The 1979 Miss Universe pageant is held at the Perth Entertainment Centre. It was the first time that the beauty contest had been held in Australasia.
The pageant was actually held from 9am in Perth (11am Australian Eastern Standard Time) to align with prime time in the United States.
The event later made headlines not because of its winner, Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela, but rather because the set collapsed at the close of the show. (It is not known if this part of the program made it to air on the delayed broadcast)
The telecast was produced by TVW7 in Perth and broadcast in Melbourne on GTV9.
GTV9 repeated the program the following Sunday afternoon.
Source: TV Times, 14 July 1979.
ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | ATV0 | |
6AM | (5.15am) Danger Man (B&W) 6.15 Thunderbirds |
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7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show. Marilyn Mayo. Includes The New Adventures Of Superman, Archie And Sabrina, Casper | 7am The Early Bird Show | ||
8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.55 Launching Pad | ||
9AM | 9am For Schools; The Roman Way 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Bernard King Show |
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10AM | 10am For Schools: Behind The News, Environmental Man, Craft As A Livelihood, The Magic Bag, Our Asian Neighbours | 10am Romper Room | 10am All My Children | 10am Sewing 10.15 Mod Squad |
11AM | 11.50 Close | 11am Not On Your Nellie 11.30 Willesee At Seven (Rpt) |
11am Another World 11.55 News. Peter Hitchener |
11am Everyday. Roy Hampson, Annette Allison |
12PM | 12pm Movie: Father Came Too. 1963 [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: The Bounty Hunter. 1954 [IMDB] | |
1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 Close 1.35 For Schools: Industrial Arts, Watch, Bookworm, Living Tomorrow, New Shakespeare |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | 1.30 The Steve Raymond Show | |
2PM | 2.55 Close | 2pm Within These Walls | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News. Peter Hitchener |
2.30 The FBI |
3PM | 3pm Boney | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3.30 $10,000 Winners Circle. Sandy Scott | |
4PM | 4pm ARVO. Ron Blanchard, Alexander the Bunyip. Includes Play School, Sesame Street, Top Mates | 4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood. Shirley Strachan 4.30 Stax |
4pm The Curiosity Show | 4pm What In The World. Sandy Palmer 4.30 Junior Jury. Noel O’Connor |
5PM | 5.59 News Headlines | 5pm It’s Academic. Andrew Harwood 5.30 Get Smart |
5pm Family Feud. Tony Barber 5.30 My Three Sons |
5pm Shazam! 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
6PM | 6pm Statewide At Six. David Johnston | 6pm I Dream Of Jeannie 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Naylor, Arthur Higgins, Kevin Arnett |
6pm Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Annette Allison, Rob Gell |
7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 The Two Ronnies |
7pm Willesee At Seven. Mike Willesee 7.30 Eight Is Enough |
7pm The Sullivans 7.30 Donny And Marie |
7pm The New Dick Van Dyke Show 7.30 Special: Zoos Of The World |
8PM | 8.15 Marcia’s Music. Marcia Hines | 8.30 Movie: The Long Ships. 1963 [IMDB] | 8.30 Special: 1979 Miss Universe. From the Perth Entertainment Centre | 8.30 Movie: Chisum. 1970 [IMDB] |
9PM | 9pm Sow What? Kevin Heinze 9.15 ABC News 9.25 Golf: British Open. Live from England |
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10PM | 10.55 Late News | 10.30 The Tony Randall Show | 10.30 Peter Couchman Tonight | |
11PM | 11.30 Night Moves. Lee Simon | 11pm Late News 11.30 Movie: Indiscretion Of An American Wife. 1954 (B&W) [IMDB] |
11.30 Movie: Herod The Great. 1960 [IMDB] | |
12AM | 12.45am Movie: The Daydreamer. 1956 [IMDB] | |||
1AM | 1.30am Close | 1.55am Close | ||
2AM | 2.25 Movie: Appointment With Danger. 1951 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
3AM | 3.30am Close | |||
4AM | 4am Movie: Love In Bloom. 1935 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
5AM | 5.15 Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6.15am) |