From 1960 till 1974, Carolyn Tannock (nee Noble) graced our television screens in Western Australia, except for interruptions for her wedding, honeymoon, childbirth and  valued time dedicated to her own brood. For much of Carolyn’s career at TVW was devoted to entertaining children, starting in April 1960, at the youthful age of 17 and a […]

  Former Channel Seven CEO Max Bostock provides the following perspective on a number of TVW intiatives… In my production role at TVW, I had an involvement with many of the programs mentioned by others. However a few stand out in my memory. In 1968 a group of senior executives from Channel 7 Perth established […]

  ALF BINKS  (TVW 1959-1983) 1959  Alf joined TVW Limited as an assistant to the Company Secretary.  He was an advanced accountancy student in those days before calculators and computers and come from a background in accounting and commerce. His first task was to set up a new accounting system for the television station.  He was […]

  Max Bostock – (TVW 1960-1981) Max became a professional musician at the age of 15 in 1942. He played Piano and Vibes in many nightclubs, and in the late 1940’s created the big stage band that became well known on radio and stage shows in the major ballrooms in Melbourne and Sydney.  In the […]

TVW Foundation Company Secretary Frank Moss – (TVW 1959-1978) After five and a half years in the R.A.A.F. as a signals officer, Frank Moss did a Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme course in accountancy and cost accountancy. Then followed eight years as factory manager and company director of David Gray and Co. ▪ 1939 Royal Australian […]

Bob Finkle: TVW 1967 – 1979     Bob Finkle started in the WA Television Industry at STW 9 on April 5 1965 at the early age of (not quite) 16 years. Originally employed as a trainee technician, mainly in audio, he chose every opportunity to play with a studio camera until management couldn’t help but […]

Veteran cine cameraman Peter Goodall demonstrates a range of early cameras from an era when film was the prime visual source of television news coverage. As videotape equipment and electronic cameras became smaller, film was displaced by the new medium, which required no processing. The early 16mm black and white film was shot on reversal […]

Gregory Byrne was part of TVW’s successful management team, being with the company for 32 years Greg commenced just after the station opened and was there from May 1960 until July 1992. For most of the time he was Sales Manager, and then in the top role of Managing Director from 1988 to 1992, before […]

Bill McKenzie filled many key executive rolls at TVW and later become the first Managing Director of NEW-10 in Perth. ▪1956-1959 Employed by ANZ Bank Perth. ▪1959-1963 Joined TVW June 1959 and worked in Traffic, Programs & Publicity. ▪1963 Sydney Sales Manager TVW7 ▪1964-1968 Film Manager TVW7 ▪1968-1974 Assistant Station Manager TVW7 ▪1974-1977 General Manager […]

How technology has changed… In the early 1960’s, videotape cut editing was common for major program productions, such as Homicide. Often the master tapes were distributed, and one could hear and see the splices pass through the video headwheel assembly of the quadraplex machines during broadcast. The technique was used by TVW too, though there […]