# Sports Broadcasting History **URL:** \ **Category:** TV History\ **Created:** [June 22, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762 "2019-06-22T10:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/534 "2022-10-16T12:03:58Z")
I still remember Speed Channel when I first got Foxtel in Q3 2011 ---
**Author:** ![Spi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/spi/32/270161_2.png) [@Spi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Spi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/536 "2022-10-17T04:03:40Z")
This was back when there was just Fox Sports 1/2/3 and Fox Footy (504); Speed was the next channel after that, and Fuel TV (original incarnation) was floating around somewhere too (unsure if it was before or after the ESPN channels but it matters little). The latter two became Fox Sports 4 and 5 not long after those screencaps (2014?), in the aftermath of their US equivalents being replaced with their own national-cable FS1 and FS2 channels. That said, of course, Fox Sports 5 (now 506) is still mostly the same thing but without the Speed name. ---
**Author:** ![bands06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bands06/32/224070_2.png) [@bands06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bands06)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/537 "2022-11-03T05:10:13Z")
Round 14, 2000 TV times to go with the '98 and '99 ones I posted a few months ago. Includes C7 coverage from the Sunday to the following Friday. ![Screen Shot 2022-11-03 at 1.47.33 pm](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/b/e/d/bedf29d8ceac6f0859bec0283eb77840195cf0ca.png) ![Screen Shot 2022-11-03 at 1.48.52 pm](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/6/0/4/6046b9a9647c050f721f932cd8df3cd71fd34e48.png) ![Screen Shot 2022-11-03 at 1.51.47 pm](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/2/c/8/2c83b7299629492b600c3e6fd55ad1fe3623b221.png) ![Screen Shot 2022-11-03 at 1.50.43 pm](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/0/4/2/0420fd73ef14b2f1d517e4ead4af5a3da18db639.png) Melbourne just with 1 Live match, all other capitals with 3-4. The 10:45pm FNF start in QLD for the Lions is late and probably started just after the League wrapped up on 9. No SNF of any kind in Syd/ Bri is interesting. Thought it may have been that the Wallabies were playing, but their first match of the year was the week after. The Socceroos played on the Friday and the Monday (not even sure if 7 showed these games or if they were SBS or C7) so couldn’t have been that. Was there some other sport 7 was showing up north? Otherwise maybe Sydney and Brisbane only got SNF if their local side was playing. Don’t know why Adelaide took Carlton v Geelong live instead of Sydney v Essendon like everyone else. Worked better running into the news maybe? Again a lot of the regionals got fair better coverage, particularly GWN. Really want to find a 2001 round, but can only see the grand final guide which essentially just says LIVE everywhere. From 2002 on is fairly well documented. ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/538 "2022-11-03T06:04:05Z")
Fox Footy’s 2002 season promo with William McInnes. Michael Voss did destroy the camera, and that was left in the final version. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vUtovVU2dK4/maxresdefault.jpg "Fox Footy 2002 promo with William McInnes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtovVU2dK4) ---
**Author:** ![Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aurora/32/249208_2.png) [@Aurora](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Aurora)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/539 "2022-11-03T13:37:59Z")
Seven out of eight games on Seven Melbourne and GWN, a far cry from these days getting only 3-4 games out of nine. ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/540 "2022-11-03T17:20:34Z")
Usually a mixture of live and delayed with the Saturday afternoon game live. Home games were on delay ---
**Author:** ![AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/airjordanfan93/32/315299_2.png) [@AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AirJordanFan93)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/541 "2022-11-03T23:12:54Z")
That’s crazy to think Perth got every game that round even if most of them were delayed. ---
**Author:** ![foxyrover](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/foxyrover/32/272518_2.png) [@foxyrover](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/foxyrover)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/542 "2022-11-04T07:51:09Z")
This video features many different (real or concept) Fox Sports, one HD, NBL and more graphics: https://player.vimeo.com/video/232412438?h=84e636a328&app_id=122963 [![](http://zspace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VizRT8-800x495.jpg)](http://zspace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VizRT8-1024x576.jpg) [![](http://zspace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VizRT9-800x495.jpg)](http://zspace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/VizRT9-1024x576.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/543 "2022-11-04T11:26:23Z")
While digitising, I realised that Channel 7 went 30 minutes without an ad break before/during/after Cathy Freeman’s 2000 Olympic race. Here’s the ad break when they went to it. > ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/544 "2022-11-04T11:53:50Z")
![The_Age_Mon __Sep_25__ 2000_](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/b/f/d/bfd7e3044d01abd31f7f7b565cf8d0e754f353fa.jpeg) I wondered what was on the other TV stations in Melbourne, the moment Cathy Freeman’s race was being broadcast at 8.10pm ABC: Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers SBS: EPL highlights Ch 9: Friends: The One With the Thumb Ch 10: Guinness World Records ---
**Author:** ![AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/airjordanfan93/32/315299_2.png) [@AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AirJordanFan93)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/545 "2022-11-04T13:50:06Z")
> [@rhettrospective](#): > > While digitising, I realised that Channel 7 went 30 minutes without an ad break before/during/after Cathy Freeman’s 2000 Olympic race. Given how significant of a moment that was I’m not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/546 "2022-11-05T03:15:05Z")
2001 Newsbreak announcing the teams for the AFL Grand Final. Craig Hutchison [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H8vb2HdrQIg/maxresdefault.jpg "Newsbreak: Teams announced for 2001 AFL Grand Final") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vb2HdrQIg) ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/547 "2022-11-05T03:17:02Z")
Opening to the 1982 Ashes Series [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/myUlrNRyigE/maxresdefault.jpg "Opening to 1982 2nd Test "Ashes" at the GABBA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myUlrNRyigE) ---
**Author:** ![TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tftv/32/14587_2.png) [@TFTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TFTV)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/548 "2022-11-05T03:46:02Z")
This is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/549 "2022-11-05T03:49:52Z")
Clinton Crybas tkaes viewers on a tour of Fox Footy Studios in 2002 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qCmfwVizHTI/maxresdefault.jpg "Clinton Grybas takes us on a tour of Fox Footy Studios before their first broadcast in 2002") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmfwVizHTI) ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/550 "2022-11-05T03:59:06Z")
Where were the original Fox Footy studios (as seen in that clip) located? ---
**Author:** ![bands06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bands06/32/224070_2.png) [@bands06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bands06)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/551 "2022-11-05T04:51:13Z")
Awesome videos @rhettrospective . Do you have anything from seven’s first match back in 2007? Would’ve been coll v nth in the nab cup I think. ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/552 "2022-11-05T05:40:09Z")
> [@BJT2](#): > > Where were the original Fox Footy studios (as seen in that clip) located? City Rd South Melbourne. Not sure if the building is still there, a lot of development has taken place in that area. ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/553 "2022-11-13T10:06:00Z")
On reflection this is a nice moment. Back at the first ever Allan Border Medal telecast in 2000, they organised for 16 of the 17 living Australian Test Captains to attend. (Bradman watched from home) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrqtdCrXjrM/maxresdefault.jpg "16 of 17 living Australian Test Captains reunite in 2000. (Allan Border Medal)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqtdCrXjrM) ---
**Author:** ![rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/rhettrospective/32/311779_2.png) [@rhettrospective](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rhettrospective)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762/554 "2022-11-13T10:15:49Z")
In 1996, Jack Dyer, Lou Richards and Bob Davis reunited one final time for their iconic League Teams segment. It was at the 1996 AFL Team of the Century. This footage is a direct copy from the master tape [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1DUxoM4aR7g/maxresdefault.jpg "Jack Dyer, Bob Davis, Lou Richards reunite one final time for LEAGUE TEAMS. (at AFL Team of Century)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DUxoM4aR7g) [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762.md?page=26) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sports-broadcasting-history/9762.md?page=28)