SBS Channel 0/28 commences regular weekday programming, including the launch of Worldwide News, presented by George Donikian, at 9.30pm. The title was later shortened to World News. By March, the news was shifted to the earlier 7.30pm timeslot.
The channel went on to receive acclaim for its focus on international news, something at that time often lacking in other TV news services.
Source: TV Week, 25 October 1980
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| 6AM | 6am King Leonardo 6.30 The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show 6.55 Go Health |
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| 7AM | 7am Cartoons | 7am The Early Bird Show | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.55 Launching Pad | |||
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Musical Triangles 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Rovers |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Think Tank, Industrial Arts, Words And Pictures, Changes, Music Time | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 Another World |
10am The Bluestone Boys 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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| 11AM | 11am Willesee At Seven (Rpt) 11.30 Yus My Dear |
11.55 News | 11am Everyday. Roy Hampson, Annette Allison | ||
| 12PM | 12pm Close 12.35 Weekend Magazine (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: Point Blank. 1967 [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: 42nd Street. 1933 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 For Schools: Out ‘n’ About, Primary Social Studies, Music In Performance, Australian Reptiles |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2.35 Close | 2pm The Streets Of San Francisco | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The Doris Day Show 2.30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show |
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| 3PM | 3pm Police Woman | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Matlock Police | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Alexander’s Afternoon 4.01 Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends |
4pm The Tomorrow People 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 My Friend Flicka |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 The Lost Islands |
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| 5PM | 5pm Huntingtower 5.35 All The Green Year 5.58 News Headlines |
5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Sha Na Na |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud |
5pm Bugs Bunny And Friends 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 6PM | 6pm Laff-A-Bits 6.05 The David Nixon Magic Show 6.30 Quark 6.55 Today’s Sport |
6pm Get Smart 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Naylor |
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jana Wendt | 6.28pm News Headlines 6.30 The Hot Wind (Yugoslavia) |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 Home Sweet Home |
7pm Willesee At Seven. Mike Willesee 7.30 Barry Jones’ Wide World |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 The Sullivans |
7pm MASH 7.30 The Benny Hill Show |
7.30 Numero Un (France) |
| 8PM | 8pm Man About The House 8.30 The World On Monday |
8.30 Cop Shop | 8.30 The Love Boat | 8.30 Movie: The Outlaw Josey Wales. 1976 [IMDB] | 8.27 News Headlines 8.30 Bel Ami (Italy) |
| 9PM | 9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide. Peter Couchman |
9.30 Skyways | 9.30 The Don Lane Show | 9.30 Worldwide News PREMIERE | |
| 10PM | 10pm Sight And Sound | 10.30 Movie: Torture Garden. 1967 [IMDB] | 10pm Special: La Dame De L’Orient (France) | ||
| 11PM | 11pm Miss Jones And Son 11.25 Close |
11pm Gunsmoke | 11.05 Movie: Flight To Hong Kong. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11pm Close | |
| 12AM | 12.15am Space 1999 | 12am Movie: The Cloning Of Clifford Swimmer. 1974 [IMDB] | 12.50am Time Express | ||
| 1AM | 1.15 Close | 1.30 Movie: Whirlpool. 1950 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.50 Close | ||
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| 3AM | 3.30 Movie: Manfish. 1956 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.15 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am) |