Bert Newton’s Good Morning Australia, 6 January 2004 in HD!
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/good-morning-australia-revisiting-1970-vfl-grand-final
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2012: Random person mistakes the act of a spilt-second of another ad appearing when a regional feed switches back to the metro feed during an ad break as rather “subliminal” blink-and-you-miss-it stuff.
This is the video that originally appeared underneath the article:
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Trust Rolf Harris? Not anymore.
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I could totally understand why they’d think that, though.
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Likewise with Bendigo Street, there is also a certain nostalgia about the ATV0-10 studios in Nunawading, particularly for kids in Melbourne of the 70s and 80s who grew up watching shows like Young Talent Time, Prisoner, Neighbours, The Comedy Company and The Early Bird Show. We all knew where these shows were made even if we never set foot near the studios, and just the suburb name “Nunawading” became indelibly etched as associated with Channel 0/10, same as “22 Bendigo Street” for Channel 9.
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One of my first experiences of true independence was getting on a train in Wollongong with a few school friends very early one Saturday and navigating the Sydney train network to get to Epping to see Saturday Morning Live with Jono and Dano. Told mum we were going to another HSC study workshop at the University of Sydney.
I desperately wanted to see Graham Kennedy do Coast to Coast after that but missed the opportunity because I wasn’t allowed to make the long trip on a school night and the show ended just as I finished high school and turned 18.
I was a big fan of all the comedy shows coming out of Melbourne 30 years ago and would’ve loved to have been in the audience for one of those. I know you’ve mentioned in the past you went to a taping of The Comedy Company. Very jealous.
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I would love to go back in time and be in the audience for The Late Show.
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I did, I went to one taping of The Comedy Company. I don’t remember much of it except that the guest star was Sigrid Thornton.
Because I was then on their mailing list, the producers then sent me tickets for the taping of the pilot of the spin-off series Col’n Carpenter in 1990. I still have the ticket for that!
I wanted to go and see The Great TV Game Show in 1989, but I was studying VCE or HSC or whatever it was called then, so I never got to see it before it got axed. Likewise I never got to go and see Fast Forward but I did see Tonight Live a couple of times.
I desperately wanted to get in the audience for The Late Show at ABC at Ripponlea, but I could never get tickets.
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Not 100% sure exactly which cottages were used by the others, but it’s to my understanding that 12 is where The NRL Footy Show (which incidentally, is a program Dalts has been a segment producer for in the past) did a lot of their behind the scenes production work from. Occasionally the exterior or interior of this cottage would make it on-screen during said program, particularly during the “Anti Ad” segments.
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The move from Willoughby to North Sydney is TCN9’s second move, sort of. When the official broadcasts began in September 1956 the studios at Willoughby were not finished. The live programs, including the opening night, were broadcast from the former St David’s Church Hall in Surry Hills. The live shows were moved to Willoughby when the studios were completed in November.
Story in The Australian Women’s Weekly, 14 November 1956:
Source: NLA Trove
The former church building in Arthur St, Surry Hills:
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are those cottages/houses being knocked down as well?
I wonder what made them pick that church hall/location? It’s not particularly close to Willoughby.
It was only about 2km from PBL headquarters in Park St Sydney.
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The heritage listing for it states:
So it appears it was an empty building that was available to lease. Maybe that was the only reason - it was available. (?)
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It’s nice though that the company that owns the Sydney licence is TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd. The other Nine licences are also owned by companies that have retained their historic names:
General Television Corporation Pty Limited
Queensland Television Pty Ltd
Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd
Swan Television & Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd
Territory Television Pty Ltd
NBN Pty Ltd
The Seven and Ten companies have all been changed over the years so they have similar corporate names.
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The HSV7 call sign is still referenced within the Melbourne media industry. I think some of the station’s car number plates still reference the call sign. Seven Melbourne also have a lot of historical memorabilia throughout its foyers and corridors, from news to sports broadcasting over the years, which is good to see.
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Definitely in that boat. The closest I ever got was many years later going to tapings of The Panel when they did some Sydney shows.
For one of those, I’d had one too many drinks at dinner before the show. Instead of going to the bathroom like a normal person before the taping, I thought I can just hold it through the entire show, which usually ran way over its hour running time.
So during the 2nd ad break, I get up to go to the toilet, but because I’d been busting to go for so long … I only managed to get to the stage floor before I fainted. Had to be helped to the bathroom, and placed on the seat.
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Previously known as NBN Limited (since 1979) and Newcastle Broadcasting and Television Corporation Limited (since 1958).
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So are these some nearby houses? Or are they on site?
