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.

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM			6am Thunderbirds
7AM			7am Star Trek 7.30 Look Listen Laugh And Learn
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
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)
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
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
1AM
2AM			2.20 Movie: Girls In Prison. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM			3.45 Movie: The Gunslinger. 1956 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5am Gene Autry (B&W) (Continues to 6am)