From back when NBN still televised all Knights games. Even if they had to do it themselves
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This was the call with Greg Miles in which 7 would use from 2003 until his retirement in 2016.
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7’s coverage of the 2009 Medibank International in Sydney.
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Intro to Seven Sport’s coverage of the NBL:
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Would’ve been the last ever season of TV rights before 10 Took those up the following year until 1998 when the Season was permanently made into summer.
This happened around the same time 10 lost NRL rights to Nine leaving 10’s top sports rights featuring only Melbourne Cup and Sydney to Hobart. Seven’s top sports rights back then remained AFL, Tennis and Supercars.
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Entire 1hr Tony Charlton segment on Norm Smith sacking has been uncovered
Footage of Collingwood’s 1951 tour of Western Australia found
Entire last quarter Round 4 1957 Collingwood v Sth Melbourne, at Victoria Park.
GTV-9 transmission found
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Every commentary team was localised (considering regional networks covered their teams for their home games) even though not all games were covered (especially Gold Coast Rollers and Geelong Supercats games).
For 1991 it was often something like
BRISBANE/GOLD COAST: Peter Meares, John Musgrove, Glen Palmer
NEWCASTLE (NBN): Mike Rabbitt, Dave Ankaney
SYDNEY: Graham McNaney, Greg Henricks
ILLAWARRA (Prime): Phil Lynch, Tom Pottinger
CANBERRA (Prime): Phil Lynch, ?
MELBOURNE/GEELONG: Drew Morphett, Bill Palmer (League CEO)
HOBART (ABC): Rod Kilner/Peter Walsh, Dave Atkins
ADELAIDE: Andrew Kay, Lyn Parnell
PERTH: Dave Christison/Dennis Cometti, John Gardiner
Morphett, Cometti, Palmer and Gardiner did the GF Series that year
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Quick question, who broadcasted the GF Breakfast between 2002 and 2011?
I know Seven did it until 2001, and Fox since 2012.
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10 from memory. They did at least between 2002-2007.
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Yes Ten, Michael Christian hosted, at least 2009. The best Grand Final coverage we ever saw. Sadly the only one ONE HD got to do.
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7’s 2001 AFL grand final pre-match entertainment and end of 7’s coverage after 45 years and for the next 5 years
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The promo at the end has all the sports no longer on the network - golf, rugby, tennis and Olympics which are now on the rival network, 9.
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NBL uploaded the whole broadcast a few years ago.
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Speaking of the NBL. Here ABC Hobart taking the NBN Coverage
This is from 1986
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ABC Sport Brisbane from 1992
Via “basuppark” on YT:
Check out this crucial match in terms of the 1992 BRL top-four, as the Diehards host the Seagulls at Neumann Oval, Albion. Tom Raudonikis and Warren Boland are the commentators.
Neumann Oval would be bought by QLD Cricket and converted into Allan Border field a few years later.
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Channel 10 Adelaide covered the SA State League Basketball Grand Finals when they had the NBL rights between 1992 and 1997. Southern Tigers uploaded the Grand Finals featuring the old Noarlunga City Tigers to YouTube.
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Most of Seven’s coverage of the 1993 Tooheys 1000 Top Ten Shootout
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AFL 2005 Round 21 - Both of Fox’s Saturday Matches that weekend were shown in South Australia only on 10 with Geelong-West Coast and Melbourne-Bulldogs (Both were 10-produced matches) Only being shown on Fox in South Australia. Viewers in Western Australia saw both those 10-produced matches on host broadcaster.
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