A rare gem added to YouTube earlier today, the jingle package from TVQ0, Brisbane, circa 1968:
YouTube: aussiebeachut0
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The Sydney Morning Herald has republished a 1978 article about Mike Walsh, whose The Mike Walsh Show dominated daytime TV in much of the country.
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I came across this channel on YouTube, full of old school GWN and WIN WA content covering some era’s we’ve never seen online before. Well worth a look!
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Late 80s/early 90s toddlers…anyone remember this?
When I first heard the real Huey Lewis version, I thought it was a cover of this 
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There’s certain words that I hear at times and it will remind me of this! I definitely remember that one.
I introduced the kids to the Ning Nang Nong a couple of weeks ago too.
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Another kids show that I completely forgot about was ‘The Ratties’, which was first aired in 1987/88 but was repeated in 1994 (according to the TV guides posted here).
This was narrated by the one and only Spike Milligan and written by his daughter Laura. The theme is as whimsical and wacky as you’d imagine:
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I discovered the channel recently… love the old-school regional WA ads
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GWN circa 1984. Back when it was South West, Great Southern and parts of the Wheatbelt only.
Vintage Video on Youtube.
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Far superior on screen presentation than VEW8 and GTW11.
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You cruel man! that song still haunts me 35+ years after hearing it for the first time
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Haha! My work here is done!
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Wouldn’t be hard. VEW and GTW would’ve been run off the smell of an oily rag.
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On the Ning Nang Nong, where the cows go BONG!
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Just been watching a few NRL Grand Final replays on the NRL website recently and have noticed that before 2012 or thereabouts, Nine has farewelled its Melbourne viewers either before the trophy presentation or the lap of honour that immediately follows it.
I can remember the furore when Nine cut off its Melbourne viewers almost immediately after the final siren in 2009 to go to the news and GTV received a flood of complaints saying they couldn’t see their team on the dais (this title was later stripped from them due to salary cap breaches).
At times GTV viewers also only join in on the NRL Grand Final telecast just before kick-off, too.
Would anyone know why GTV’s telecasts of the Grand Finals all those years ago were altered - could it have been ratings concerns, other commitments apart from the news, etc?
I don’t think this was ever an issue in Sydney when TEN and ATN televised the AFL Grand Finals in the same period, even if they didn’t rate well until 2005 when the Sydney Swans appeared in, and won, that year’s decider.
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Pretty much just both of those. I can’t see any other reason.
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I remember that too.
And to make matters worse, the lead story on the news that night: Brendan Fevola!
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Yep I also remember the furore surrounding his imminent trade to the Brisbane Lions too. Not many Carlton members or fans were happy about it.
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