Australia goes to the polls to vote for its next Government. Coverage of the election results is broadcast through ABC, TVW7 and STW9 in Perth and on regional stations BTW3 and GSW9.
See also: Saturday 2 December 1972 — MELBOURNE
Source: TV Week, 2 December 1972
| PERTH | |||
| ABW2 | TVW7 | STW9 | |
| 6AM | |||
| 7AM | |||
| 8AM | |||
| 9AM | 9am Kindy 9.25 Noddy 9.35 Kindy |
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| 10AM | 10am Trotting: Gloucester Park 10.30 Speedway |
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| 11AM | 11.30 Stars Of The Future | ||
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Snow White And Red Rose [IMDB] | 12pm Happening 72. Jeff Phillips | |
| 1PM | 1pm Roller Game | ||
| 2PM | 2.30pm Hit Scene. Dick Williams | 2pm Consider Your Verdict | |
| 3PM | 3pm Sportsview. Includes 1972 Tasman Cup Motor Racing | 3pm Movie: FBI 99. 1966 [IMDB] | 3.45 Wotsaname Show |
| 4PM | 4.30 Spellbound. Garry Meadows, Martin St James | 4pm Junior Spotlight. Jenny Clemesha 4.30 The Lone Ranger |
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| 5PM | 5.30 Grasshopper Island 5.45 Wind In The Willows 5.55 Timeslip |
5.30 Dennis The Menace | 5pm Hawkeye And The Last Of The Mohicans |
| 6PM | 6.20 Whacko 6.50 Today’s Racing |
6pm News, Weather 6.30 Special: Captain Thunderbolt |
6pm News, Weather. Lloyd Lawson 6.30 World This Week |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.25 Weather 7.30 Four Corners. Jim Downes, John Temple, David Flatman, Gordon Bick |
7.30 The Dick Van Dyke Show | 7pm Jeopardy. Graham Webb 7.30 Basketball |
| 8PM | 8pm Federal Election 1972. Live from Canberra with local updates for Western Australia | 8pm Federal Election 1972. Live from Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne with local results and analysis from Perth. | 8pm Federal Election 1972. Live from Perth with links to the Nine Network in Canberra 8.45 Special: Liberace In Australia |
| 9PM | |||
| 10PM | 10pm Federal Election 1972 (cont’d) 10.30 Special: Des O’Connor In Australia |
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| 11PM | 11.40 Trotting: Gloucester Park | ||
| 12AM | 12am Close | 12.10am Close | 12am Close |
| 1AM | |||
| 2AM | |||
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| 5AM | |||
| REGIONALS | ||
| ABAW2 Albany ABSW5 Bunbury ABCNW7 Carnarvon ABGW6 Geraldton ABKW6 Kalgoorlie ABCW4 Northam |
BTW3 Bunbury GSW9 Albany |
VEW8 Kalgoorlie |
| 2.30pm Hit Scene. Dick Williams 3pm Sportsview. Includes 1972 Tasman Cup Motor Racing 5.30 Grasshopper Island 5.45 Wind In The Willows 5.55 Timeslip 6.20 Whacko 6.50 Today’s Racing 7pm ABC News 7.25 Weather 7.30 Four Corners 8pm Federal Election 1972 12am Close |
5.30pm Youth Club News 5.35 Lost In Space 6.30 News, Weather 6.40 Say It With Music. Barry Crocker 7.35 Movie: Close To My Heart. 1951 [IMDB] 9.10 Federal Election: Progress Report 9.15 Movie: Trouble Along The Way [IMDB] 11.10 Federal Election: Progress Report 11.15 News 11.20 Close |
5.30pm Huckleberry Hound 5.55 Country And Western Hour. Reg Lindsay 6.55 Sportlight. Clem Baker 7.20 Get Smart 7.45 Movie: Virgin Island. 1960 [IMDB] 9.10 Hunter 10.05 Program Summary 10.10 Close |
