[Vella Gonzaga]

Three TV Channels​

Remember when we only had a few television channels to choose from? Aussies’ viewing options were once limited to Nine, Seven, and Two for the first nine years until Channel Ten came along in 1965. But despite the lack of channels, we were still able to enjoy some classic shows like The Brady Bunch and The Munsters. And if you missed an episode, tough luck - no recording options or catch-up services back then! But perhaps the biggest challenge was changing the channel manually — no remote controls in sight! Do you have any fond memories of a TV with a dial?

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[Richard12]

I remember that very well. I was 8 when a TV came into our home, in 1963. I lived in Holland then and just like here, we only had 3 channels. The tv did not have a program until 5pm and finished at midnight. Only on Wednesday and Saturday did the program start at 3pm this was for childrens programs only until 5pm.

 

[LubblyJubbly]

Three TV Channels​

Remember when we only had a few television channels to choose from? Aussies’ viewing options were once limited to Nine, Seven, and Two for the first nine years until Channel Ten came along in 1965. But despite the lack of channels, we were still able to enjoy some classic shows like The Brady Bunch and The Munsters. And if you missed an episode, tough luck - no recording options or catch-up services back then! But perhaps the biggest challenge was changing the channel manually — no remote controls in sight! Do you have any fond memories of a TV with a dial?

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I remember sitting down in London to watch Neil Armstrong land on the moon and we had invited a lot of friends over to watch on our new 'colour' tv......they were quite disappointed when they saw our tv was showing in black and white and thought it hilarious when we said but it is colour - the cabinet is orange - we didn't say the picture was in colour Lol!

 

[KGB71]

When I was working in Darwin in 1972 TV came to Darwin and the ABC was the only channel available and started at 5pm. We used to rush home from work to watch Sesame Street each afternoon, as it was the first show of the day.

 

[WideBayMike]

Three channels, you don't know how lucky you were! I grew up in NZ and when tv came in 1960 we had one channel and it was government rubbish. In 1975 NZ got another government channel so there was now a choice of what government rubbish you could watch. Not only did transmission cease @11pm but to watch it you needed to pay for an annual radio and tv license. Until Radio Hauraki started in 1966 there was 6 & 1/2 hours of pop/rock music played per week. Ah socialism and government control. What a crock of tūtae.

 

[Mina vriesekolk]

We got our 1st TV in 1963 in The Netherlands .
We were told , we had to finish school first as it would disrupt us from doing our homework .
In the 50’s we would watch the children’s program on Saturdays 5 pm at a house in the neighbourhood who had a TV earlier as we had . All the kids in the neighbourhood were there and we knew all of them as I grew up on a farm where everybody helped each other out.

 

[Jarred Santos]

What lovely memories, everyone! I think I used to play with the knobs of a similar one we had back when I was a child

 

[debjane]

I remember getting a tv around 1964 and I was the remote for my mum, she had injured her back so I did all the adjustments for her.

 

[Joejoe]

CHANNEL 10 was originally called CHANNEL 0

 

[Gsr]

we lived in the sticks, well away from any major towns, so when our neighbours rented a tv in the early 60s we were lucky to go one night a week to watch it. It only picked up one channel, there was a huge aerial on their roof, when the reception was really bad someone had to climb onto the roof and rotate the aerial until the picture improved. This was a frequent event. The picture was always grainy and the sound wasn’t the best, and it only ran when fed two shilling pieces in a slot in the side (the rental). The programs only ran from about 5pm to 8pm weeknights and Sunday’s and 5pm til 10pm Saturday’s. We all thought it was wonderful. My family didn’t have a tv until the early 70s, 2 channels, ABC and 1 commercial channel. We still lived on a farm so reception wasn’t the best. Everything on both tvs was controlled by knobs, the on off, the volume, the channel. They had knobs to twiddle to try and improve the reception which sometimes saved a trip onto the roof to wriggle the aerial. Love the memories.

 

[Susie Dainter]

I was a teenager in the Philippines first year university. Black and white TV with coloured plastic cover, for a bit of colour fancy that! It was indeed a precious commodity. Neighbours, children come and watch with us. Lovely memories.