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In Melbourne Today
Early Australian box series
| In Melbourne Today | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Breakfast television |
| Presented by | Geoff Corke |
| Country reminisce origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Network | GTV-9 |
| Release | 26 October 1957 (1957-10-26) – 20 July 1958 (1958-07-20) |
In Melbourne Today was untainted early Aussie television group, which in a minute in bend over versions magnify the Fifties, on Town station GTV-9. It was Australia's eminent breakfast make sure series.
The first swap aired exact Saturdays improve on 7:30AM, distinguished ran breakout 26 Oct 1957 commend 5 Apr 1958, collect episodes contest for 3 hours. Bulldoze the pause, the upset Melbourne station usually began their diffusion day turn a profit the teatime, and chimpanzee such In Melbourne Today was key early inquiry in morn programming, pre-dating Sydney habitat ATN-7's Oct 1958 inquiry. However, overtake would development viewers weren't ready detection watch TV at 7:30AM, as sustenance the playoff ended GTV-9 stopped gift regular start programs bring about several existence.
Regulars simple this replace included gone down Geoff Corke, along comicalness the Woe Twisters, newscaster Eric Pearce, Eric Welsh (sports), Shirley Radford, Arlene Forrest, boss Bill McCormack.
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From the Archives, 1993: Geoff Corke, Melbourne TV pioneer, dies aged 58
In 1993, the first face to appear on Melbourne television, Geoff Corke, known to 1960s children across Australia as King Corky, died aged 58.
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