Federal Election coverage dominates the evening’s viewing on all channels

Federal election started TV revolution [2013]

Source: TV Week, 30 November 1963

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6AM
7AM			7am Test Pattern 7.30 The Bugs Bunny Show
8AM			8am Kevin Dennis Auditions. Frank Wilson
9AM			9.30 Close
10AM	10.30am Test Pattern, Music
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1PM	1.30pm Sportsview		1.30pm Test Pattern
2PM		2.15pm Directions 2.30 Far Horizons	2pm Men Into Space 2.30 Challenge
3PM		3pm Movie: Circus Clown. 1934 [IMDB]	3pm Bat Masterson 3.30 Hopalong Cassidy
4PM		4pm Cartoon Carnival 4.30 Your Hit Parade	4.30 Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
5PM	5.30 Cartoon Time	5pm Sing Sing Sing. Johnny O’Keefe	5pm Country And Western Hour. Roger Cardwell
6PM	6pm The Bryan Davies Show	6pm Peter’s Fun Fair 6.30 News, Sport, Weather	6pm News, Sport. Bob Walters, Maurie Kirby 6.30 The Deputy
7PM	7pm ABC News. Tom Horton 7.15 Sports Review 7.30 The Donna Reed Show	7pm The Jackie Gleason Show	7pm Rifleman 7.30 Adventures In Paradise
8PM	8pm Boyd QC 8.30 Four Corners	8pm Federal Election Preview. Roland Strong, Geoff Raymond, Brian Naylor, Herschel Hurst, Frederick Howard	8.30 Federal Election: National Television Network Eric Pearce, Alan Reid, Brian Henderson, Bob Walters. With commentators Kevin Sanders, Mike Ramsden (TCN9), Creighton Burns, Graham Perkins (The Age). Coverage from Commonwealth tallyroom, Canberra; NSW tally room; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; GTV9; TCN9 Sydney and offices of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney.
9PM	9.15 Federal Election Preview 9.20 The Music We Love 9.30 Federal Election Telecast. Includes panel discussion at 10.30 with Federal Treasurer Mr Holt; Labor member for Melbourne Ports, Mr F Crean; Senator Wade of the Country Party; and Frank McManus of DLP
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12AM	12.05am Close	12am Close	12am Close
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