# TV/Media Vehicles

**URL:** <https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818>\
**Category:** General Television Topics\
**Created:** [April 7, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818 "2017-04-07T13:04:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![HarryTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/harrytv/32/176009_2.png) [@HarryTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/HarryTV)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/266 "2021-01-06T08:44:15Z")

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![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/9/e9ac9b6f3b74f4118cb9670b3c1d4bdb0da3272a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/elcapitancranky/32/531872_2.png) [@ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ElCapitanCranky)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/267 "2021-01-06T08:50:07Z")

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Looks fairly generic - no station identifier (apart from Power FM).

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**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:** [January 11, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/269 "2021-01-11T07:56:13Z")

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I’m just glad it’s not the cheap white most go for these days.

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/270 "2021-01-14T02:28:35Z")

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3 x Seven choopers in Brisbane at the same time 10 years ago. Plus three more based at Seven.

> <https://twitter.com/PeterDoherty7/status/1349192967123189760?s=20>

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**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:** [January 14, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/271 "2021-01-14T02:52:27Z")

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Yep… I remember that. The days when all stations had their own choppers.

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**Author:** ![ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/elcapitancranky/32/531872_2.png) [@ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ElCapitanCranky)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/272 "2021-01-14T03:19:59Z")

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Yep. Even some of the regional stations! I remember looking up at the sky after the Horse Week parade and seeing the NBN chopper fly off.

It wasn’t this particular chopper but they did have them.

> **[FLASHBACK FRIDAY – THE NBN HELICOPTER | NBN News](https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/08/04/flashback-friday-the-nbn-helicopter/)**

Another regional TV chopper

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZFKFKVZQAFk/maxresdefault.jpg "BTV6 BALLARAT LOCALISM PRESENTER (1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKFKVZQAFk)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gvq-UPwLeuQ/maxresdefault.jpg "BTV6 BALLARAT LOCALISM PRESENTER (1985)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvq-UPwLeuQ)

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**Author:** ![ceejay](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/ceejay/32/223285_2.png) [@ceejay](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ceejay)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/273 "2021-01-14T03:46:01Z")

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> [@ElCapitanCranky](#):
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> Yep. Even some of the regional stations! I remember looking up at the sky after the Horse Week parade and seeing the NBN chopper fly off.

… in the eighties NBN had not one, but two choppers … program manager John Kidd, together with Peter Hunniford from CTC and myself once took a trip in one up to a Hunter Valley winery for lunch because every department was “allocated” a number of hours use of it to justify the expense of having two …

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**Author:** ![WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/watvvideos/32/246910_2.png) [@WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WAtvVideos)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/274 "2021-01-28T05:33:39Z")

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Pulled up next to me at the shops

 ![20210128_132859](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/c/9c752a0ab36aefc0facbe0aa3a5f8d7e63a01f40.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Jeza02](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jeza02/32/225028_2.png) [@Jeza02](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Jeza02)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/275 "2021-01-28T06:13:26Z")

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> [@WAtvVideos](#):
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> Pulled up next to me at the shops
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> ![20210128_132859](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/c/9c752a0ab36aefc0facbe0aa3a5f8d7e63a01f40.jpeg)

“that FEELING when!!!”

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**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/276 "2021-01-28T06:51:26Z")

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Assuming you’re at Kalgoorlie when that happened?

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**Author:** ![WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/watvvideos/32/246910_2.png) [@WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WAtvVideos)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/277 "2021-01-28T07:51:22Z")

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You would be assuming correctly. 😌

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**Author:** ![ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/elcapitancranky/32/531872_2.png) [@ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ElCapitanCranky)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/278 "2021-01-28T08:09:34Z")

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> [@Jeza02](#):
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> “that FEELING when!!!”

you get HIT by that ute. 😛

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**Author:** ![WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/watvvideos/32/246910_2.png) [@WAtvVideos](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WAtvVideos)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/279 "2021-01-28T09:16:30Z")

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Almost 98 times.

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**Author:** ![Jeza02](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jeza02/32/225028_2.png) [@Jeza02](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Jeza02)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/280 "2021-01-28T22:43:23Z")

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With a total 97.9 % damage ratio. 😝

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/281 "2021-02-08T09:21:00Z")

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![20210208172503.mp4_000451840](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/6/c6133eac212fd030ecff0e9af9d815d353f82c41.jpeg) ![20210208172503.mp4_000452160](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/b/3b1be4098c635e12ad60b08dec4c27fb9a0421ac.jpeg) ![20210208172503.mp4_000452560](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/c/0cc538c45ceacd9e6136556802d611386427bd7e.jpeg) ![20210208172503.mp4_000453680](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/4/e48013308c9e5a2c1e32cdb78c8619d0361bf3f0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aussietv/32/319185_2.png) [@AussieTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AussieTV)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/282 "2021-03-05T05:51:06Z")

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![10029318774_257e6b0f7b_o](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/0/40a2b676a601a009766304ffd81c8da17a6091cc.jpeg)

[Hawthorn Final Training Session - 2013 Grand Final](https://www.flickr.com/photos/86792135@N04/10029318774) By Andrew Scanlon (Flickr)

WCG878 is still registered. Its _Compliance Plate Date_ is the 13 September 2007. Seems to have been purchased from the Melbourne City Toyota group too.

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**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/283 "2021-03-05T08:42:40Z")

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Though the rego plate on the Audi is one I haven’t seen before.

Looks like an Collingwood AFL members plate…

Do the letters CM or AC mean anything (CM maybe Collingwood Member?)

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**Author:** ![Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Frankie)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/284 "2021-03-05T09:06:42Z")

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CM = Collingwood Magpies.

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**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/285 "2021-03-05T09:08:33Z")

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Ah yes of course! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/elcapitancranky/32/531872_2.png) [@ElCapitanCranky](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ElCapitanCranky)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tv-media-vehicles/2818/286 "2021-04-07T02:56:16Z")

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Prime7 at the Royal Easter Show. Only one I’ve seen.

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51100494358_6195a20ba9_b.jpg "Prime7 News van at Royal Easter Show") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdan2006/51100494358/)

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