Official opening of Perth’s second commercial station, STW9. The station is declared open by Western Australian Premier David Brand at 5.55pm. The Premier’s opening speech is replayed during STW9’s first news bulletin at 9.30pm.
At 8.30pm, STW9 screens the musical special TV Spells Magic, the program that heralded the opening of Sydney channel TEN10 two months earlier.
Nine Perth turns 50 [2015]
Source: The West Australian, 12 June 1965
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| 10AM | 10.30am Test Pattern | ||
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| 1PM | 1pm Movie: Curtain Up [IMDB] | ||
| 2PM | 2.20 Sportsview | ||
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| 4PM | 4.15pm Test Pattern 4.30 Sing Sing Sing. Johnny O’Keefe |
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| 5PM | 5.15 Sporting Roundup 5.30 Cartoon Time |
5.25 Club 7 Teen. Gary Carvolth | 5.30pm Montage Of Perth 5.55 Official Opening STW9 (see article below) |
| 6PM | 6.10 Let’s Sing Out 6.35 This Week In Britain 6.40 Sports Review 6.57 Weather |
6.15 Football 6.45 News, Weather |
6pm Movie: The Cowboy And The Tiger [IMDB] |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.15 Today’s Football 7.45 The Danny Kaye Show |
7pm Sport At Seven. Syd Donovan, Doug Gilmour, Jack Sheedy 7.30 People Are Funny |
7pm The World’s Greatest Showman |
| 8PM | 8.35 Four Corners | 8pm Car 54 Where Are You? 8.30 Sound Of Music. Bobby Limb |
8.30 Special: TV Spells Magic |
| 9PM | 9.20 Movie: Gidget Goes Hawaiian [IMDB] | 9.30 Movie: Room At The Top [IMDB] | 9.30 News, Weather 9.45 All My Eye And Betty Martin Too |
| 10PM | 10.15 Movie: Guys And Dolls [IMDB] | ||
| 11PM | 11.10 Close | 11pm Trotting Summary 11.35 Reflection 11.40 Close |
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| 12AM | 12.45am Close | ||
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