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Archive for August, 2010

Bert Shaw 15/5/1930 – 24/8/2010 Mr. Bert Shaw (1930-2010) was a talented dancer, choreographer and teacher, who spent many years performing on the stage and on television. He passed away in Melbourne on Tuesday 24th August, 2010. Bert was the principle dancer in the 1958 Playhouse stage version of Coralie Condon’s The Good Oil, where […]

NEW-10 and GWN Roll-Calls now available

Posted by ken On August - 25 - 2010

The Golden West Network (GWN) began life as a group of smaller, independent stations – South West Telecasters won the license for Bunbury and Albany, being the development of nine prominent Bunbury businessmen and four prominent Western Australian companies. BTW3 Bunbury launched 10 March 1967, TX at Mt Lennard (co-sited with ABC) GSW9 Southern Agricultural […]

STW Channel 9 Roll-Call now available

Posted by ken On August - 23 - 2010

The STW Channel 9 roll call of past and present staff is now available. While every effort is made to preserve the correctness of the details, some errors or omissions may slip through. Please inform us via our Contact page of any anomalies. . List of all identified present and former STW staff. If you […]

Eric Walters – Tribute to a Veteran Newsreader

Posted by ken On August - 19 - 2010

Eric Walters (born 4 July 1937, died 18th August 2010) was an Australian journalist, media trainer and former television presenter who worked for all commercial television channels (Seven, Nine and TEN) in a on-air career, including radio, which spanned more than forty years. Eric died following a three and a half year battle with pulmonary […]

96FM 30th Anniversary Reunion

Posted by ken On August - 18 - 2010

96FM has the distinction of being Perth, Western Australia’s first commercial FM radio station, being launched on 8th August 1980 by Brian Treasure with the financial support of Kerry Stokes and Jack Bendat. Brian Treasure – Jack Bendat – Kerry Stokes 96FM Perth – 30th Anniversay Reunion My Wonderful Journey 96FM was one of Australia’s […]