The Victorian Football League (VFL) launches its 1959 season and, as per the previous two seasons, Melbourne’s three TV channels are permitted to televise the final quarter of play of selected matches.
Each TV station has to pay the VFL a fee of £150 per match for home-and-away games – with the two playing clubs receiving £50 each and the ground collecting £50.
Source: TV Week, 16 April 1959
| ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | |
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| 9AM | 9am Test Pattern, Music | ||
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| 12PM | 12.30pm Close | ||
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| 2PM | 2pm Sports View | 2pm Sports Matinee. Barry McQueen | |
| 3PM | 3.30pm The Teenage Hour. John D’Arcy, Ernie Sigley, Heather Horwood, Gaynor Bunning, Shirlene Clancy | ||
| 4PM | 4.25 Football: VFL. Carlton v Essendon. Live from Carlton Football Ground | 4.30 Football: VFL. Collingwood v South Melbourne | 4.10 Football: VFL. Richmond v Melbourne |
| 5PM | 5pm Sports View 5.30 Children’s TV Club |
5.15 These Were Hits 5.45 Cavalcade Of Sport. Bill Collins |
5.30 Meet Corliss Archer |
| 6PM | 6pm Six O’Clock Rock. Ricki Merriman, Johnny O’Keefe 6.45 Movie Museum |
6pm Peters Fun Fair 6.30 Swallow’s Juniors. Brian Naylor |
6pm Men On Annapolis 6.30 The Bert Newton Show 6.50 News. Roland Strong |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Tom Horton 7.15 Glen Marks & Margaret Day 7.30 Sports Review. Joe Brown, Graeme Cope |
7pm People Are Funny 7.30 The Nelsons |
7pm Pick A Box. Bob Dyer, Dolly Dyer 7.30 Movie: The Black Arrow [IMDB] |
| 8PM | 8pm How To Marry A Millionaire 8.30 Movie: Station West [IMDB] |
8pm Sugarfoot | |
| 9PM | 9pm Five Star Playhouse 9.30 Movie: You May See Macao [IMDB] |
9pm State Trooper 9.30 The Bob Hope Show |
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| 10PM | 10pm Saturday Party. Corinne Kerby, Bob Cornish, Judy Banks 10.45 Close |
10.30 Mickey Spillane | |
| 11PM | 11pm Ringside With The Rasslers 11.35 News. Geoff Raymond 11.50 Close |
11pm Late News. Roland Strong 11.15 Epilogue 11.25 Hour Of Mystery |
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| 12AM | 12.25am Close | ||
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