Tonight NWS-9 tests big-scale TV program |
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| Title : | Tonight NWS-9 tests big-scale TV program |
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| Source : | News, 4 May 1959, p. 1 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1959 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
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| Description : |
Newspaper article reporting the planned telecast of 'South Australia's first full program of world-famous television material' on NWS-9 from 7pm Monday 4 May 1959. The News reported:
Listed 'on NWS-9 tonight' was Sir Lancelot 'British made adventure film for all the family'; The Ray Milland Show 'One of the fastest, funniest, and most popular situation comedies yet produced for TV'; The Quiet Man 'A top box-office film with record audience ratings' starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; Dragnet (detective) 'A feature which has won world-wide reputation, this adult program stars Jack Webb'; and at 10.15 pm: The Queen. The newspaper reported that 'full operations will commence 'in the spring''. |
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| Related names : | NWS Channel 9 (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Period : | 1980-2000 |
| Further reading : | Heading, Rex and Trevor Jones. Miracle on Tynte Street: the Channel Nine story, Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 1996 |
| Internet links : | Australian Broadcasting Authoritysee: Television |
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