The WA TV History RU-vid Channel and dedicated web site commemorates the many people, past and present in Western Australia who have contributed to our local television, radio, cinema and theatre heritage. The information provided here is courtesy of the very participants who made it all happen.
I remember Micheal Brock from a tv series on channel 9 called Clapperboard. It was show talking about the new movies coming out at the time like Epires Strikes Back ect. The show would have fun fare of a comon man as there theme song. I was just a little kid at the time but i remember it well i loved the show. Seeing this here with peter Holland man there getting old. I guess we all are 🤗. Great area of Wa tv🤝🙏🏻
I also remember working for a number of years at the Telethon, to assist with operational tasks on loan from GWN as I was a Tape Operator and Presentation Co-Ordinator there in the 80's and 90's. Great times then, where it was all tape and film, not Digital files and folders and PC's. Everything was switched live to air and when things went wrong, it was easier to recover and get back on air.
Fifty years ago I think I walked up every set of stairs and every lift downtown Perth selling Royal Typewriters. It was my first job when I came to Australia. The world has changed so much since.
The decision makers are insensitive and need their hand forced before they entertain common sense and passion. The funding required needs to be perceived as a cheap fallback position before it succeeds. Treat them like the bullies that they are, with an expensive bruising before negotiating. You must burst their plans in a way that's beyond a patch to make your proposal their only golden bridge exit.
What was the signature music that John Juan played just about every morning on 6WF breakfast radio? It was some nautical music. I was only young at the time but it has never left my head. If any one can remember what the orchestral piece was called it would really appreciated.
Wattsie a legend of the Mighty Royals, I remember one of his best lines, it still gives me a smile today. He said he had a heavy duty license, he was licensed to carry 17 other players in his team. "🙂 🙂
Sadly most of this fantastic equipment got scrapped or fell into private hands and will never see the light of day again let alone be sold to people who could still use them.
'And then if you're not happy with what you're seeing, you don't like it, or if it frankly bores you, put the switch to off.' Someone should have quoted Sir Dallas Brooks, at the opening of Channel 9 in Melbourne, to those crackpots who complained to Channel 2 about the interview between Libbi Gorr, as 'Elle McFeast' and Mark 'Chopper' Read. They might have thought their behavior was appropriate, perhaps they even deliberately intended it to damage her career, but I think of them as being among the cane toads of the human race
I was a member of BBCTVC Tel Rec Shift one for a decade. That was in the Quad to 1inch days. Later I worked in ENG with HB Umatics. Today I have iPhones! `ahg!
North Sydney is a suburb and major commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia. North Sydney is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district[2] and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council. The Indigenous people on the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) called the north side warung which meant the other side, while those on the northern side used the same name to describe the southern side.[3] The first name used by European settlers was Hunterhill, named after a property owned by Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765-1799), a Scottish political reformer. He purchased land in 1794 near the location where the north pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is now located, and built a house which he named after his childhood home. This area north of Gore Hill became known as St Leonards. The township of St Leonards was laid out in 1836 in what is now North Sydney, bounded by what is now Miller, Walker, Lavender and Berry Streets. By 1846 there were 106 houses here and by 1859, the commercial centre had extended from Milsons Point to Miller Street. A bus service operated by Jeremiah Wall ran between Milsons Point and North Sydney Shops, and North Sydney thus developed its own identity. The North Sydney municipality was incorporated in 1890 and after naming disputes, North Sydney was settled upon. The post office which opened in 1854 as St Leonards was changed to North Sydney in 1890. The first public school which opened in 1874 as St Leonards was renamed North Sydney in 1910.[4] North Sydney underwent a dramatic transformation into a commercial hub in 1971-72. In this period no less than 27 skyscrapers were built.[5] Main article: Trams in Sydney The history of the North Sydney tramway system can be divided into three periods - the first from the original opening in 1886 to 1909, when the McMahons Point line opened. The second period covers the time until the Wynyard line was opened across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, and the third until construction of the Cahill Expressway on the eastern side of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the wider closure of the system in 1962.[6] The first part of the North Sydney tramway system was a double-track cable tramway which commenced at the original Milsons Point Ferry wharf, located where the north pylon of the Harbour Bridge is now. The line originally extended via Alfred St (now Alfred Street South), Junction St (now Pacific Highway), Blue St and Miller Sts to the engine house and depot in Ridge St. It used cable grip cars called "dummies" and un-powered trailer cars. A feature of these lines was the underground tram terminus at Wynyard railway station (the only one in Australia), and the tracks over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Trams ran from Blue St, North Sydney over a now-demolished steel arch bridge over the Harbour Bridge Roadway, then over the eastern side of the harbour bridge (now road lanes), through a tram platform at Milsons Point railway station, before descending underground into platforms 1 and 2 of Wynyard station. Main article: Trams in Sydney The history of the North Sydney tramway system can be divided into three periods - the first from the original opening in 1886 to 1909, when the McMahons Point line opened. The second period covers the time until the Wynyard line was opened across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, and the third until construction of the Cahill Expressway on the eastern side of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the wider closure of the system in 1962.[6] The first part of the North Sydney tramway system was a double-track cable tramway which commenced at the original Milsons Point Ferry wharf, located where the north pylon of the Harbour Bridge is now. The line originally extended via Alfred St (now Alfred Street South), Junction St (now Pacific Highway), Blue St and Miller Sts to the engine house and depot in Ridge St. It used cable grip cars called "dummies" and un-powered trailer cars.
