I’ve acquired a few tapes from Newcastle and one tape is recordings of Thunderbirds circa 1994. It’s definitely been recorded off NBN (an NBN News promo played) but has Nine PRGs, promos and even an ident.
Any ideas why?
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Was it overnight, with NBN taking a dirty feed of Nine?
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That’s what I was thinking. If memory serves, around that era Nine used to show Thunderbirds in the early morning (maybe around 5am), so may have just been a dirty feed overnight from TCN.
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For many years when NBN went 24/7, they ran a dirty feed of TCN from around midnight to 6am
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How much was it? Would be amazing to donate to a museum! What a piece of history.
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The Carleton Walsh Report tv show on ABC
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Beautiful, thanks for sharing this - was first used in 10 TV Australia’s short-lived Saturday night version in 1989. RIP Mr Ian Turpie 
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Kerry Packer apparently hated the Come on Along campaign - he thought it too American and ordered it to be canned…
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POSTED IN TRIBUTE TO YOU TURPS. RIP IAN TURPIE WHO PASSED 11 MARCH 2012*
Game-show king, Ian Turpie hosts a great ‘Switcheroo’ in 10 TV Australia’s ‘Price is Right’, produced in Melbourne.
The New Price Is Right aired on the Seven Network from 1981-1986 with down-to-earth Ian Turpie as host. Upon its launch, it originally aired after midday (together with Wheel of Fortune). The show’s immense popularity in Australia destined the NPIR (in a 30 minute format) for 7pm primetime in Brisbane and 6pm most other capitals. When ratings declined, the NPIR moved back to later afternoon viewing and in an hour long format(and with the big wheel).
The ‘Price Is Right’ was revived as a hour-long version by 10 TV Australia (Network Ten) in 1989. Ian Turpie was again the compere, but this time for a Saturday night show (7.30pm timeslot). In the face of the stiff competition of ‘Hey Hey it’s Saturday’, the show lasted only twelve episodes (yes only 12!). It was then left to the Nine Network to bring the PIR back on Australian screens in 1993.
The music used in this version of PiR was carried over to the Nine Network when Larry (Emdur) hosted the show.
Recorded from Ten Capital Canberra
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I can’t remember the price but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was at least $300.
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The final goodbye for Agro’s Cartoon Connection (Dec. 19, 1997).
YouTube: ThatDrunkenBastard
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Loved Agro, he was great.
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Why was Agro axed in 1997?
Was Cheese TV on ch10 out performing it?
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Rumor has it that Cheez TV was beating them in the ratings.
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Thought that might have been the case. What did Seven launch in the time slot for 1998?
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Looking at the old guides in the Classic TV Guide thread in 1998 they just aired re-runs of Cartoon Connection for the year.
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According to the mighty @TelevisionAU program guides it looks like it was cartoons (like Sailor Moon) without the Agro Cartoon Connection forward/back announcers.
AMV All Music Video also started sometime in 1999 (I think).
If I remember rightly Seven was going through massive cost cutting at the time in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics.
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According to Wikipedia that didn’t start until 2000 after Seven re-tooled “The Big Breakfast” to “The Big Arvo”
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Right…. I would say Seven shutting down its kids unit in Brisbane might have also had something to do with it?
Saturday Disney ended up moving to Sydney in 1999?
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