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CLASSIC TV GUIDES Monday 19 November 1956 - MELBOURNE National broadcaster ABC launches its Melbourne channel ABV2. The opening program includes previews of upcoming ABC programs as well as interviews with Olympic athletes Chris Chataway and Shirley Strickland - leading up to the Opening Ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games just a few days later. HSV7, entering its third week of regular transmission, is on the air from 6.00pm including two 15-minute news bulletins GTV9 is only operating in test broadcast mode, with a test pattern during the afternoon only. Source: The Age, 15 November 1956 |
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| 12PM | 12pm Test Pattern, Music | |||
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| 3PM | 3pm Close | |||
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| 6PM |
6pm The Judy Jack Show 6.30 Annie Oakley |
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| 7PM |
7pm Official Opening ABV2 CW Davidson (Postmaster-General), FR Dawes (vice-chairman ABC), Dr H Evatt (General Manager ABC), Harold Holt (Minister for Labour). Includes interviews with Olympic Games athletes Chris Chataway and Shirley Strickland 7.30 The Frankie Laine Show |
7pm News, Weather Danny Webb, Mary Parker 7.15 Patti Page Show 7.30 Hopalong Cassidy |
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| 8PM |
8pm Fabian Of Scotland 8.30 Special: This Is The ABC 8.50 Seeing Stars |
8pm Whitehall Theatre 8.30 London Playhouse: Two Letters |
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| 9PM |
9.15 War In The Air 9.45 Close |
9.30 News, Weather Danny Webb, Mary Parker 9.45 Close |
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