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[Kevin]

Been waiting almost 3 bloody weeks for a tape of GWN News to be sent to me from a very good friend of mine who lives down south (don't be dirty cartman! ).

Anyway, here's some scenes from GWN News with Noel Brunning, from August 30th 2006
+ GWNNews-WA-2006,08,30-Misc.rmvb (13.9mb)
Right-click link and use the "Save Target As" option to download.

[Smacca]

Video: Golden West News

18th December 2006

Opener
http://www.watelevision.com/site/channels/...1218-Opener.wmv

Bloopers
http://www.watelevision.com/site/channels/...18-Bloopers.wmv

Promo ("The News That Lives Here")
http://www.watelevision.com/site/channels/...romo-News-2.wmv

Weather Update with Shauna Willis (Notice the logo isnt lined up correctly? )
http://www.watelevision.com/site/channels/...ther-Update.wmv

Edited by Smacca, 19 May 2007 - 04:37 PM.

[cartman]

Thanks for all of your GWN and WIN videos Smacca!! Great job!

[Tntnnbltn]

Smacca, on Jan 6 2007, 03:15 PM, said:

Weather Update with Shauna Willis (Notice the logo isnt lined up correctly? )
http://www.watelevision.com/site/channels/...ther-Update.wmv

I noticed that a week or two ago, but forgot to post about it.

[Tntnnbltn]

GWN's exclusive super. I wonder if we'll start seeing more of this with WIN News on the scene...



It's not really that visible. On certain background the word "Exclusive" is nearly invisible. In addition, it doesn't actually state GWN News anywhere. If another network took the pictures, you want the audience to be able to see where it originally came from. Something simple like I posted below would probably be more effective.

Edited by Tntnnbltn, 08 January 2007 - 10:19 PM.

[cartman]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 9 2007, 01:01 AM, said:

GWN's exclusive super. I wonder if we'll start seeing more of this with WIN News on the scene...

They call that an exclusive bug?

[Kevin]

cartman, on Jan 9 2007, 09:34 AM, said:

They call that an exclusive bug?

That's the same as their "Live" bug. Looks bloody horrible

[cartman]

Kevin, on Jan 9 2007, 11:36 AM, said:

That's the same as their "Live" bug. Looks bloody horrible

How on earth do they expect anyone to see it clearly when there is no shade behind the text? What on earth were they thinking?

[Tntnnbltn]

A number of technical stuffups tonight on GWN News. Twice the footage cut to a different angle of Noel instead of going to the story, and the OTS graphic didn't go off during one report.

Video: Right click here and save as (rmvb, 5.27mb)

Edited by Tntnnbltn, 11 January 2007 - 03:59 AM.

[cartman]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 11 2007, 06:59 AM, said:

A number of technical stuffups tonight on GWN News. Twice the footage cut to a different angle of Noel instead of going to the story, and the OTS graphic didn't go off during one report.

It would seem that good freelance directors are obviously hard to find in Bunbury during the summer break!

[Tntnnbltn]

From the Kalgoorlie Miner, 12 Jan 2007:

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AFTER six weeks in the city, GWN journalist Blake Johnson is acclimatised to life in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

His first impressions of "hot and red" have been taken over by the lifestyle and events in the Goldfields.

"There's a good social culture and there's always news happening," the 21-year-old said.

Graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with an Arts degree majoring in broadcasting, Johnson is one of a successful alumni.

His peers have moved on to various producing, presenting and journalism roles across Australia.

"Everyone I spoke to said Kalgoorlie was the best place to start," Johnson said.

"I'd much prefer to live here than some of the other regional towns in WA.

"Everyone I work with is cool and it's not hard to get to know people in the town which has such a good social atmosphere."

If there's one thing the newshound loves more than cracking the big yarns, it's the West Coast Eagles.

"I'm looking forward to the footy season starting up again," he said.

[Tntnnbltn]

Kevin, on Nov 13 2006, 07:13 PM, said:

Noel is a great presenter. His style is certainly different to that of other presenters, but he's still a great presenter. I've probably asked this before, but how long has he been with GWN?

From the West Australian, 26 January 2000:

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Baby, It's Busy Down In Bunbury

NOEL BRUNNING is ready for a nap. It is two o'clock in the afternoon and he is feeling a bit worse for wear.

But it is not the new burden of single-handedly presenting the Golden West Network's evening news that has worn him out, it is his nine-week-old daughter, Madison, who has kept him up half the night before.

"It's a bit of a shock to the system," he said on the phone from Bunbury.

Brunning, who shared the news reading responsibilities with Sonia Vinci for a year, recently took over as sole presenter after Vinci left the station to rejoin 6PR radio station in Perth.

He said since GWN had dropped its hour-long bulletin and switched to a half-hour news format late last year the plan had always been to go to a single presenter.

"I'm happy with that. I enjoy doing it very much," he said.

"GWN takes their news very seriously, especially since WIN came in as some competition.

"GWN has reporters all over the State and they like to do the regional news very well.

"It's such a big State and you really realise how big it is when you have to airbag stuff down and bearer lines can be a bit tricky. Now we have an affiliation with Seven, they can on-send stuff to us. But there are all sorts of things that can come up."

Brunning knows something about the more remote areas of WA, having started his career on radio as a 19-year-old breakfast announcer at 6KA in Karratha in the early 80s.

"I loved it. I love the Pilbara and I go back up there every holiday," he said.

He moved to Golden West Radio in 1985 and started doing voiceovers for television before moving on to present sports and then the news.

Brunning has kept his hand in radio as well. Until October, when his baby's pending arrival forced him to quit, he presented 6PR's Sunday morning gardening program in Perth.

Brunning is originally from Perth but for now, at least, has no desire at all to move away from Bunbury. He also has an interest in a coffee shop in the town and spends his spare moments roasting coffee for the business.

"I have met so many people down here. My family and the kids are here, my friends are here.

"All the action's here. They don't do it (news presenting) any different from Perth," he said.

"I always say I want to be here and it's good the job I like is here as well."

- Danielle Benda

[Bergoine]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 15 2007, 03:37 AM, said:

From the West Australian, 26 January 2000:

I remember reading that article a long time ago!!! Where do you get these old papers?? Since when did GWN have a radio station?? I know that there is a 91.7 FM in the South West that simulcasts the TV signal, but thats not official. Yeah Noel's been a good presenter over the years. I remember he presented sport in the late 90s alongside Ashley Malone on the old GWN News Hour.

[Tntnnbltn]

Bergoine, on Jan 15 2007, 11:11 AM, said:

I remember reading that article a long time ago!!! Where do you get these old papers?? Since when did GWN have a radio station?? I know that there is a 91.7 FM in the South West that simulcasts the TV signal, but thats not official. Yeah Noel's been a good presenter over the years. I remember he presented sport in the late 90s alongside Ashley Malone on the old GWN News Hour.

I'm using the online databases from university.

I also didn't know GWN had radio stations, and I've had a hard time finding out more about them. In the 1980s, GWN held control of three regional radio stations (6TZ Bunbury, 6CI Collie and 6NA Narrogin) and jointly controlled Perth's 96FM with Kerry Stokes. In 1987, Stokes and Bendat merged their media assets into BDC Investments, which was sold to Northern Star Holdings months later. Northern Star had to sell off their radio assets and GWN due to media regulations. Stokes repurchased GWN, but I think the radio stations might've been sold separately.

Then there was this article in the Australian Financial Review, 29 Nov 1988:

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WA REMOTE RADIO LICENCE AWARDED TO KERRY STOKES

The Perth entrepreneur, Mr Kerry Stokes, has re-entered the radio industry by winning a Remote Commercial Radio Service licence covering most of Western Australia.

The Australian Broadcasting Tribunal last week issued the first two RCRS licences - one to Mr Stokes' Golden West Network and the other to a group named Regional FM Australia which will transfer the licence to a subsidiary, Trans-West.

Next year, 60,000 listeners spread across more than two million square kilometres of Western Australia will receive commercial radio programming for the first time through the RCRS stations.

The RCRS licences are an important part of the Federal Government's policy of providing non-metropolitan communities with choice in radio and television

Both licences cover the same areas of remote Western Australia - areas not covered already by commercial radio services - but one, Trans-West, is for a stereophonic service, while the GWN licence is for a monophonic service.

GWN had applied for both licences and RFMA had only applied for the stereophonic licence. There were no other applicants.

GWN already has the Remote Commercial Television Service licence covering much the same area, and has been transmitting using Aussat for two years with the call sign WAW.

The RCRS radio signals from both new stations will be piggy-backed on the television signal so GWN will now be able to spread the capital cost of installing, encoding and beaming-up equipment.

GWN will take a relay from Perth's 96FM and, over five years, will insert local items into the 96FM programming while Trans-West will produce much of its own programming.

Handing down his report on the new licences, the ABT member responsible for the allocation, Mr Kim Wilson, said: "I believe that the impact of these two decisions will provide the people of remote WA with the best of both worlds.

"They will have a radio service specifically developed to meet the diversity of interests and musical tastes in the service area. They will also have a popular metropolitan service interspersed with segments developed to meet information and commercial needs and interests."

Trans-West is also linked to a consortium bidding for the second commercial licence in Geraldton and if that group, Stereo 98, is successful it plans to share facilities and programming with it.

One of the directors of Trans-West and Regional FM Australia, Mr Herbert Lilburn, said the Trans-West RCRS station was expected to take between six and nine months to set up.

Because GWN does not have to establish production facilities, it hopes to begin broadcasting as early as next month to people who already have satellite dishes to receive GWN's remote television broadcasts. Others will have to wait six to nine months until GWN has installed re-transmitters in the largest population centres in the broadcast area.

Users of the two services will need decoders and, in more remote parts, communities or individuals will need to install satellite dishes.

GWN has based its revenue projections on a 50-50 split between local and national advertising while Trans-West is working on the basis of 70 per cent national and 30 per cent local sales.

Trans-West has estimated that it will have capital costs of $1.3 million to set up the new station and will incur losses totalling $1.4 million in the first five years of operation, while GWN's estimated start-up costs are only$72,000 and it expects to be in the black within three years and to be making a modest $22,000 profit in its fifth year.

Regional FM Australia is based in Victoria and its board has been closely involved in the development of the Australian satellite and television industries.

RFMA directors include the the former director of Aussat and OTC commissioner, Mr Harold Cottee, a former Australian Broadcasting Tribunal member, Mr Edward Wilkinson, former managing director of NWS Nine, Mr Rex Heading, and Mr Herbert Lilburn, who was managing director of the WA-based Mid-Western Television Pty Ltd.

Mr Lilburn said RFMA would retain 50 per cent of Trans-West and sell the rest to WA interests.

RFMA has a 10 per cent stake in Stereo 98 which is bidding for the second Geraldton licence and a 10 per cent share of Alice Springs FM which has applied for the RCRS licence covering outback South Australia and the Northern Territory.

- Louise Boylen

That's all I can find about GWN's radio services in the newspaper archives.

[Tntnnbltn]

Troy Hynam is filling in for Noel for the next couple days. I'll record the late night repeat and post a video.

[Kevin]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 22 2007, 05:32 PM, said:

Troy Hynam is filling in for Noel for the next couple days. I'll record the late night repeat and post a video.

Oh god. I'd rather watch Rebecca Twigley read a news bulletin than watch him

I'm sorry, but he is a terrible presenter.

[Tntnnbltn]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 22 2007, 04:32 PM, said:

Troy Hynam is filling in for Noel for the next couple days. I'll record the late night repeat and post a video.

As promised...
VIDEO: GWN News - 2007-22-01 - Troy Hynam (rmvb, 12.9mb)

In other news, I finally got around to going through my old VHS tapes with a DVD recorder. I've got a whole bunch of goodies I'm going to post once they're encoded. Until then, here's a sneak peak... Chris Mills (left) and Liam Bartlett (right) circa 1988.

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[cartman]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 26 2007, 07:59 AM, said:

In other news, I finally got around to going through my old VHS tapes with a DVD recorder. I've got a whole bunch of goodies I'm going to post once they're encoded. Until then, here's a sneak peak... Chris Mills (left) and Liam Bartlett (right) circa 1988.

Thanks Tntnnbltn. That set is shocking... even for 1988!

What on earth is that shape over their shoulders supposed to be? It looks like a satellite... although I don't quite get the point of why it's there.

[Tntnnbltn]

cartman, on Jan 26 2007, 06:27 AM, said:

What on earth is that shape over their shoulders supposed to be? It looks like a satellite... although I don't quite get the point of why it's there.

The footage on my tapes was recorded from GWN Satellite.

[Bergoine]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 26 2007, 05:59 AM, said:

As promised...
VIDEO: GWN News - 2007-22-01 - Troy Hynam (rmvb, 12.9mb)

In other news, I finally got around to going through my old VHS tapes with a DVD recorder. I've got a whole bunch of goodies I'm going to post once they're encoded. Until then, here's a sneak peak... Chris Mills (left) and Liam Bartlett (right) circa 1988.

Groovy Set!! Liam Barlett Wasn't he on Channel 9??

Kevin, on Jan 22 2007, 06:18 PM, said:

Oh god. I'd rather watch Rebecca Twigley read a news bulletin than watch him

I'm sorry, but he is a terrible presenter.

I disagree, I think he is not bad, better than Tim Webster anyway.

Edited by Bergoine, 26 January 2007 - 09:28 AM.

[Smacca]

Nice caps, Tnt.. I hope you have the GWN News and Movie openers circa 1995!!

Bergoine, on Jan 26 2007, 09:14 AM, said:

Groovy Set!! Liam Barlett Wasn't he on Channel 9??

He's on 60 Minutes now. Man GWN really do create great news talent. Sonia Vinci, Paula Voce, Natalie Barr, Natalie Forrest, and the list goes on.

[Bergoine]

Smacca, on Jan 26 2007, 05:29 PM, said:

Nice caps, Tnt.. I hope you have the GWN News and Movie openers circa 1995!!

What year did GWN change to the slanted logo? 1994-95? I hardly remember the old Satellite logo!!!

[Tntnnbltn]

Can anyone tell me who this newsreader is? Circa 1992.

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[james6]

No idea, but that hair is freaky

[Kevin]

Tntnnbltn, on Jan 28 2007, 02:12 AM, said:

Can anyone tell me who this newsreader is? Circa 1992.

I know that face I'm sure she works for TVW now but I can't for the life of me think of her name.