Official launch for Ballarat television station BTV6 — the fourth regional commercial station in Victoria
Ballarat television turns 50 [2012]
Source: TV Week, 23 April 1962
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| 10AM | 10am Test Pattern, Music | ||
| 11AM | 11.45 Fun With Food | ||
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Thirteen Hours By Air. 1936 [IMDB] | ||
| 1PM | 1.30pm First Edition News 1.35 Interpol Calling |
1.30 The Loretta Young Show | |
| 2PM | 2pm Mainly For Women. Corinne Kerby 2.30 For Schools: Science And Life, Chez Les Dupre |
2pm Say When 2.30 Lady For A Day |
2pm Burns And Allan 2.30 Markham |
| 3PM | 3.05 Test Pattern, Music | 3pm Movie: Macbeth. 1948 [IMDB] | 3pm It Could Be You. Tommy Hanlon Jnr 3.30 Concentration |
| 4PM | 4.45 Kindergarten Playtime | 4.15 Box Of Tricks | 4pm Roy Rogers 4.30 The Cisco Kid |
| 5PM | 5pm The Peep Peep Show. Includes The Shari Lewis Show | 5pm The Happy Show | 5pm The Tarax Show |
| 6PM | 6pm You Asked For It 6.30 Biggles |
6pm Robin Hood 6.30 News. Geoff Raymond |
6pm Komedy Korner: The Three Stooges 6.30 News, Newsreel, Weather. Eric Pearce, Jack Little |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Focus On Football |
7pm The Nelsons 7.30 Sunnyside Up |
7pm The Danny Thomas Show 7.30 In Melbourne Tonight |
| 8PM | 8pm No Hiding Place 8.45 Dan Farson In Australia |
8.30 Movie: A Woman’s Face. 1941 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: I’ll Get By. 1950 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9pm The Magic Of Music 9.30 Any Questions? |
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| 10PM | 10pm International Scene 10.15 The Nature Of Things 10.30 ABC News, Newsreel 10.55 Close |
10.30 Daly At Night | 10pm Four Just Men 10.30 Shotgun Slade |
| 11PM | 11.30 Late News Headlines 11.35 Close |
11pm Television City News 11.15 Epilogue 11.20 Close |
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| REGIONALS | |||
| BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo |
GLV10 Gippsland |
| 7pm Commence Transmission 7.01 This Is BTV Channel 6. Documentary showing the development of Channel 6 since the station site was selected 7.15 Official Opening BTV6. Introduced by Cr. Alan Pittard, Chairman of BTV6 7.30 BP Super Show 8.30 The Grey Nurse Said Nothing 10pm Movie: The African Queen. 1951 [IMDB] 11.30 Close |
2pm Test Pattern 5.30 GMV Juniors. Nancy Cato 6pm The Lone Ranger 6.30 Let’s Talk About Farming 6.40 News, Weather 7pm The Phil Silvers Show 7.30 Assignment Foreign Legion 8pm The Mobil-Limb Show 8.30 Movie: Picture Of Dorian Gray. 1945 [IMDB] 10.20 News, Weather 10.30 Epilogue 10.35 Close |
5.30pm Cobbers’ Teleclub. John Crook 6pm Robin Hood 6.30 News, Newsreel, Weather. Ron Alderton 7pm The Phil Silvers Show 7.30 Assignment Foreign Legion 8pm The Mobil-Limb Show 8.30 Hong Kong 9.30 Naked City 10pm News 10.10 Epilogue 10.15 Close |
5.55pm Program Summary 6pm Crusader Rabbit 6.15 Tales Of The Texas Rangers 6.45 News, Weather 7pm Air Power 7.30 Bert Newton Channel Nine Show 8.30 The Roaring ’20s 9.30 Movie: A Bill Of Divorcement. 1932 [IMDB] 10.40 News, Weather, Epilogue 10.45 Close |
