Sunday 5 January 1986 — VICTORIA

The final day of transmission for SBS on VHF Channel 0. From the following day, SBS is available only on UHF Channel 28.

The network was granted only a temporary licence for a VHF service when inaugurated in 1980, to allow viewers time to get accustomed to tuning in to the new UHF band.

Source: TV Week, 4 January 1986 (Except programs indicated * Source: The Age, 2 January 1986)

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			(5.25am) Kenneth Copeland 6.25 Sounds Of Sunday 6.55 Turn Round Australia	6am The World Tomorrow 6.30 You Say The Word
7AM			7.25 Here’s Humphrey	7.30 Hour Of Power
8AM		8.30am It Is Written	8.20 Point Of View 8.30 Religious Program	8.30 Mass For You At Home
9AM	9am Playmates. Jane Fennell	9am Sunday Magazine 9.30 Aerobicise	9am Special: African Elephants	9am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids 9.30 Abbott And Costello
10AM	10am Kimba The White Lion 10.25 Alexander Bunyip’s Billabong 10.30 Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch 10.55 Dr Snuggles	10am World Of Sport Replay	10.50 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v New Zealand. Live from the Sydney Cricket Ground	10am Muppet Babies 10.30 Yogi’s Gang
11AM	11am Divine Service	11am World Of Sport		11am Alvin And The Chipmunks 11.30 Bugs Bunny
12PM	12pm Spirit Of Asia			12pm Movie: Crisis In Sun Valley. 1978 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Tales Of India 1.40 Civilisation		1pm Ten-Pin Bowling 1.30 Cricket (cont’d)	1.55 Movie: A Gift For Heidi. 1962 [IMDB]
2PM	* 2.30 Jazz Jukebox (B&W)	2pm Movie: Mars Needs Women. 1954 [IMDB]
3PM	* 3.15 Movie: The Sky’s The Limit. 1943 [IMDB]	3.35 Movie: A Night At The Opera. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB]		3.20 Bugs Bunny	3.30pm All-Star Challenge (Hong Kong)
4PM	* 4.55 The Red And The Blue			4pm Big Top Variety Show	4.30 Bocce: World Doubles Championship. Highlights
5PM	* 5pm Festival International	5pm Special: Return To Children In Crisis (Rpt)		5pm Solid Gold
6PM	6pm Countdown Summer	6pm Seven National News 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm National Nine News 6.30 Lifestyle Of The Rich And Famous	6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 The Best Of Star Search	6pm The Great Cities Of The World (France)
7PM	7pm Weekend National 7.30 Rush	7.30 Lottery$	7.30 Television	7.30 It’s A Knockout	7pm World News 7.30 Third World Music
8PM	8.25 Heritage: Civilisation And The Jews	8.30 Movie: Judge Horton And The Scottsboro Boys. 1976 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Sophia Loren Her Own Story. 1980 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three. 1974 [IMDB]	8.30 Mozart: Sketches From A Youth (Germany)
9PM	9.30 Ripping Yarns				9.30 Women’s Choice (Poland)
10PM	10pm The Chinese Detective 10.50 Six Centuries Of Verse	10.30 Movie: Georgia Georgia. 1972 [IMDB]		10.30 Entertainment This Week	10.30 Cockpit (Germany)
11PM	11.20 Close		11.30 Spitting Image	11.30 Movie: Visions Of Eight. 1975 [IMDB]
12AM		12.15am Insight 12.45 Close	12am Movie: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre. 1967 [IMDB]		12am Close
1AM			1.55 Movie: Interlude. 1957 [IMDB]	1.35am Wyatt Earp (B&W)
2AM				2.05 Close
3AM			3.35 Movie: Seven Days To Noon. 1950 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am)