Continuing the West Australian newspaper’s TVW 50th Anniversary supplement… Courtesy of WA Newspapers If you have difficulty viewing the following PDF files then you may need to click and hold (Mac) or right click on the link (PC), then choose “Download to Disk,” “Save Target As…,” or the equivalent. If you do not have Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, you may download it by clicking the following link: Dennis Cometti remembers the glory days of WA footy, and how the right people helped the channel bind itself to a sporting community. View...

When TV began in WA the equipment was primitive by today’s standards. Almost everything was thermionic valve driven, bulky, power hungry and in constant need of adjustment and a higher maintenance risk. Each time TVW took the PYE image orthicon cameras out on an outside broadcast there was a high likelihood of component faults. TVW’s original RCA TRT-IB videotape machines required constant server alignment as did each videotape played. The smaller, less power hungry germanium transistors were trialed in 1947 with the first silicon transistor produced in 1954. It then took a while before...

The media is constantly undergoing transition ever since the invention of paper and the Gothenburg printing press took over from monks in an abbey, each working with ink, paint, brush and pen. This was an important first step towards the democratisation of knowledge. The invention of photography, the telegraph, telephone, motion pictures, radio, television, satellites, computers and the internet have each revolutionised their eras too. Those of us who have worked in the media have in some way felt the impact of new technology. Radio was challenged by television, then reinvented itself to survive....

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.

The ABC will launch Australia’s first free-to-air 24-hour television news channel in 2010. The news channel will be launched on the ABC’s HD channel, adding to the range of services offered by the broadcaster on ABC1, ABC2 and ABC3. Further details of the new channel, including the program schedule and launch date, will be outlined in coming months. A continuous news centre with a new state-of-the-art studio, will be located in the foyer of the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters in Sydney. The ABC can draw on newsrooms in every state and territory, 12 international bureaux and 60 regional...

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All May 2010 bring you Good Luck, Good Health and Happiness.

On Saturday May 7, 1960, ABW Channel 2 in Perth opened. Broadcasting began with radio and when moving pictures were added it became television. Both started as wireless but now are delivered by an ever increasing variety of means. Analogue broadcasts have evolved into high definition digital signals being delivered terrestrially or by satellite, and in different forms through the internet and mobile phones. The principle national public broadcaster is a comprehensive service provider known as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which operates four national radio networks – ABC Radio...

Sadly Robbie Snowden passed away at 10.10 am on Tuesday morning December 15, 2009. Born 10/10/1948 – Died 15/12/2009 Robbie Snowden at the TVW Reunion on October 18, 2009 This no doubt will come as a shock to the many who recently watched him perform on stage at the TVW Reunion on October 18th. Little did the reunion attendees know how ill he was… It was only on Monday December 14, 2009, that we were to learn from Australian Pop legend Normie Rowe that he was in palliative care at the Pindarra Private Hospital, on the Gold Coast in Queensland. This sad news was conveyed...

TVW Foundation Company Secretary (TVW 1959-1978) Frank Archer Cecil Moss – 1920-2009 With great sadness report that Frank Moss passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Tuesday 8th December, 2009. Channel Seven Folk Paying Respects to Frank Moss jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery("#gallery-8fa7f5ea...

Nigel Felangue was one of the first still photographers at TVW Channel Seven. Joining the company when it was still in its embryonic days at WA Newspapers, before the studios were completed at Tuart Hill. Nigel Felangue and Coralie Condon Coralie Condon in 1959 – photo by Nigel Felangue Nigel took many of the still photographs of Seven’s earliest programs, pioneering staff and presenters. A collection of early images taken by Nigel Felangue between 1959 and 1960 Fifty years later Nigel, along with the many veterans, attended the TVW reunion...