GTV9 and Sydney’s ATN7 make history when they present the first TV transmission between the two cities. ‘Operation Kangaroo’ had been in planning by GTV9 and ATN7 engineers for over a year. The original plan was to have the Third Test broadcast direct from Sydney to Melbourne but a last minute hitch — an ATN7 truck hopelessly bogged in the Snowy River district on the eve of the first day’s play — delayed the opening of the Sydney-Melbourne link until the Friday evening, when Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight announced ‘Come in Sydney’ and Melbourne viewers were then greeted by ATN7’s special events director, Brian Wright. GTV9 then promised to begin its coverage of the Third Test from Sydney from the second day’s play on Saturday.
TV At 60: Operation Kangaroo [2019]
Source: The Age, 8 January 1959, 9 January 1959, 10 January 1959
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| 12PM | 12.30pm Demonstration Film | ||
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| 3PM | 3.30 Life Of Riley | 3.30pm The Whizzer | |
| 4PM | 4pm Kindergarten Playtime 4.15 Close |
4pm Green Fingers 4.15 Movie Guide. Jean Battersby |
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| 5PM | 5pm Children’s TV Club 5.45 Life With Elizabeth |
5pm The Last Frontier 5.15 Young Seven |
5.15pm The Happy Show. Happy Hammond, Ron Blaskett, Gerry Gee, Margot Sheridan |
| 6PM | 6.15 Liberace 6.42 Weather 6.45 ABC News, Newsreel |
6pm The Mickey Mouse Club 6.53 News, Weather |
6pm Noddy 6.15 Peter’s Club 6.45 News. Includes Professor Browne’s Study |
| 7PM | 7pm The Donna Reed Show 7.30 Damon Runyon Theatre |
7pm Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon 7.30 Whirlybirds |
7pm Kit Carson 7.30 26 Men |
| 8PM | 8pm Cafe Continental 8.30 O Henry Playhouse |
8pm Oh! Susanna 8.30 Have Gun Will Travel |
8pm Silent Service 8.30 Star Theatre |
| 9PM | 9pm Eye On Research 9.30 Movie: Come Closer Folks. 1936 [IMDB] |
9pm Conflict | 9pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Graham Kennedy |
| 10PM | 10.30 Test Cricket: Highlights | 10pm Sunnyside Up | |
| 11PM | 11pm Close | 11pm Test Cricket: Highlights 11.15 Movie: Gangs Of New York. 1938 [IMDB] |
11pm News. Includes Test Cricket Highlights 11.15 Epilogue 11.20 Movie: The Man In The Road. 1956 [IMDB] |
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