The first of 13 episodes of test programs from the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) broadcast on ABC. The programs were the precursor to the establishment of a permanent multicultural television service from SBS, which began as Channel 0/28 in October 1980.
1979: SBS television makes its debut [2019]
Source: TV Times, 28 April 1979. The Age, 26 April 1979.
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| 6AM | 6am Thunderbirds | |||
| 7AM | 7am Star Trek 7.30 Look Listen Laugh And Learn |
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| 8AM | 8am Ethnic Television (SBS): Introduction, Fatti And Fattacci (Italian), Prime Minister’s Message, Another Viewpoint, Ethnic Magazine, Teacher In The Sky, Greek Singing, Melbourne’s National Gallery, Music And Radio, Korean Ballet | 8.45am It Is Written | 8am Day Of Discovery 8.30 Good News |
8.30am You Say The Word |
| 9AM | 9.15 Sunday Magazine 9.30 VFL Junior Supporters Club 9.55 World Of Sport Replay |
9am The Rex Humbard Hour | 9.30 Hour Of Power | |
| 10AM | 10am Here’s Humphrey 10.52 Point Of View |
10.30 Mass For You At Home | ||
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am World Of Sport. Ron Casey, Bill Collins | 11am Christian Television Association 11.30 You Me And Education. Sue McIntosh |
11am Greek Affair, Harry Michaels |
| 12PM | 12pm Countrywide. Neil Inall 12.45 Sow What? Kevin Heinze |
12pm Movie: Laughter In Paradise. 1950 [IMDB] | 12pm Variety Italian Style | |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Motor Racing: 1979 Australian Sports Sedans. Round One. Live from Oran Park, Sydney |
1pm Racing Preview. Clem Dimsey 1.45 Football: VFA. Port Melbourne v Dandenong |
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| 2PM | 2.15pm Football: Commodore Cup. Melbourne Reserves v Richmond Reserves | 2pm Movie: The Mountain. 1956 [IMDB] | ||
| 3PM | 3pm News 3.05 Football (cont’d) |
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| 4PM | 4pm Thrillmaker Sports 4.30 Hockey: World Tournament. 1979 Grand Final. Live from Perth |
4pm The Curiosity Show | ||
| 5PM | 5pm The Man From Atlantis | 5pm Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea | 5pm The Waltons | |
| 6PM | 6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather |
6pm Seven National News. Pamela Graham 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 New Faces. Bert Newton |
6pm Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Peter Hanrahan, Paul Jennings 6.30 The New Adventures Of Wonder Woman |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. John Amies. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 All Creatures Great And Small |
7.30 This Fabulous Century. Peter Luck | 7.30 60 Minutes. Ray Martin, Ian Leslie, George Negus | 7.30 The Rockford Files |
| 8PM | 8.30 Anna Karenina | 8pm This Is Your Life. Roger Climpson 8.30 Movie: Breakout. 1975 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: Paper Tiger. 1975 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Airport 75. 1974 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.25 Between The Wars 9.50 ABC News, Weather |
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| 10PM | 10pm Meet The Leaders. Barrie Cassidy, Ralphe Neill 10.30 Paradise Island 10.55 Close |
10.20 Movie: Niagara. 1953 [IMDB] | 10.30 Movie: Notorious. 1945 (B&W) [IMDB] | 10.30 Kojak |
| 11PM | 11.30 King Of Kensington | |||
| 12AM | 12am Insight 12.30 Close |
12.30am Movie: Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came. 1970 [IMDB] | 12am Close | |
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| 2AM | 2.20 Movie: Girls In Prison. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 3AM | 3.45 Movie: The Gunslinger. 1956 [IMDB] | |||
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| 5AM | 5am Gene Autry (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
