So did the ABC play replays though this time period? Even with standard games throughout the year?
I was always under the impression HSV7 has exclusive rights in the late 70s/1980s.
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ABC was a secondary VFL broadcaster up until 1986. AFAIK ABC had its own cameras and commentators but I don’t think it did any live coverage, was mostly replays.
It changed in 1987 with the Broadcom deal where ABC became the main VFL TV broadcaster (in Victoria), but when Seven regained the rights in 1988 that pretty much ended ABC’s association.
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30 September 1977: The Seven Network premieres drama series Glenview High in Sydney. Melbourne’s HSV7 follows the next week.
30 September 1978: The 1978 VFL Grand Final — Hawthorn versus North Melbourne — is live on the Seven Network with a replay on ABC.
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30 September 1982: The XII Commonwealth Games in Brisbane are officially opened. ABC is the host Australian broadcaster with replays and highlights on the Nine Network.
30 September 1995: The 1995 AFL Grand Final — Geelong versus Carlton — is live on the Seven Network.
30 September 1996: Harry Connick Jnr and Chris Isaak host the 10th annual ARIA Awards (Network Ten) live from the Sydney Convention Centre.
30 September 2001: The 2001 NRL Grand Final — Newcastle Knights versus Parramatta Eels — is on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
30 September 2006: The 2006 AFL Grand Final — Sydney Swans versus West Coast Eagles — is live on Network Ten with replays on Fox Footy Channel.
30 September 2007: The 2007 NRL Grand Final — Melbourne Storm versus Manly Warringah Sea Eagles — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
30 September 2009: The cast of Hey Hey It’s Saturday are reunited for the first of two specials on the Nine Network almost ten years after the show was cancelled. Network Ten premieres reality contest Celebrity MasterChef, and ABC1 premieres Hungry Beast, a combination of comedy and current affairs by aspiring talent
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Imagine if this year’s grand final had the 5 minute warning on?
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1 October 1977: The rematch of the 1977 VFL Grand Final — North Melbourne versus Collingwood — is live on the Seven Network with a replay on ABC.
1 October 1994: The 1994 AFL Grand Final — Geelong versus West Coast Eagles — is live on the Seven Network.
1 October 2001: The Nine Network premieres prime-time interview series The Ray Martin Show.
1 October 2004: The community TV show Blokesworld makes the move to Network Ten, premiering in a late Friday night timeslot.
1 October 2006: The 2006 NRL Grand Final — Melbourne Storm versus Brisbane Broncos — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
1 October 2009: Showcase premieres the drama series Tangle, starring Kat Stewart, Justine Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lincoln Younes, Catherine McClements, Matt Day and Joel Tobeck.
1 October 2018: ABC Kids premieres cartoon series Bluey.
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2 October 1978: The 0-10 Network premieres its new early afternoon line-up — game shows Pyramid Challenge and Perfect Match (no relation to the 1980s show of the same name) and variety/chat show The Steve Raymond Show.
2 October 1995: Richard Stubbs and special guest Janet Jackson host the ARIA Awards (Ten) from the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
2 October 2005: The 2005 NRL Grand Final — Wests Tigers versus North Queensland Cowboys — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
2 October 2006: The Nine Network premieres flashback series What A Year, hosted by Mike Munro and Megan Gale.
2 October 2007: SBS televises the The Deadly Awards from the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
2 October 2012: The biographical telemovie Underground: The Julian Assange Story is a rare ratings success for Network Ten.
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Odd combo there…
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Losing the AFL Rights marked the Begging of the end for C7 Sport as well as Optus Vision as a Standalone Cable TV Service.
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3 October 1966: ABC premieres afternoon series Be Our Guest, a curious mix of drama, music and interviews, with a cast including Jacki Weaver, Lorraine Bayly, Gordon Glenwright, Jack Allan and Sean Scully. Guests in the first episode include pop star Normie Rowe and French singer Jean Sablon.
3 October 1991: ABC’s coverage of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, being held in France and the United Kingdom, begins with late-night coverage of the opening ceremony and the first match between England and New Zealand.
3 October 1993: The Nine Network premieres three-part documentary series Beyond Highway Number One, featuring adventurer Malcolm Douglas‘ journey around Australia on the road.
3 October 1998: ABC and the Nine Network present a full evening of Federal Election coverage from the National Tally Room in Canberra. The Seven Network presents an hour of coverage late in the evening, hosted by Paul Barry and Glenn Milne, and Ten News‘ late bulletin includes an election report. SBS‘ World News At Nine presents a special Saturday night edition.
3 October 2001: Network Ten presents the special Big Brother’s Starlight Challenge. Big Brother contestants star in a pantomime at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre, narrated by Gretel Killeen. Includes guest appearances by Bert Newton, Rove McManus and cast members of Neighbours and The Secret Life Of Us. The Nine Network presents the 15th ARIA Awards from Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, hosted by David Campbell.
3 October 2003: Pre-school children’s series Hi-5 celebrates its 200th episode.
3 October 2004: The 2004 NRL Grand Final — Sydney Roosters versus Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
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That was the last ever programme to air on ABGV3 Shepparton before it relocated to UHF channel 40.
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Today Marks 10 Years Since Jason Dundas became the New Presenter of The X Factor (The Next Generation) Replacing Luke Jacobz at the End of the 2015 Season with New Judges Alongside Guy Sebastian are Iggy Azaela, Adam Lambert and Underdog Judge Mel B.
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4 October 1978: Melbourne’s ATV0 screens The Last Tasmanian, a two-hour documentary tracing the genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines, starting with the arrival of white man in 1803 and culminating with the death of Truganini – the Last Tasmanian – in 1876. Sydney’s TEN10 aired the documentary a month later.
4 October 1983: The Seven Network premieres mini-series All The Rivers Run in Melbourne. Sydney’s ATN7 followed a week later.
4 October 1987: With the Seven Network having rights to both the annual James Hardie 1000 motor racing from Bathurst and the Davis Cup tennis, on this one occasion when both fell on the same date the tennis coverage was seconded to SBS. ABC premieres Go Fish Australia, a 13-part documentary series looking at the recreational industry of fishing in Australia, hosted by John Meillon.
4 October 1995: ABC premieres Bordertown, the ten-part series set in a 1950s migrant centre, starring Hugo Weaving, Christine Tremarco and Joe Petruzzi.
4 October 1998: Network Ten premieres The Ten Out-Take Files. Penny Cook presents bloopers from Network Ten shows including Neighbours, State Coroner, Medivac and Prisoner.
4 October 2007: Network Ten premieres children’s drama series Wormwood.
4 October 2009: The 2009 NRL Grand Final — Parramatta Eels versus Melbourne Storm — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 3.
4 October 2010: Network Ten and Foxtel begin coverage of the XIX Commonwealth Games from Delhi, India
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5 October 1978: ABC premieres panel game show Micro Macro, hosted by Noel Ferrier with Carol Raye and Jimmy Hannan.
5 October 1998: The Nine Network premieres animated series Skippy: Adventures In Bushtown, featuring the voices of Jamie Oxenbould, Robyn Moore and Keith Scott.
5 October 2000: The Nine Network premieres Sam And The Fatman, a sports/comedy show hosted by Sam Newman (The Footy Show, Melbourne) and Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin (The Footy Show, Sydney) and regulars Shane Crawford, Phil Kearns and Ryan Girdler.
5 October 2003: The 2003 NRL Grand Final — Sydney Roosters versus Penrith Panthers — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports 2.
5 October 2004: The Seven Network premieres Dancing With The Stars with Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger.
5 October 2005: Network Ten premieres Australian Princess, hosted by Jackie O, followed by the premiere of comedy series Merrick And Rosso: The B-Team.
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Alongside Judges Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio and Mark Wilson.
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6 October 1990: The 1990 AFL Grand Final — Collingwood versus Essendon — is live on the Seven Network.
6 October 1994: New TV Station — Channel 31, Melbourne.
6 October 1997: The Seven Network premieres Eric, Eric Bana‘s sketch comedy show, also starring Bob Franklin, Robyn Butler, Roz Hammond, Stephen Curry and Fred Rowan.
6 October 1998: ABC presents the docu-drama The Singer And The Swinger, a dramatisation around American promoter Lee Gordon and his role in promoting the career of Australia’s first rock star, Johnny O’Keefe. Starring Ben Mendelsohn.
6 October 2002: The 2002 NRL Grand Final — Sydney Roosters versus New Zealand Warriors — is live on the Nine Network with replays on Fox Sports.
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Was this the first community station in Australia?
LINC TV Lismore first opened in December 1991 but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a full-time station though.
i have a feeling CTS or whatever Sydney’s channel was might have been first. But am just going on vague memory there.
Metro TV was the earliest example I could find of community TV in Sydney.. November 1988, but had limited coverage.
Also makes reference to a ‘Television Unlimited’ in Melbourne in April that year?
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Melbourne had similar low-powered community TV test transmissions scatted around the city around that time. Television Unlimited, which from memory was based in the western suburbs.
RMITV was test broadcasting from an antenna on top of Doncaster Shoppingtown IIRC.
And Northern Access TV had test transmissions from Preston/West Heidelberg.
RMITV and NAT went on to become some of the founding members of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium, which went on to become Channel 31.
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