Best of the best. I have his final call from Easter Saturday 1988 on video and was going to upload to RU-vid but found this, so I don't need to. Listening to Bill Collins call a race was like listening to Lucianio Pavarotti sing, perfect tone, and hits the notes perfectly throughout.
Yes they did in Melbourne as they did most weeks back in the late 80s and early 90s on Saturdays and many public holidays also 7 had the rights to Moonee Valley , Caulfield and Sandown and Ch 10 did Flemington. The telecasts on both networks included Sydney and Adelaide (and occasionally Brisbane during their carnival) Also the provincial Victorian meeting from places like Bendigo, Ballarat, Mornington, Yarra Glen etc Was a great free to air service
