Would have liked a Seymour translator back in the day. We used to get an ok signal from Mt Major but with just an indoor rabbit ears it sometimes struggled. Though the UHF channels from there came in much clearer than GMV on VHF.
Most people in Seymour before aggregation used a single vertical VHF antenna to receive both Bendigo and Shepparton stations (like Echuca).
A lot of houses also had an antenna for ATV-0, which disappeared in 1980.
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Found this in “The West Australian” whilst at the National Library in Canberra today.
Never knew that Nine Perth was once a ratings leader (August 1980).
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This would’ve been before Rick and Sue took the helm of Seven News in Perth and turned it into the local ratings juggernaut it is today.
As far as I know, Nine News hasn’t won a ratings season in the west since 1990. That year, they were first in each of the five metro markets.
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GWN News bulletin and the start of Nine News dated 30 March 1981. At this time, GWN was still limited to broadcasting in the SW of WA. https://youtu.be/5M3JsFMQe6M?si=gUEgYNPmjM222HjR
Source: Vintage Video AU (YouTube)
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Just in time for the Seoul Olympics. Much ink was spilled over its rebranding as Channel “X”…
Hip hip HOORAY! Humphrey B. Bear is turning the big 60 today… but don’t worry, he’s still paw-sitively a young bear at heart (and always will be!).
— Humphrey B. Bear (@humphreybbeartv) May 23, 2025
That’s six decades of Honey Hugs, big pawsome laughs, and furry footed adventures! From TV screens to Youtube and live shows,… pic.twitter.com/pZDPTksGF5
Gold Coast News
#EXCLUSIVE: Australian children's icon Humphrey B Bear turns 60 this week, with the beloved bear celebrating with a party, raising awareness for the Leukaemia foundation. #9News @EbonyCavallaro pic.twitter.com/SyD2X19kTh
— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) May 22, 2025
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Hi, I found a DTV tuner/recorder in e-waste with 100s of old TV recordings from 2012-2018. Does anyone want me to save them? If not, i’ll just format the HDD and sell the tuner.
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1TB to boot, nice, every time I looked at getting one the best I could find was 500GB.
In honor of STW-9’s 60th birthday, here are some of their IDs.
Big Chief Television (1966?)
First with Color (1974?)
Channel Nine Brings You The Best in Color (1975)
In The West, We’re the One - Channel Nine! (1984)
Now is the Time, Channel Nine is the Place! (1985)
Shine on Nine, Shine on WA! (1986)
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I’m sure someone would be interested. I can pull data from just about any recorder.
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How do you pull data? I would like to learn from you.
Interesting they list Deniliquin as a town in their weather forecast. Wouldn’t have thought anyone was watching Imparja there? I thought Deni was GMV country.
There are other towns listed on those weather forecasts that are not in the Imparja service area, they are probably listed as ‘towns of interests’ to Imparja viewers for business/travel reasons.
A bit like how NBN News will list the temps for Sydney in it’s Central Coast weekend weather forecoasts.
There were several localities to the NW of Deniliquin in Western NSW that came under Imparja’s Satellite coverage area. I.e, Up around Ivanhoe, West of Hay etc.
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Yes, that’s what I mean by Deniliquin being a ‘town of interest’ to viewers in nearby areas who are serviced by Imparja - as they may travel to Deni for business or other reasons.
Impressive opening graphics by the way.
I thought most stations had “fringe” localities for that reason. From memory Young and Boorowa south of Cowra used to appear in the Midstate Television weather but I’m sure they would have been served by RVN2 and CTC7 respectively