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a cost cutting casualty, the composite edition of NBN News has no real signs of being replaced - although at times has been replaced by National Nine News due to “technical difficulties”.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:
It was probably ahead in the breakfast news space than Seven was back then (again, I don’t remember the timelines and ratings of that year). But look at Seven now.
