TV 50 years old in N.Z

[Michael]

TV is 50 years old since broadcasting in this country,what can you remember seeing on tv when you remember?

[Michael]

Starting off remember Dr Who,the 1st one,daleks in B&W cybermen etc,TV in the week waiting at 5pm for the test pattern to finish and the kids programmes to begin,Green acres,Happen in with dancers singing to pop songs sung by kiwis,music interludes with electronic music with square waves on the screen,Bewitched,timetunnel,George and the dragon and advert free fridays and sundays,I think Tuesdays were too.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Lots
It would interesting to see the old weather forecasts and weather presenters

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

Most of the 60s and early 70s stuff was on film and erased.can remember them pointing with a stick,the temperatures in black boxes along side the city,even remember Fahrenheit.Remember the when we watched channel 8 (tv1) and tuning to channel 6 to get tv2 later.

[DT-NZ]

Lots
It would interesting to see the old weather forecasts and weather presenters
JohnGaul
NZThS

The weather maps back in those days were really basic - still, it was great to the old weather presenters and weather forecasts this evening on telly.

[DT-NZ]

Remember the when we watched channel 8 (tv1) and tuning to channel 6 to get tv2 later.

Hmm no I don't remember that - mind you though back in those days were we not allowed to change the channel or turn the tv on even

[DT-NZ]

Starting off remember Dr Who,the 1st one,daleks in B&W cybermen etc,TV in the week waiting at 5pm for the test pattern to finish and the kids programmes to begin,Green acres,Happen in with dancers singing to pop songs sung by kiwis,music interludes with electronic music with square waves on the screen,Bewitched,timetunnel,George and the dragon and advert free fridays and sundays,I think Tuesdays were too.

Yea!!! all those - I remember those programes erm... a few others come to mind like - being allowed to watch Disneyland on Sundays - and, Lost in Space - I was really into Star Trek - The Waltons - Daniel Boon - Town and Around

[jamie]

was a neat show they did. even i enjoyed remembering and ive only had 22 years of it.

[Wildland]

We were looking forward to the highly advertised celebration of 50 years of television in New Zealand thinking that that we would have 2 hours of looking at what had been on our screens during those years. Hoped we could put our feet up and enjoy it.

Instead we were confronted by an appalling TV gameshow featuring a crowd of TVNZ buffoons broken by advert breaks that couldn't be distinguished from the advertisements they were trying to feature as part of the programme!

We gave up after an hour. TVNZ wasted an opportunity to celebrate some of the clever things they have done over the years by wallowing in their self-importance. Disappointing performance.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

We were looking forward to the highly advertised celebration of 50 years of television in New Zealand thinking that that we would have 2 hours of looking at what had been on our screens during those years. Hoped we could put our feet up and enjoy it.

Instead we were confronted by an appalling TV gameshow featuring a crowd of TVNZ buffoons broken by advert breaks that couldn't be distinguished from the advertisements they were trying to feature as part of the programme!

We gave up after an hour. TVNZ wasted an opportunity to celebrate some of the clever things they have done over the years by wallowing in their self-importance. Disappointing performance.

I thought so too.

...and those silly micraphone mouthpieces they had

PRIME TV has a 50 year celebration one day next week. I hope that that will be better.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Michael]

Yes talkback on newstalk was mostly negative after the programme,i fell asleep after the kfc ad,which I remembered well then saw the goodnight kiwi at the end,perhaps the pc ness of tv these days as we some of us remember how non pc it was 30 years ago plus,also the radio was similar too,remember radio windy as one that used to be enjoyable back then...

[Razor]

Good to see Sue Scott tutoring Retro Tamati on Breakfast this morning

[Michael]

On the tv tonight cant remember who but they said one night in Chch they had an outage there at the news hour and they stared at a clock on the screen for 1/2 hour,I do remember that clock,also remember if you turned it on a little early a test pattern was to be seen,earlier than that,it was a 1khz tone ringing,if you turned it on at 9 oclock in the morning there was no transmission at all with white snow.Also when the ads were to come on remembered the programme had white rings at the top corner.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I remember those rings in the right hand corner but I mentioned to people who were TV viewers in that period and they don't remember them, strangely?

JohnGaul
NZThS