The Gosford translator was switched on in April 1986.
Here’s the press release from that time by the then Federal Communications Minister, Michael Duffy:
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR06004447/upload_binary/HPR06004447.pdf
From the information I can gather, the Wyong translator would not be switched on until around September/October 1989.
It wouldn’t be switched on until around the middle of 1993 (yes, that late!).
silly question, maybe, would that have been for both Newcastle and Sydney TV stations?
Yes.
Agree, and thank you again!
Well before we had tennis legend Todd Woodbridge anchoring Nine’s Ashes cricket coverage in 2019, there was AFL legend Dermott Brereton anchoring Nine’s coverage of the 1997 rugby league State of Origin series.
Very odd.
Courtesy: Video History Snippets
I’m assuming this was a broadcast from GTV9 with a localised intro for Melbourne audiences?
Possibly. I also think when Melbourne Storm matches that were not produced by TCN were televised into GTV, coverage was localized as well (with Michael Roberts as the anchor IIRC).
Was that when they were showing the Storm games at 3pm Saturdays? Mid 00s I think?
Correct, in season 2002 only AFAIK.
But even when Nine did produce Melbourne Storm games, it had to be delayed in Melbourne due to the AFL taking precedence. There were about 2-3 regular season Storm games produced by Nine in 2004, but only one in 2005 (a Friday night away game against the Panthers early that season).
Round 25, 2004 also saw the Cowboys’ first FTA game since their inaugural game in 1995. Of course, that season the northerners made the finals for the first time, falling just short of reaching the Grand Final (a 19-16 preliminary final loss to the Roosters).
I have zero memory of this. To be fair, Dermot probably had no idea about Rugby League and was just reading from the autocue.
Isn’t every TV presenter reading from an autocue?
Yes, but what I meant was that he’s just reading it from the autocue without having any clue about what he’s reading.
As far as I can remember, C-rated programming was phased out of the main channels by mid-2013, when Nine launched Nine News Now (and at some point in the year extended past 4:00pm to “crash” into the afternoon news) and Seven launched The Daily Edition, which was initially prerecorded by 45 minutes to one hour before it went live at 2:00pm.
It was also in mid-August that year that Seven began airing The Chase at 3:00pm on weekday afternoons.
Makes sense now that C rated programming is available on demand 24/7.
On the subject of the C Classification. Apparently it was for that reason that producers for that short lived Skippy reboot. So that it could be shown in that timeslot
i think quotas are a reason a lot of shows get commissioned. Look what happens when you remove quotas… how many dramas or children’s programs get commissioned now by the commercial networks? Almost zero.
And the 50% Australian quota is one of the reasons why we have so much reality TV on these days.. it’s cheap to make & meet the quotas.
And that’s why they overstay their welcome.
Were they even welcome in the first place?
Thats the problem when the rulebook is thrown out the window