An accolade for Kevin Campbell Mark Nicoski interviews Eagles fans on Today Tonight West Coast Eagles forward Mark Nicoski was a guest reporter for Today Tonight on the eve of the Eagles 600th game on Thursday 14th June, 2012. Mark interviewed a number of the Eagles most passionate supporters, of which one was Pam Hynson, a long-serving West Coast cheer squad member who has only missed one home match in the past 6½ years. Pam Hynson Pam said that her most precious memory is of Channel Seven sending her and husband Les to the 1991 Grand Final. Les had lost his dad, just a...

Michael Goodall of the Goodall Film Industry Dynasty Michael Goodall Michael Goodall was a cameraman in the newsroom at TVW from 1971 to 2003, continuing the Goodall family tradition, where father Leith Goodall (1903-1978) was a founding member of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). Leith was posthumously inducted into the ACS Hall of Fame in 1998, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography, and for distinguished service to the ACS. Though Michael’s bother Peter was a pioneering news cameraman from day one...

The News headlines are more often full of wars, disasters, crime, accidents, the antics of politicians and the economy rather than good news, and to a greater extent we hear about celebrities behaving badly rather than important people doing good deeds. What the media gives prominence to is not necessarily based on excellence, virtue and merit. Yet the media is a big influence on how we perceive the world and what is important, other than our basic needs. In addition to this, a half hour commercial television news bulletin only gives a short time to each story, as there’s little opportunity...

Coralie Condon’s 97th Birthday Party At a party held on 20th May, which was kindly organised by Rick Hearder, with Audrey Long (Barnaby) providing support, fifty guests and theatrical friends celebrated Coralie Condon’s birthday. She was 97 years young on May 16th, 2012. Coralie about to cut the cake, flanked by Rick Hearder and Audrey Long Many well known thespians were present on the day… Roz Barr, Rick Hearder, Sally Ogden, John Roe, Sally Martin, Jill Perryman, Coralie, Pat Edgar, Julianna Noonan, Irene Roe, Norma and Max Kay Among the guests were Eileen...

AMMPT preserving our broadcasting heritage The Wireless Hill Museum is now undergoing refurbishment in time for the centenary on September 30th this year. The telecommunications collection has been deaccessioned with the two largest items now in the process of being moved, which will leave the main room clear of exhibits. The first large item is one of the two RCA TRT-1B videotape machines acquired by TVW Channel 7 in Perth, for the 1962 Commonwealth and Empire Games. This machine and its mate were responsible for recording such local classics as “Invitation to the Dance”, “The...

“The first lady of Western Australian television” deserves that honour on so many levels. Not only is Coralie the grande dame of WA theatre, being a playwright, composer, actor, producer and director of not only stage productions, but also kick started local television production in WA. Coralie Condon “The first lady of Western Australian television” Coralie was also the first woman employed by TVW Channel 7 and the first lady seen live on WA television, on the evening prior to the official opening night. On May 16th, 2012, Coralie will be celebrating her 97th birthday....

Classics of the Silver Screen The Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (Inc) has a passion for preserving the heritage of the film and broadcasting industries. Members of the television fraternity will remember their “50 years of television broadcasting in Western Australia” exhibition in Fremantle to coincide with Channel Seven’s 50th anniversary. It was an exhibition that commemorated the activities of all television stations in this State. AMMPT also conduct a regular public fund raising event at the Cygnet Cinema on the third Sunday morning of each month. To...

Though the WA TV History group is a separate entity from the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (Inc) we share a passion for preserving the heritage of the broadcasting and film industries. The following will give a glimpse of what AMMPT is doing in the following months. The museum association is still looking for a permanent home and is in constant need for additional storage space as their vast collection of equipment and memorabilia grows. Western Region April Meeting After an unfortunate hiatus to the regular monthly events, the first for 2012 was held at the RSL hall on...

Tribute to Gerry Bahen (1929 – 2012) Jocelyn and Bret Treasure advised us of some very sad news last week, but also recounted some wonderful memories. It was a week in which the ANZAC Day Derby Cup football match between the South Fremantle Bulldogs and East Fremantle Sharks proved a real dampener, when play was firstly hampered by an hour of torrential rain, secondly the Sharks claimed the Sir Hughie Edwards Cup in an 85-point victory, and most solemn of all the Bulldogs were mourning the passing of their triple premiership defender Gerry Bahen, at the age of eighty three. The South Fremantle...

Tribute to Garry Meadows who passed away on Thursday, July 22nd, 1982. Garry had an early involvement with the stage appearing at the Patch, Repertory and Playhouse Theatres. One occasion was in 1957 when Sol Sainken produced a play titled ‘Small Hotel’ by Rex Frost, which starred Garry Meadows and Frank Baden-Powell at the Playhouse. The Playhouse had only been recently built and was opened the year before on 22 August 1956. Two years earlier, the Repertory Club lighting electrician Ian Stimson first met Garry when he was in the cast of “The Importance of being Ernest”. I did...