The official launch of Adelaide’s second commercial television station, ADS7, owned by The Advertiser newspaper.
Adelaide’s ABC station, ABS2, launches the following year.
TV At 60: TV comes to Adelaide [2019]
Source: The Advertiser, 24 October 1959
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9AM | 9am Test Pattern | |
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5PM | 5pm Test Pattern 5.30 Movie: Calling Wild Bill Elliott [IMDB] |
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6PM | 6.30 The Lilli Palmer Show 6.45 News, Sport, Weather |
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7PM | 7pm Test Pattern, Music 7.30 Official Opening ADS7 7.45 This Is TV |
7pm Pick A Box 7.30 State Trooper |
8PM | 8pm Future Film Features 8.15 Variety Spectacular |
8pm Bob Dyer Special |
9PM | 9.15 Deadline For Action | 9pm Harbor Command 9.30 Adelaide Tonight |
10PM | 10.15 Bachelor Father 10.45 News Headlines |
10.30 Movie: The Private Lives Of Henry VIII [IMDB] |
11PM | 11pm Religious Program 11.05 Close |
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12AM | 12am Epilogue, Close | |
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