30 Years Ago Today
1996 Cricket World Cup Final.
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Ahead of the VFL’s return to the ABC tomorrow, here is an article on the public broadcaster’s previous coverage of the competition from 1987 to 2014.
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The first game of the 1999 AFL Season with 7 introducing new graphics for the last AFL Season of the new millennium
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Did you mean before the new millennium?
Also, the last season before the AFL logo changed to what it is now, in 2000.
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Yep. Before. Also the last with the 1989-1999 7 logo and the old 7 sport logo
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Intro to UEFA Euro 96 Day 3 on SBS:
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Some rare footage from the 1987 Winfield Cup.
Brisbane replay rights for the Winfield Cup were held by BTQ-7 for just 1987 and vision of their coverage of games has been scarce.
A full replay of the 87’ Prelim Final between Canberra and Easts with Pat Welsh, Bob McCarthy and Wally Lewis commentating with Peter Meares hosting from Brisbane.
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I watched a Flemishdog archive of the 1986-1987 WSC final played at the SCG tonight. I was amazed that they had access to the Bureau’s Sydney rain radar during the coverage. It was very primitive by today’s standards but it was there.
I wonder how they got the image as the Internet wasn’t widely available at that point, maybe by fax?
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Opening half hour of Seven’s coverage of the 1993 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships in Sydney:
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Their news department may have had some sort of access to this that they could easily feed to when required
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Promo for Sportsworld from 1992:
Ten World of Sport intro also from 1992:
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Don’t recall that, though on Network Ten’s coverage of the 2008 Brownlow Medal, Stephen Quartermain said “that wraps up Network Ten’s involvement in season 2008” - doing so without mentioning the Grand Final that would air on Seven five days later (during the 2007-11 AFL broadcasting rights period that were jointly held by Seven and Ten, the FTA networks alternated televising the Brownlow/pre-season GF and the GF).
(skip to 2:48:16 for the comment)
Courtesy: Michael Anselmi
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Absolutely no promotion or mention whatsoever. games including the Grand Final on the rival channel didn’t exist, lol
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Meanwhile, over in the States, they have no visible issue with acknowledging the other host broadcasters, at least in the NFL.
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There was some reminiscing on breakfast TV this morning with Australia to compete again in The Americas Cup
The win was in time for breakfast TV. Seven using local WJAR 10 with a somewhat familiar looking logo.
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And yes that is Greta from Kingswood Country
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NBL on Seven promo and the sponsor billboard/some of the Seven Sport intro from 1991:
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Promo for the 3rd Test of the 1989 Ashes Series.
Was given to the ABC as Channel 9 was too busy covering Wimbledon
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Promo for Barcelona 1992:
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