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Definitely think Motorsport Australia needs to dictate the start of Bathurst... not the free to air broadcaster only airing Bathurst because of the anti-siphoning list.

The start of the Great Race has to return to 10am AEDT, like what worked well between 1979 and 2006.
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Interesting that Nine went by calling the TV version of The Nude Bomb, as "The Nude Bomb".

NBC in the US aired it in 1982 completely retitled!
The Nude Bomb - Wikipedia
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And also how CBS-owned WCAU went to NBC (although, it was a trade, CBS getting several smaller NBC O&O's and a antenna as well as the Ch 4 position in Miami for NBC gaining WCAU)

KCNC (one of the stations affected by the trade) has the best play by play.
The Big Switch - Part 1 (September 1995)
YouTube video by csreedabc
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Considering the MTV feeds supplied to Australia are EU sourced... I wouldn't be surprised if the move was made to cut EN feeds entirely...
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I wouldn't be surprised if people who liked the advertising push CUB's "Brisbane Bitter" had in the early eighties... absolutely hated the early 1990's revival being given the same look as VB/Melbourne Bitter.
BRISBANE BITTER Sailing
YouTube video by Bob Blasdall
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@flemishdog.bsky.social A significant amount of used Umatic tape and some blanks (from a Gold Coast resident) is currently on sale on FB Marketplace.

www.facebook.com/share/15Gngr...
Redirecting...
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At least Steinfort somewhat realised that he was on air... unlike Marie-Louise Theile.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPM...
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Very interesting to see the Ron Wilson 1990 Xmas promo that made it to air... (from a @rhettrospective.bsky.social upload).

The gooftape version of the same promo is solid gold.

youtu.be/eW0e5KzkqwM...
1990 Xmas TV tape edits
YouTube video by StereoFidelity
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It's more of a noticable slump, since Pricey left MMM Townsville two years ago.

Although, I somehow think Steve Price should seriously think about getting in the big local race coming up in Townsville, and get a couple more mango seasons in the public eye.
Just run for mayor, Steve: we all know you want to.
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Inspired perhaps by Carling in the UK: where they created a ninety second commercial in the mid eighties, using two dummy ads to bring forward a storyline.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYmH...
Carling Black Label Western TV Advert 1980s 80s UK
YouTube video by The Advert King
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I wonder how the #cheapseatsAU folks are going to explain why their #BBAU countdown from late April is somehow a week off 10's planned air date...
Big Brother countdown, from the Cheap Seats, late April 2025.
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A tip to Seven: if you are somehow paying Shane Webcke to do Broncos premiership coverage this week... make sure his entire paycheque goes to a charity of his choice.

Some of us don't want to wait until 2044 for another Broncos premiership.

#CurseOfTheWarhorse
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Who needs subs: Grand Final edition.

Fox Sports News is definitely on the wrong grid tonight.

#NRLGF

cc. @debritz.bsky.social
This is not the NFL...
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The date this all kicks off? It will be revealed: alongside the date for the Content Survey Live World Championships of which the overall winner of Content Survey Live U.S.A. faces this year's Australian champion, Brisbane... on Boxing Day, as part of the #kwNetworkSelect.

#CSLIVE
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Coming next year, Content Survey Live U.S.A. will be a sixteen city megalith of a competition... so big, we had to divide the competition into four pools, much like how US sports leagues love their conference systems.

#CSLIVE
Pools for next year's Content Survey Live.
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Dame Patricia Routledge, most famous for her role as Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) in Keeping Up Appearances has passed away at the age of ninety six.

Time to put out the bouquets in buckets at our front doors, people.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dame Patricia Routledge obituary: The life of TV's magnificently snobby 'Hyacinth Bucket'
A much-loved actress who became famous in the role of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.
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A significant milestone on NRL Grand Final day for Peter Hitchener in Melbourne...

Who will be reading his 10,000th news bulletin.
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25yrs to the date... this promo aired (literally ran in the replay of the previous night's Sydney Olympics closing ceremony).

Really awkward that Seven doesn't want to "celebrate" it's biggest local programming failure in SEQ... now being a quarter of a century old.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJo...
Local Edition (Australian ad - 2000)
YouTube video by Gary86
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