across the country for the first time. It also had the benefit of allowing subscriber trunk dialling (STD) across the country, instead of telephone users having to go through an operator.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W5koAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4392%2C1348286
14 July 1980 - Temptation/Sale of the Century premiered on Nine. it became a 7pm game show staple during its heyday
Do you have the Report of Countdown’s axing in the Sun?
I do, but will need to dig it out.
Meanwhile, this was Countdown’s farewell in TV Radio Extra in Adelaide
EDIT: news of Countdown (and TV Scene) coming to an end
Source: The Sun
16 July 1956: HSV7 begins its first regular test pattern transmission ahead of its planned official launch in November. It was the first of the Melbourne channels to commence regular test transmission.
Source: The Sun
A snippet of one of these test transmissions would feature in HSV7’s farewell to analogue television in December 2013.
18 July 1992: The Late Show debuts on ABC, beginning a two-year run. Featuring some founding members of the D-Generation (those that didn’t go across to Fast Forward) from their ABC/Seven shows and breakfast radio slot on EON-FM.
The show went for 40 episodes and won two Logie Awards and created a legacy of television comedy that continues today in shows like Have You Been Paying Attention and The Cheap Seats
Jane Kennedy tweeted about The Late Show 30th anniversary on the weekend.
She also appeared on Studio 10 (via Zoom) this morning.
‘On this day in 1982’?
what?
the graphic below Jane said ‘On this day in 1982 ‘The Late Show’ debuted’.
oh i see. Accuracy is not always a strong point for caption writers.
Working Dog posted today
Update
19th July 1987, 35 Years Ago today, the ABC’s long running Music Program Countdown ended with it’s Annual Music & Video Awards, Which Saw Molly Meldrum Lifted his Trademark Akubra Hat off to Reveal a Bald ahead to Honor Midnight Oil never Performed on the Show, However the Oils did Perform on ABC’s other iconic Show Recovery 11 Years Later.
20 July 1968: The issue date for the revamped TV Week, changing from A5 to A4 size, bringing it inline with rival TV Times
Also on this day the first moon landing was shown in Australia.
it was 21 July in Australia, but for much of the world it was still 20 July
20/7/2009 “The Project” (then known as The 7PM Project) premieres on Channel Ten.
Promo shot for the launch:
Good point - wasn’t the official walk time based on Houston time in the US? So it was really 21 July using GMT / UTC.
