Photo Flashback: TVW Secretaries and Peter Dean (in drag) help celebrate the retirement of Sir James Cruthers in 1981 with their take on the Mickey Mouse Club song
A group of former TVW secretaries and production ladies enjoyed reminiscing together on Sunday November 4th 2012. It was planned as a picnic [...]
TVW Engineering Reunion 2012
A reunion of mainly 1960s and 1970s TVW Engineering and Operations folk was held in Kings Park, Perth, at the Botanical Cafe on Friday 2nd March, 2012.
TVW Engineering Reunion 2012
WA TV History
A reunion of mainly 1960s and 1970s TVW Engineering and Operations folk was held in Kings Park, Perth, at [...]
Vic Kitney Tribute
June Holmes sadly reported the passing of Vic Kitney, who for those working at STW9 in the 1960s, will remember as the station’s first Chief Engineer, from before the station was built and opened in 1965 until 1968.
Cedric Woods with Vic Kitney at the TVW 50th anniversary [...]
From Papers to PCs: the story of the media in Western Australia
Exhibition from 27 October 2011 to 15 January 2012
The story of newspapers, telegraph, cinema, radio, television and the internet, and the impact they have made on the lives of Western Australians over the years.
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On Saturday May 7, 1960, ABW Channel 2 in Perth opened and in the fifty years since, television has gone from black and white to widescreen, colour and high definition with surround sound. A lot of changes have taken place since the station first went on-air.
The first newsreaders selected for ABW were Jim Fisher, who [...]
On Friday 12th November, Coralie Condon and Audrey Long organised a small get together of friends who participated in either the Seven Ex, a group of former TVW staff, who for many years assisted with Telethon fund raising, and people involved with the 1964 television production of ‘The Good Oil’, which was broadcast in 1965.
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On Friday 7 May, 2010 ABC Television in Perth celebrated its 50 year anniversary. To mark this occasion, ABC Perth brought together past and present staff for an ‘afternoon tea’ reunion at the ABC studios, 30 Fielder Street, East Perth on the afternoon of Sunday 16th May 2010.
Geoff Duncan, the State [...]
ABC TV PERTH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF TELEVISION
On Friday 7 May, 2010 ABC Television in Perth will celebrate its 50 year anniversary. To mark this monumental occasion, ABC Perth is bringing together past and present staff for an ‘afternoon tea’ reunion at the ABC studios, 30 Fielder Street, East Perth on Sunday 16th May from [...]
ABC TV PERTH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF TELEVISION
On Friday 7 May, 2010 ABC Television in Perth will celebrate its 50 year anniversary. To mark this monumental occasion, ABC Perth is bringing together past and present staff for an ‘afternoon tea’ reunion at the ABC studios, 30 Fielder Street, East Perth on Sunday 16th May from [...]
A collage of images taken during the TVW Reunion held at Seven’s studios on Sunday October 18th, 2009.
Content courtesy of Nigel Felangue, Gordon McColl and Seven News.
