The West Australian newspaper’s TVW 50th Anniversary supplement published on Friday October 16, 2009….
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Continuing the West Australian newspaper’s TVW 50th Anniversary supplement…
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Continuing the West Australian newspaper’s TVW 50th Anniversary supplement…
Courtesy of WA Newspapers
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EIGHT YEARS WITH SEVEN IN THE SIXTIES
Brian Harrison-Lever
Brian Harrison-Lever with Carolyn Tannock (nee Noble)
After returning from a 4 year working holiday in the UK in 1963 I made an application for a job as a Set Designer with Perth’s new, commercial television station, TVW Channel Seven. I was interviewed by the then Station Manager Brian [...]
In 2006, it was the 50th anniversary of television in Australia. The Australian Museum of Motion Picture Technology (AMMPT) commemorated this occasion with two events. The first was an exhibition in the undercroft of the Perth Town Hall in October 2006, and the second, a reunion for Perth television stations with TVW7, ABW2 and STW9 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In early 1958 came the big break David Farr had been hoping for. Radio 6PM conducted auditions for an announcer, for which he applied and won the position. He was appointed to the evening shift, which in the pre-television era was radio’s prime time slot. Other duties included a couple of hours per day writing [...]
3 Days to Go before TVW’s 50th Annversary special.
50 years ago on October 16, 1959 West Australians took part in an historic occasion. A single moment altered forever the way we watched the world.
50 years ago on October 16, 1959 West Australians took part in an historic occasion. A single moment altered forever the way [...]
ON-AIR PRESENTATION – “The Way It Used To Be” as recalled by former TVW Senior Director, Keith Mackenzie.
Behind the glass wall is Terry Green in AMU1
VMU1 personnel Left to Right: Keith Mackenzie, Gerry Swift, Max Taylor and his Lighting Assistant.
When you watch Television in Australia, today, in 2009, and view a Commercial Channel’s ON-AIR Presentation [...]
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