# Random TV History **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [January 17, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489 "2020-01-17T16:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 159
**Author:** ![TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-Expert)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3232 "2025-07-31T06:35:37Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > From the ‘Central Coast Express Advocate’ December 1987, it seems the Wyong TX (at Forresters Beach) was still not on air by then… For some reason, I had thought they started around the same time as Gosford, which I think was around 1983? The Gosford translator was switched on in April 1986. Here’s the press release from that time by the then Federal Communications Minister, Michael Duffy: [https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR06004447/upload\_binary/HPR06004447.pdf](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR06004447/upload_binary/HPR06004447.pdf) From the information I can gather, the Wyong translator would not be switched on until around September/October 1989. > [@Radiohead](#): > > No idea when the Bouddi site first went to air. It wouldn’t be switched on until around the middle of 1993 (yes, that late!). ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3233 "2025-07-31T06:40:24Z")
> [@TV-Expert](#): > > From the information I can gather, the Wyong translator would not be switched on until around September/October 1989. silly question, maybe, would that have been for both Newcastle and Sydney TV stations? ---
**Author:** ![TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-Expert)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3234 "2025-07-31T06:45:08Z")
> [@TelevisionAU](#): > > > [@TV-Expert](#): > > > > From the information I can gather, the Wyong translator would not be switched on until around September/October 1989. > > silly question, maybe, would that have been for both Newcastle and Sydney TV stations? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3235 "2025-07-31T06:47:27Z")
Agree, and thank you again! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3236 "2025-08-02T04:42:09Z")
Well before we had tennis legend Todd Woodbridge anchoring Nine’s Ashes cricket coverage in 2019, there was AFL legend Dermott Brereton anchoring Nine’s coverage of the 1997 rugby league State of Origin series. Very odd. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TzJxBVfM93A/maxresdefault.jpg "Rugby League - State Of Origin, Dermott Brereton, Signing Off, Channel 9.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzJxBVfM93A) Courtesy: Video History Snippets ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3237 "2025-08-02T06:28:10Z")
I’m assuming this was a broadcast from GTV9 with a localised intro for Melbourne audiences? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3238 "2025-08-02T06:56:28Z")
Possibly. I also think when Melbourne Storm matches that were not produced by TCN were televised into GTV, coverage was localized as well (with Michael Roberts as the anchor IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3239 "2025-08-02T07:15:31Z")
Was that when they were showing the Storm games at 3pm Saturdays? Mid 00s I think? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3240 "2025-08-02T07:20:11Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > Was that when they were showing the Storm games at 3pm Saturdays? Mid 00s I think? Correct, in season 2002 only AFAIK. But even when Nine did produce Melbourne Storm games, it had to be delayed in Melbourne due to the AFL taking precedence. There were about 2-3 regular season Storm games produced by Nine in 2004, but only one in 2005 (a Friday night away game against the Panthers early that season). Round 25, 2004 also saw the Cowboys’ first FTA game since their inaugural game in 1995. Of course, that season the northerners made the finals for the first time, falling just short of reaching the Grand Final (a 19-16 preliminary final loss to the Roosters). ---
**Author:** ![Mechsta](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mechsta/32/244653_2.png) [@Mechsta](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Mechsta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3241 "2025-08-02T09:52:04Z")
I have zero memory of this. To be fair, Dermot probably had no idea about Rugby League and was just reading from the autocue. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3242 "2025-08-02T16:04:07Z")
Isn’t every TV presenter reading from an autocue? ---
**Author:** ![Mechsta](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mechsta/32/244653_2.png) [@Mechsta](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Mechsta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3243 "2025-08-02T21:06:53Z")
Yes, but what I meant was that he’s just reading it from the autocue without having any clue about what he’s reading. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3244 "2025-08-04T22:48:25Z")
> [@Regional TV History (pre-aggregation)](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/regional-tv-history-pre-aggregation/10188/1076): > > Just a question out of curiosity. In the 1980s, was it mandated that the commercial channels screen ‘C’ rated programs between 4pm and 5pm or was it done by way of mutual understanding ? As far as I can remember, C-rated programming was phased out of the main channels by mid-2013, when Nine launched Nine News Now (and at some point in the year extended past 4:00pm to “crash” into the afternoon news) and Seven launched The Daily Edition, which was initially prerecorded by 45 minutes to one hour before it went live at 2:00pm. It was also in mid-August that year that Seven began airing The Chase at 3:00pm on weekday afternoons. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3245 "2025-08-05T00:02:53Z")
Makes sense now that C rated programming is available on demand 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![IanG](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/iang/32/3121_2.png) [@IanG](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/IanG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3246 "2025-08-05T01:55:26Z")
On the subject of the C Classification. Apparently it was for that reason that producers for that short lived Skippy reboot. So that it could be shown in that timeslot ---
**Author:** ![TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/televisionau/32/125_2.png) [@TelevisionAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TelevisionAU)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3247 "2025-08-06T06:42:36Z")
> [@IanG](#): > > On the subject of the C Classification. Apparently it was for that reason that producers for that short lived Skippy reboot. So that it could be shown in that timeslot i think quotas are a reason a lot of shows get commissioned. Look what happens when you remove quotas… how many dramas or children’s programs get commissioned now by the commercial networks? Almost zero. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3248 "2025-08-06T06:50:57Z")
> [@TelevisionAU](#): > > I think quotas are a reason a lot of shows get commissioned. And the 50% Australian quota is one of the reasons why we have so much reality TV on these days.. it’s cheap to make & meet the quotas. ---
**Author:** ![IanG](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/iang/32/3121_2.png) [@IanG](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/IanG)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3249 "2025-08-06T09:31:22Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > > [@TelevisionAU](#): > > > > I think quotas are a reason a lot of shows get commissioned. > > And the 50% Australian quota is one of the reasons why we have so much reality TV on these days.. it’s cheap to make & meet the quotas. And that’s why they overstay their welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3250 "2025-08-06T09:36:30Z")
Were they even welcome in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![jcb301176](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@jcb301176](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/jcb301176)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3251 "2025-08-06T09:41:09Z")
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