Sep 07 2023
7 September 1974: Gerard Kennedy (Rush) 7 September 1991: Toni Pearen and Melissa Tkautz (E Street) 7 September 2002: Dan Paris and Kym Valentine (Neighbours) 7 September 1963: RTQ7, Rockhampton, is officially opened. 7 September 1964: AMV4, Albury, is officially opened — Prime Albury turns 50 [2014] 7 September 1975: ABC debuts the historical drama …
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Mar 05 2022
The official opening of NBN3, Newcastle, on 4 March 1962, marked the beginning of television in regional New South Wales. Construction of the station’s premises in Mosbri Crescent, Newcastle, had been 18 months in the planning – culminating in a two-studio complex capable of producing large-scale “live” production as well as news bulletins, women’s and …
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Jan 26 2022
The Australia Day 2022 Honours List recognises 1040 Australians for their achievements in various fields including community service, science and research, industry, sport and the arts. Some of this year’s recipients with connections, past or present, to television: OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Dylan Alcott OAM — “For distinguished …
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Dec 24 2021
Shareholders in regional broadcaster Prime Media Group have voted in favour of acquisition of the company by Seven West Media. The vote, conducted at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday, saw 99.9% of shareholdings agree to the Seven West Media offer, reported to be worth $132 million. It was a second attempt at Seven buying …
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Dec 09 2021
Television was given a staged introduction in Australia. Stage One was the commencement of ABC and commercial television stations in Sydney and Melbourne. Stage Two saw the same extend to Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart. Stage Three was the licencing and establishment of ABC and commercial television services in thirteen country areas across the eastern …
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Nov 27 2021
The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen this Sunday 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. Today it’s back to 1996 — …
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Jan 13 2021
David Evans, former regional television and ABC radio presenter, died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 78. He began his media career at radio station 2VM in Moree, NSW, in the early 1980s. He moved to television in 1984, as newsreader at NEN9 (now Prime7) in Tamworth in 1984. He stayed in the …
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Oct 19 2019
The changing, challenging and shrinking media landscape has seen some significant deals in recent times. In 2017, Network Ten was in receivership and was rescued by a takeover from American network CBS. Last year, the Nine Network completed a merger with Fairfax Media to create a giant of online and print media, radio and television. …
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Jun 29 2019
Ray Martin won his third Gold Logie as Most Popular Personality On Australian Television at the 36th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The awards were held at Melbourne’s World Congress Centre on Sunday 17 April 1994 and telecast on the Nine Network. It was the first time since the 1960s that the awards were presented …
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Aug 08 2018
WIN Television has announced that it will be shifting presentation of its evening WIN News for Tasmania to centralised facilities on the mainland. The final WIN News to be presented from the Hobart studios will go to air on Friday 17 August. From the following day, WIN in Tasmania will broadcast Ten Eyewitness News‘ national …
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