This was coming out of Melbourne (at this time) yes?
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Yes, think it had only moved a few months prior at this stage - that 2nd studio backdrop was brand new.
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And that was Nikki Dwyer’s final year at Ten News Adelaide before being replaced by Kelly Nestor in 2001.
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Ten Late News with Darren Roberts - 20/10/2000
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The A teams to end all A teams. Do you have video of this?
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Do not have any videos online.
such a vast difference to the TEN-10 set. I think Sydney got a set similar to Melbourne’s in 1987 (I think @NewsWeary will have a better memory than most).
TEN-10 changed or revamped sets as often as they changed newsreaders during the mid to late '80s. I think ATV kept the same basic design and huge desk for a number of years because their ratings were stable and consistently competitive in that era. By 1987 Sydney moved away from the futuristic spaceship flight deck design used during the Tim/Katrina/Sanders years and went with something less ostentatious, reminiscent of the Melbourne set, when they welcomed Steve Liebman, Rex Mossop and Robyn Johnston.
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Melbourne set in 1987 had just a few minor changes
Then Set No 1 in 1988
And with the Olympics in 1988 came Set No 2
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I haven’t seen that set before. How long did that stay on air?
Fake newsrooms / computer monitors / TV screens were big in the late 80s.
Probably from the launch of the “X TEN” logo in January until the Olympics in September? Think Ten Sydney also had a version of that set (with a different cityscape background of course) around the same time period.
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It definitely lasted until the 10 TV Australia period in mid 1989. The news did under go changes at that point but I cannot remember if there were further set changes at that time.
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When it became Ten News, but the name change came without any real fanfare or promotion AFAIK. I suspected at the time that the name change from Eyewitness News to Ten News was to follow with TV0 becoming Channel 10 in Brisbane and finally being “Ten” nationally – although I later understand that TVQ held off the change until Expo ended a month later.
I love how they had so many presenters that one would be banished to a chair off the side of the desk.
Reminds me of that Fast Forward sketch
YouTube: the news is
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And after 30 years that sketch has lasted the test of time. Still 
relatable to this day.
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and Eddie’s “Around the Grounds”.
I believe that set lasted until 1991, just with a tight camera angle on the TVs behind DJ was used.
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It seems it was at this some of the network bulletins were starting to build a consistent network look for news. While not identical, you can see they’re trying to achieve a shared identity.
1988:
Credit: Australian TV Fan.
1989:
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