not particularly given that in most regional areas almost all stations were on UHF except for the legacy pre-aggregation ones and any Band II channels that hadn’t been forced off VHF. Not really sure that it would have been worth the effort/expense to do so, however.
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I’d heard NEW being on channel 11 was quite likely for a while, but not them being pushed to UHF.
I think we’d have just seen a unique brand for the 0-10 network if Melbourne never switched. Can’t imagine how bad Channel 0 reception would have been near the end of analogue though - the ABC was bad enough on 2.
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The Government decided in 1985 that all new TV services would go to UHF: The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search
what was the reasoning for that? I know there were one or two GWN translators using VHF 10 within range of Perth, but they were easily re-allocated to other channels. That wouldn’t have been enough to push NEW to 11?
There was already SSW-11 (GWN) covering Avon Valley/Central Agricultural (Mawson/York/Northam) only about 100 kms east of Perth and that was a reasonably high power signal. And there was GTW-11 (also GWN) at Geraldton too. No reason why NEW couldn’t use 10 in Perth?
The irony somewhat was that SSW-11 had to move to UHF when Digital TV started, as NEW-10 were (like all other metro markets) given 11 for their DTV signal.
SSW11 was originally on Channel 10. When they went to 11, the existing BTW11 at Wagin moved to Channel 6. All to allow 10 in Perth.
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ABC WA relay station ABMW-10 moved to Channel 60 in 1987 to accommodate 10 Perth.
Thanks didn’t know Mawson was 10 before that, wonder why they didn’t move to 6 so Wagin could stay where it was on 11
There were a few channel 6’ers around the place nearby.
bit cheeky to put the orange glow around the black ring to match up with the colour bars!
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Gotta make it stand out I guess.
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Yeah a plain black ring on a black background, would make it look like there were only four Olympic rings (as Ann Sanders once mistakenly said).
yeah…
For no particular reason, a week of TV0 ads from TV Week, February 1986. Can you guess which show/ad belongs on which night?
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Were they placed on the same page as the TV Guide for the days they were to air, or just randomly in the magazine?
given they all say “Tonight”, yes the day they appeared in the magazine listing for the day they aired. (Of course, though, Neighbours was on five nights a week so that ad could have appeared on any of those five days. The use of the word “premiere” is a bit misleading as the show had been doing for a month on TV0/Ten by that stage)
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Yes thanks, that’s what I thought, I thought for a minute you were suggesting that they weren’t placed on that day’s page and thus were not very clear in what ‘Tonight’ referred to.
I’ll have a go; mostly guesses though some are a bit clearer for shows I might have watched more.
Highway to Heaven - Sunday
Magnum - Saturday
Prisoner - It was on Tues and Thurs I think but Dallas was on Tuesday so that would make the ad for Thursday probably
Dallas Tuesday
A Team Wednesday
Return to Eden - that leaves Monday
I remember Return to Eden was Mondays, Dallas was alwaysTursdays.
I can remember Prisoner was Monday and Tuesday at one stage and Tuesdays and Thursdays at another time. I think what might have happened was they initially avoided going up against Cop Shop which was successful on its nights. Then when Prisoner had strong ratings, they purposely put it up against Cop Shop.
Before Pay Per View
We got Wrestlemania on Channel 10
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