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TVW Reunion Photos courtesy of Nigel Felangue

ken — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:36:24 +0000

Carolyn Noble will be remembered as a popular personality who started with the children's programs and became involved with the woman's shows and the Logie Award winning Stars of he Future.

... Audrey Barnaby has enjoyed a close and continuous relationship with Coralie Condon from the 1958 stage production of Coralie's musical comedy 'The Good Oil' to the establishment of the make-up section and on-air presentation for the woman's programs.

Being paid to have fun by Tom Creamer TVW 1965 – 1996

ken — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:28:52 +0000

Thirty One of the Past Fifty Years 1965 – 1996 ( Being paid to have fun ) By Tom Creamer I joined TVW7 in December 1965. I’d recently migrated from England and was looking for work. I phoned the station on the off chance they might have a vacancy and was lucky enough to be answered by a girl [...]

The First 50 Years – TVW Channel 7 tonight at 8:30pm (Friday October 16th, 2009)

ken — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:15:31 +0000

Please be watching TVW Channel 7 tonight at 8:30pm (Friday October 16th, 2009) for Seven’s 50th anniversary special titled “7 Perth The First 50 Years”. This fast moving, informative and entertaining special will bring back many fond memories of TVW in the early years. It will also be an education for the younger viewers who did [...]

Patti Rock (nee Nicholas) reflects on the 1960’s at Seven

ken — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:01:38 +0000

Patti Rock (nee Nicholas) worked in both the Accounts and Production Departments at TVW Channel Seven between 1965 and 1969. Patti kindly provided the following information and photos… I arrived at Seven in 1965 working in the ‘front’ office as a ledger machinist. Alf Binks was my immediate boss. I ventured onto the newly acquired Punch Card [...]

Maureen Iustini (nee Burgwyn) – Secretary

ken — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:34:07 +0000

Maureen Burgwyn joined 6IX shortly after TVW took over the radio station. The studios were then located next to WA Newspapers in Mounts Bay Road (in a now demolished building across the road from the present bus station). When the seventeen year old Maureen applied, she was shortlisted by 6IX and appointed by TVW Company [...]

Endurance walk to Geraldton

ken — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:32:23 +0000

Veteran TVW staffers will be aware of former News Editor and General Manager Darcy Farrell’s propensity for exercise. Richard Ashton recalls that on returning to the studios following newsworthy events, Darcy would leap out of the news vehicle at Dog Swamp and run all the way up the Flinders Street hill, and down Cobham Avenue [...]

Now and Then

ken — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:02:49 +0000

Personalities from the past created a television heritage well worth documenting for references by present day students and researchers of the future.

Spotlight – First Variety Show

ken — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:50:08 +0000

Perth television’s first variety show was Spotlight, which was broadcast on the opening night of Channel Seven, Friday 16th October, 1959. It was a half hour live show written and produced by Coralie Condon, directed by Beverly Gledhill and compered by Phillip Edgley.

News Photo Collection

ken — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:42:10 +0000

A selection of News Department photos showing different newsreader over the decades, and many of the people responsible for bringing the daily news happenings into your home. People who often braved the elements to get a story, or in some cases became part of the story. Examples being the air crash which took the life [...]