Townsville and Cairns were home turf for Telecasters and the satellite service which included the ITQ licence was essentially operated as part of that market initially. I remember seeing QLD TV guides with regional variations for Radiant Living for the old TNQ/FNQ and ITQ/QQQ whilst there were variations for Rockhampton to screen Racing Roundup. From memory the other regions received infomercials at the same time, Sunday mornings I believe.
Although hindsight is a great thing, Telecasters could have broadcast Ten Eyewitness News followed by Ten Local News in the old TNQ/FNQ, ITQ/QQQ and NRN areas. This would have given choice of 2 standalone local news services. A few years later Prime Northern NSW had an ad campaign with a older lady saying “i prefer my local news separate”. This lady might have been the type who would have chosen Ten News at 5 over Seven News at 6:30. Unfortunately it never happened. Much on the same way as Video Killed The Radio Star, Aggregation Killed The Local Stars
I am aware of this AND its because Southern Cross didnt see the value in local news on the third placed network. Although the alternate outcome will never be known for sure, BUT a ten affiliate Local News would have been gone by now with networks struggling to cover costs.
However, Northern NSW is a completely different market given that the Nine affiliate has right through aired a 1 hour composite bulletin, which although at times I have speculated that it could become a cost cutting casualty, the composite edition of NBN News has no real signs of being replaced - although at times has been replaced by National Nine News due to “technical difficulties”.
Ten in Sydney recently passed its 60th anniversary. I think the day passed without any fanfare or mention from Ten?
This is the special that Ten produced for its 30th anniversary, aired on 29 April 1995. So we are now as far away from that special as when that special was from the beginning.
it aired at 4pm on a Saturday afternoon. Given some of the nudity featured, it would seem the special was more intended for a later timeslot! Not sure if this master copy was subject to some editing before going to air. It certainly would have exceeded the boundaries of the G-rating for Saturday afternoons.
Yes there was, presented by Mal Walden, that aired on 6 August 1994 (also buried on a Saturday afternoon, a scheduling decision that attracted some criticism in the press at the time).
they were from last year when Ten’s station in Melbourne reached 60 years which essentially became a celebration for the network. But I was wondering if Ten did anything specific for its Sydney channel reaching 60 earlier this month? I thought it might have warranted a brief mention in the 5pm news or something.
I thought Tim Bailey was and is terrific. It was the perfect role for him.
I think Sandra was involved sometime during GMA 2.0 with Mike and did a straighter news bulletin version with Ron. But I’m not too sure of the timelines. Here’s a retrospective that features bits of that period as well as a goodbye to the breakfast GMA before the brand was adopted by Bert:
