Mar 31 2022
Ernie Carroll, the man who gave us Ossie Ostrich for over 30 years, has died at the age of 92 from natural causes. Starting in radio in the 1950s, he made the move to the new medium of television, joining GTV9 in its first year of operation. He worked as a writer, cartoonist and performer …
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Apr 17 2016
Bruce Mansfield, prominent media identity in Melbourne for 50 years, has died at the age of 71. Mansfield had been diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. The nephew of popular 1940s and 1950s radio host Terry Dear, Mansfield’s first break in radio came in winning a competition for a junior announcing position at Melbourne station 3UZ. …
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Jun 19 2014
Melbourne radio 3AW‘s Nightline program has put the call out… for co-presenter Bruce Mansfield to be invited to reprise his role of newsreader at Ten in Melbourne on its upcoming 50th anniversary. The idea is reminiscent of Brisbane’s Seven News inviting its founding newsreader Brian Cahill to make a guest appearance on the eve of its 50th anniversary in 2009. Mansfield, with …
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Jun 17 2010
https://www.televisionau.com NEW FLASHBACK #55: For over thirty years Peter Hitchener has been a trusted face of news at GTV9, Melbourne. Starting his career in Brisbane in the 1960s, Hitchener then moved to Sydney’s TCN9. But then when he went further south to Melbourne in 1974, Hitchener was hosting a game show, Gambit, based on the …
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