Nov 21 2008
Imparja Television, Australia’s last independently-owned regional TV operator, is reported to be closing down its regional news and current affairs unit. ABC reports that the Alice Springs-based, indigenous-owned broadcaster is closing its local news operations in a round of cost cutting. Already seven jobs are believed to have been cut with more to follow. The …
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Sep 24 2008
Former WIN Television newsreader Peter Leonard has died after a battle with mesothelioma. He was 66. A resident of Canberra for more than fifty years, Leonard began his career at radio station 2CA in 1962, and stayed for nearly ten years. He then served as a news presenter for local ABC radio and television for …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2008/09/peter-leonard.html
Sep 15 2008
Why Lynda said no to nude stardom Lynda Stoner, nurse Kim Barrington in The Young Doctors, has just started a drama course. “I want to be a good actress,” she told TV Times. The former Adelaide receptionist became a star after winning the Miss TV Times contest in 1976 – part of her prize being …
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Jan 14 2008
Today saw the launch of the new-look Nine Network with its iconic balls (or discs as they now appear to be) re-instated. The new logo has also extended across all areas of network presentation and also marked a minor redesign of its news portfolio. The logo made a quiet debut just after midnight this morning, …
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Dec 28 2007
This year’s big TV battle wasn’t just the high profile ratings stoush between Seven and Nine, it was also a boardroom battle between Nine and its largest regional affiliate WIN Television. For almost twenty years WIN had enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Nine as its affiliate in regional markets in New South Wales (including the …
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Sep 07 2007
After months of negotiations and more than a fair share of hostility – even as recent as only days ago (see previous post) – the Nine Network and regional WIN Television have patched up their tattered relationship. WIN has announced that it has signed a five-year agreement to source programming from Nine for its regional …
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Sep 04 2007
It seems to be a case of another day, another shot by regional WIN Television in their souring relationship with the Nine Network. Negotiations between Nine and WIN, over the issue of affiliation fees, have been going on and off for most of the year, and has seen WIN act defiantly against Nine’s program line-up …
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Mar 17 2007
Regional TV was growing at a great rate in NSW in 1962 – with two local commercial stations launching on 17 and 18 March respectively. CBN8, based in Orange in the Central Tablelands region of NSW, was launched on 17 March 1962. CBN8 would later partner with CWN6 which began in 1965 in nearby Dubbo. …
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