Tag: This Is The ABC

On This Day — 24 January

24 January 1976: Chelsea Brown (Celebrity Squares) 24 January 1976: Frankie Howerd and Kate Fitzpatrick (Up The Convicts) 24 January 1981: Peter Lochran and Karen Pini (The Young Doctors) 24 January 1998: Tennis champion Pat Rafter 24 January 2004: Christie Hayes and Sam Atwell (Home And Away) 24 January 2009: Dustin Clare, Kate Ritchie, Matthew …

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TV At 60: ABC begins in Melbourne

The opening night of ABC‘s Melbourne station ABV2 went ahead without anywhere near the problems encountered by its Sydney sister two weeks earlier. The station was officially opened by Minister for Labour and National Service Harold Holt shortly after 7.00pm on Monday, 19 November 1956. Other speakers during the half-hour ceremony included Leader of the …

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TV At 60: Opening Night of ABC

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of ABC television. ABC’s first station to go to air was ABN2 in Sydney, operating from studios and a temporary transmitter based at Gore Hill in Sydney. However, construction at Gore Hill was not completed in time for opening night — leading the ABC to utilise its orchestral …

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