Ha squash ever been on FTA TV in Australia since Pay TV came in 1995 except for Commonwealth Games?
Not that I remember, but in October 22, 1977 The Uniroyal World Men’s Squash Championships held at Brahma Lodge in Adelaide was shown live nationally on the Nine Network.
and here’s the actual final match courtesy of Youtuber MyLab Labradors
Also the ABC had some squash tournaments on its Sportsview programme in the 70s.
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Come to think of it, I vaguely remember Squash being played as a inning break show for the one day Cricket on Channel 9 (Simalar like the Ten Pin Bowling- 30mins) Late 80’s or Early 90’s
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It also features a production track that would become well known for it being used for AFL coverage on a rival network a decade later.
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I have these questions to ask
Why is it that we got rid of the PGR and AO ratings for TV?
When were classification ratings and PRGs first used on live TV?
Does anyone have a recording of the original launch of the 9 dots?
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I think it was to give TV some alignment to movie classifications and also allow for some nuance around mature content, with M, MA and in some cases MAV.
Don’t know when it started, but it was present back in 1970
YouTube: FrozenDoberman
Not that I have ever seen.
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Googled some stuff.
In 1971, the R classification was introduced for movies. There was: G (General Exhibition), NRC (Not Recommended for Children), M (Mature), and R (Restricted to audiences aged over 18).
In 1984, the “NRC” rating was renamed to “PG” (Parental Guidance) due to confusion among parents about the content’s strength compared to the “M” rating.
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I’m sure PG used to be PGR back in the 80s and early 90s? More or less the same classification, just emphasising the ‘Recommended’ element.
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PGR was TV
NRC was films
IIRC both were replaced by PG
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Previous discussion in Classification thread.
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A program classification guide as seen on HSV7 back in 1979.
YouTube: Eddie Gaster
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Yes, MA was introduced around 1993. Restricted to after 9:30pm iirc.
Cinema films also got that classification around that time, but without the time-of-day restriction.
Sometimes R-rated movies were/are shown on TV with an MA or MAV rating, but with some editing.
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Weren’t In The Line Of Fire (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997), And The Peacemaker (1997) All Rated MA15+ On TV At One Stage?
Only World Movies (original version) aired R rated films
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When did TV stations start showing the classification rating on screen?
Also, did many people in Australia own open reel video tape recorders before 1975?
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unless anyone else has an answer this is what i answered last week
no
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I do remember that occasionally when I was living in Goondiwindi on DDQ (10-4-5a) that they had to advise of a change of classification for a program. Generally it was 8:30pm or after. I remember that they did this on movies and on one episode of The A Team. The warnings before programs are a lot more prevalent than back then.
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A few years ago, I tried contacting Noise International if they had anything related to the original GO! theme song (my personal favourite of their Nine-related compositions), and they told me to “find the GO! song yourself”, which probably meant that they didn’t have anything.
If you listen to the single/video version of the song, you’ll notice sounds that were prominently used as part of GO’s 2009-2014 on-air presentation packages. I wonder if the music for the channel’s original idents/lineups/classifications/sponsors/etc. was created by tearing apart a multitrack for a version resembling the one from the early 1-minute promos, as the single/video version uses a slightly different instrumental. It might also explain this quote from Noise’s old website:
Nine Network’s brief to Noise was to create a theme song for their new channel, Go! that sounded like a chart pop song. It needed to be full of energy and excitement to match the youthful character of the new channel and reflect the audience it was targeting. Noise created just such a track, featuring artist Sharon Muscat from Sister2Sister fame, which is proving hugely successful. ‘As soon as the promo aired Nine was inundated with calls from viewers demanding the info necessary to buy the song’ said Bruce Heald, Noise Creative Director. ‘We have now released a full-length track as a single which is selling well. Apparently there are people dancing in clubs to remixes of a track that was originally written as a TV promo!’
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I have a question relating to the last minute affiliation swap in QLD in December 1990. In the weeks prior to aggregation did ITQ8 carry the entire TNQ7/FNQ10 or did they wait until the start of aggregation. If ITQ8 maintained the normal Nine mixed schedule with only a 5 minute newsbreak, how did they break the affiliation swap change to its audience?
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