The launch of ABC’s first regional transmission in Victoria — ABEV1 Bendigo.
The opening night includes some special programming exclusive to ABEV1 but from the following night ABEV1 became a full relay of all ABV2 programs with the exception of the 6.55 regional news.
See also: Monday 29 April 1963 — SYDNEY
Source: TV Times, 24 April 1963. The Age, 25 April 1963.
| MELBOURNE | |||
| ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | |
| 6AM | |||
| 7AM | |||
| 8AM | |||
| 9AM | |||
| 10AM | 10.30am Test Pattern, Music | 10am Test Pattern | |
| 11AM | 11.15 For Schools: Discovering Melbourne 11.35 Test Pattern, Music |
11.55am First Edition | 11.26 Almanac 11.30 I Led Three Lives |
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Whiplash. 1949 [IMDB] | 12pm Tombstone Territory 12.30 Movie: Flame Of Barbary Coast. 1945 [IMDB] |
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| 1PM | 1.30 Video Village. Danny Webb, Elizabeth Harris, Chris Christensen | ||
| 2PM | 2pm Spycatcher 2.30 For Schools: Discovering Melbourne 2.50 Test Pattern, Music |
2pm Make A Wish 2.30 The Price Is Right. Horrie Dargie |
2pm Say When! Jimmy Hannan 2.30 Concentration. Terry Holden |
| 3PM | 3pm Movie: Little Miss Broadway. 1947 [IMDB] | 3pm It Could Be You. Tommy Hanlon Jnr 3.30 Take The Hint. Frank Wilson |
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| 4PM | 4.45 Kindergarten Playtime | 4.10 Cartoon Carnival 4.35 Under The Big Top 4.50 Happy Show. Happy Hammond, Princess Panda, John D’Arcy, Vic Gordon, Anne Watt |
4pm Sea Hunt 4.30 The Cisco Kid |
| 5PM | 5pm Monday Showcase | 5pm The Tarax Show | |
| 6PM | 6pm Super Car 6.30 Mister Ed |
6pm News, Weather. Geoff Raymond, Ron Casey, Michael Williamson 6.30 The Nelsons |
6pm Komedy Korner 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, Jack Little |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Newsreel, Weather. Keith Glover 7.30 Dr Kildare |
7pm Pick A Box. Bob Dyer, Dolly Dyer 7.30 Hawaiian Eye |
7pm The Lucy Show 7.30 McHale’s Navy |
| 8PM | 8.15 Official Opening ABEV1. Dr J. R. Darling (ABC Chairman), Mr C. W. Davidson (Postmaster-General) 8.30 Ice Circus |
8.30 Bonanza | 8pm Movie: A Bullet Is Waiting. 1954 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9pm Town And Country. John Sparkes 9.30 University Of The Air |
9.30 Variety 7. George Wallace, Ron Bond, Glenda Raymond, Vikki Hammond, The Horrie Dargie Quintet | 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Bert Newton |
| 10PM | 10pm ABC News 10.10 Silents Please 10.35 Miami Undercover |
10.30 Trad Jazz | 10.45 Kevin Sanders Reports |
| 11PM | 11.05 Close | 11pm Late News Headlines 11.05 Close |
11pm Shotgun Slade 11.30 Epilogue 11.35 Close |
| 12AM | |||
| 1AM | |||
| 2AM | |||
| 3AM | |||
| 4AM | |||
| 5AM | |||
| REGIONALS | |||||
| ABEV1 Bendigo |
BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo |
GLV10 Gippsland |
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| 3pm Test Pattern, Music 4.45 Kindergarten Showcase 5pm Monday Showcase 6pm On Safari With Armand Denis 6.30 People: Bendigo Edition 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News, Newsreel, Weather. Keith Glover 7.30 Dr Kildare 8.15 Official Opening ABEV1 8.30 Ice Circus 9pm Tahiti: Pacific Cocktail 9.50 Twice A Citizen 10pm Late News 10.10 Four Corners 10.30 Victorian Symphony Orchestra 11.05 Close |
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5pm BTV Juniors 6pm Fury 6.30 News, Weather 7pm Pick-A-Box 7.30 I Love Lucy 8pm (To Be Advised) 9pm The Untouchables 9.50 Peter Gunn 10.15 Late News 10.30 Epilogue; Close |
5.30pm GMV Juniors 6.10 Dennis The Menace 6.40 News, Weather 7pm Pick-A-Box 7.30 I Love Lucy 8pm Rawhide 9pm Bus Stop 10pm Silent Service 10.25 News, Weather 10.40 Epilogue; Close |
5pm Cobbers’ Teleclub 6pm Lone Ranger 6.25 Magic Moments In Sport 6.30 News, Newsreel 7pm Pick-A-Box 7.30 The Larkins 8pm Tightrope 8.30 Ben Casey 9.25 Perry Mason 10.15 News, Newsreel 10.25 Epilogue; Close |
5.30pm Gippsland Teleclub. Includes The Mickey Mouse Club 6.45 News, Weather 7pm Pick-A-Box 7.30 Bonanza 8.30 The Untouchables 9.30 Farming Today 9.45 Opinion. Pat Hegarty 10pm Colonel Flack 10.30 News, Weather, Epilogue; Close |
