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FLASHBACK #46:

Lots of smiles at the studios of Adelaide's SAS10 on the occasion of the station's first anniversary in 1966. Pictured, left to right, are local presenters Roger Cardwell, Gail Spiro, Penny Ramsey, Bobo The Clown, Michelle Kenny and Paul Griffiths. SAS10 launched on 26 July 1965, and within its first year had launched a number of local productions including Bobo The Clown, Romper Room, Today and the evening news. Later productions included Fat Cat And Friends, Earlybirds, Crackerjack, Trax, Touch Of Elegance, Junior Jury and annual Christmas telethon. In 1987, SAS made TV history when it changed frequency and affiliation to Seven. In 2005, SAS7 produced a special, Made In Adelaide, to commemorate 40 years of television from SAS.

Picture: TV-Radio Guide, 31 July 1966

HOME AND AWAY	Seven's evening soap, set in the fictional beachside town of Summer Bay, has become an international success story, and now celebrates its 20th anniversary.
BERT NEWTON	In over fifty years of Australian television, only one name has been an almost constant presence during that time - Bert Newton.
TOP 40 TV	From Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock to Countdown, MTV and Australian Idol, TV and popular music have grown up together.
NEIGHBOURS	Famously axed by the Seven Network after 170 episodes, and picked up by Network Ten, Neighbours has gone on to become Australia's longest running drama.
COP SHOWS	Australian TV was almost ten years old before the first police drama hit our screens. Since then, police and crime dramas have been almost a constant presence on TV.
AGGREGATION	For thirty years, viewers in regional areas in the eastern states had a limited choice of TV channels. Aggregation changed everything and for the first time these viewers enjoyed the same choice as their capital city cousins.
NETWORK TEN	The ups and downs of Australia's third commercial television network.
FEBRUARY 1979	In February 1979, the launch of two very different but both popular and groundbreaking programs hit Australian TV screens.
GREAT OZ TV FLOPS	When you look back at the history of Australian TV it's easy to look only at the success stories, the shows that were groundbreaking, popular and successful. It's easy to forget the shows that didn't have such a long life, the ones that seemed "a good idea at the time".
FIRST 40 YEARS OF OZ SOAPS	Australians have seen soap operas evolve from wholesome fare in the fifties and sixties, through the sexual revolution of the seventies, the glitz and glamour of the eighties and the sun and surf settings of the nineties.
THE LOGIES	From humble beginnings to becoming Australian television's night of nights - love them or loathe them, the Logies have survived when others have come and gone.
GAME SHOWS	In 1956, the first game show to appear on Australian television was TCN9's Name That Tune hosted by Bruce Gyngell. Since then, game shows have become a popular fixture with Australian viewers and have featured regularly and prominently
TV WEEK	Australia's sole surviving national television magazine publication.
NUMBER 96	In the 1970s, a new evening soap opera dared to shock on the night 'Australian television lost its virginity' and would set the pace for many others to follow.
SBS	From its beginnings in 1980, SBS promised it would provide programs aimed specifically at the growing number of Australian citizens for which English is not their native language, and would also reflect the various aspects of Australia's now multicultural society.
CLASSIC TV GUIDES	TV listings from around Australia from the past five decades. Re-live some memories and see what Australians watched in years gone by.
HEADLINES FROM THEN	Television has made lots of headlines over the years - here are just a few.
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