National broadcaster ABC launches its Melbourne channel ABV2. The opening program includes previews of upcoming ABC programs as well as interviews with Olympic athletes Chris Chataway and Shirley Strickland — leading up to the Opening Ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games just a few days later.
HSV7, entering its third week of regular transmission, is on the air from 6.00pm including two 15-minute news bulletins.
GTV9 is only operating in test broadcast mode, with a test pattern during the afternoon only.
TV At 60: ABC begins in Melbourne
Source: The Age, 15 November 1956
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| 12PM | 12pm Test Pattern, Music | ||
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| 3PM | 3pm Close | ||
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| 6PM | 6pm The Judy Jack Show 6.30 Annie Oakley |
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| 7PM | 7pm Official Opening ABV2. CW Davidson (Postmaster-General), Charles Moses (General Manager, ABC), Edgar Dawes (vice-chairman, ABC), Dr H Evatt (Leader of the Opposition), Harold Holt (Minister for Labour). Includes interviews with Olympic Games athletes Chris Chataway and Shirley Strickland 7.30 The Frankie Laine Show |
7pm News, Weather. Danny Webb, Mary Parker 7.15 Patti Page Show 7.30 Hopalong Cassidy |
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| 8PM | 8pm Fabian Of Scotland 8.30 Special: This Is The ABC 8.50 Seeing Stars |
8pm Whitehall Theatre 8.30 London Playhouse: Two Letters |
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| 9PM | 9.15 War In The Air 9.45 Close |
9.30 News, Weather. Danny Webb, Mary Parker 9.45 Close |
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