That clip looks like the final show so Sandra and Ron were there at the end on 18 December 1992. We saw in the clip that Sandra and Mike Hammond had also hosted together. From the clip posted earlier, there was at least one episode where Mike was hosting on his own on 2 April 1992 with presenters James Valentine on Entertainment, Susan St. John doing weather and Tim Bailey, the roving reporter.
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Piecing it all together. This is a cast photo from the first day 23 February 1981. Front row Di Morrissey (left) Sue Kellaway (right). Back row (left to right) Buzz Kennedy, Tim Webster, Gordon Elliott, Ken Brown.
A billboard featuring the cast:
Kerri-Anne Kennerley, then Kerri-Anne Wright, replaced Sue. Later cast shot. Front row (left to right) Ken Brown, Kerri-Anne, Gordon Elliott, Ron Wilson. Back row (left to right) Laurie Oakes, Di Morrissey, Buzz Kennedy, Karen Moregold.
This was a visit to Luna Park, Gordon Elliott, Kerri-Anne, Di Morrissey and Ron Wilson featured.
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Gordon Elliott, Kerri-Anne Wright and Ron Wilson on 1 February 1982.
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Does anyone know how the ratings went against The Today Show?
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Some great photos from that era. I especially like the billboard.
Interesting little trivia from that era was that showbiz reporter Peter Ford was a producer for the first two years with Gordon and Kerri-Anne. One of his first jobs in the TV industry (and starting a long association with morning television, to this day).
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I don’t know but i seem to recall both were getting thrashed by cartoons on Seven
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Really? Seven did introduce the short lived TVAM in 1989.
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May 1988. Ended in Nov 1989.
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In January '89, Ten introduced Til Ten which ran until December '91.
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Which was a lovely little show, with a nice slick penthouse set and Joan McInnes was a charming host. Of course, 10 went onto much success with the Bert years after Til Ten, but I do remember it fondly.
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I’m referring to the earlier years of the two shows being up against each other and likely split the news audience between them. Seven had the kids/cartoon market to themselves. And GMA/Today were breaking into a new market some years after any former attempts in that space.
TVAM didn’t start until 7 years after GMA v Today started. And TVAM was only 6-7.30am. They still had cartoons etc from 7.30 and TVAM was short lived.
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What was on the ABC at Breakfast time? I’m assuming pre-school programming?
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Pretty much. Early/breakfast news and Open Learning on ABC didn’t start until the 90s.
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8am sign on and then Sesame Street for much of the 70s to the mid 80s.
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At one point ABC Started up at 7am and had Cartoons before Sesame Street. Voltron then i think Astroboy. But my memory is a bit sketchy
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In Bendigo pre-aggregation the choice was Sesame Street on ABC and Today Show on BCV-8. Test pattern before 6:55am…
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This coming Tuesday (April 29 of 2025) will mark 25 years since the final episode of Recovery was aired on ABC. To mark the occasion, What are your best memories of the program that first premiered 9:00 AM Local Time during April 20 of 1996 and was produced from ABC’s former Victoria Headquarters at Ripponlea?
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National Mutual Sponsored The Capital City Nine Network News Updates Between 1988 And 2000 As Well As Prime Television, Seven Queensland, WIN TV Tasmania And GWN. What About Channel Eight Darwin?
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I thought NTD8 was independent for some of that period, before being purchased by the Nine Network.
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I bet that rebrand from “Channel 8” to “Channel 9” confused a lot of Darwinites.
Do I need to retune my TV? Do I need a new TV aerial? etc
Imagine if that happened in Ayr, near Townsville.
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