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I live on the outskirts of Brisbane. We have in Brisbane a little tuppenny ha'penny community access TV station, Briz 31, & I am finding many of it's programs very good. Although a very small time outfit, it comes in loud & clear out here in the sticks.

This is just as well, because despite one billion a year of tax payer dollars, this is more than our ABC can manage. The same goes for SBS. I don't know how much of the SBS budget still comes from the tax payer, but it has always catered to the inner city, with scant interest in anyone else.

As we all know, the ABC is becoming irrelevant, the increase in air time, with 4 channels has stretched it beyond capacity. It seems it now does mostly propaganda, but tonight there was a Time Team show I was interested in, & there was something on Oz motoring history that was recommended by a friend.

Pity about that, despite a perfectly clear night, our ABC was not getting out enough signal to reach us hicks. Perhaps they were caught short of cash for the power bill, if so, I wonder what they spend that billion on, it sure can't be programs.

I wonder if some time soon they will cut some of the propaganda budget, after all the inner city yuppie lefty crowd are all ready converted, & put some money into transmission capacity, so the rest of us can listen in some time
Posted by Hasbeen, Monday, 31 October 2011 9:36:48 PM
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Maybe the ABC signal is purposely making a detour around your house, Hasbeen. : )

I live in south west WA and we have great reception of both ABC and SBS.
Posted by Poirot, Monday, 31 October 2011 11:25:36 PM
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I too live several hours south of Perth, and get really good reception of both SBS and ABC Hasbeen, and have done for many years.

I think you need to have a TV antennae specialist guy come around and give you a new aerial or whatever?
Posted by Suseonline, Monday, 31 October 2011 11:53:55 PM
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Did that years ago. The reception has been getting worse, but only on them. Had it all checked, & fitted a booster system, as the documentaries, now on SBS, [used to be ABC] are most of the TV I want to watch.

Thank heaven Myth busters, & Top Gear have gone to the commercials, so I have something good to sleap through.

Looks like you lot in the west have got all the money spent over there. Grr.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 2:13:22 AM
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*as we all know*
Such statements should be used with care Hasbeen.
I disagree totally.
Yes I have concerns.
I truly think the Greens have a foothold.
That comes from the middle to high income base of the tree huggers party.
But no one can match the ABC Radio or TV.
This is true, Radio/TV coverage is not good in some areas.
Making ten dollars pay for 100 dollars worth sees that happen.
In some areas employees, use on air time to put THEIR views as news/comment, not good.
But over all, as we all know, nothing ever will please every one.
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 5:49:02 AM
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We live South East Western Australia, long way from Perth. ABC and SBS reception is good.

Rarely watch the commercial stations due to the rubbish presented as news and entertainment.

The ABC could be better but it is far better than what is served up on the commercial stations.

SD
Posted by Shaggy Dog, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 7:10:23 AM
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Actually Hasbeen I have been disappointed lately with several ABC news programs like News Breakfast and ABC 1026 Radio cover.

The radio cover features comment from the editor of the Australian and other News Ltd journo's and feeds, and Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland trivialise the news on their morning TV program concentrating on the Twitterverse and text messages filling the program up with views of those whom have such things as a Twitter account. Both presenters attempt to reflect badly on the Gov't, engaging in (believe it or not Hasbeen) anti Gov't bias.

Obviously fiddling with the board and funding of the ABC by the Howard Gov't, has resulted in the rise of people like Chris Uhlman, who spoils a good program, replacing respected presenters like Kerry O'Brien with light weight and opinionated commercial TV like presenters.

If anything Hasbeen and in order that the independence of the the ABC be preserved, funding should be increased and money for in-house production and news reporting restored to its former levels.

If I had the problem of poor reception for the ABC and SBS , I'd probably just not watch television at all, so I do feel for you in that situation Hasbeen.

Perhaps you could write to your local member if your bad reception problem is endemic in your area ?. I live in a regional area (not in WA) and I also have good reception.
Posted by thinker 2, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 7:12:40 AM
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Hasbeen, when you fitted the amplifier did the signal improve ?
If it was on analogue the noise, (on screen noise ie little dots all over screen)
should have reduced.
Most modern sets have a signal strength indication in the menu function.
Have you checked that ?
Do your neighbours have high tv masts on their houses ?
Do you ?
Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 8:00:10 AM
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I'm curious- what exactly is the 'propaganda' in question, if we can have some specific examples?
I think the only difference is that ABC and SBS are the only channels that even touch politics at all.

Also, what are the better shows in question? The cooking shows on ABC/SBS are better, the news and current affairs shows are miles better, they have more documentaries, and generally their program lineup is more informative.
Not to mention half the shows on both focus entirely on regional Australia.
Posted by King Hazza, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 8:14:28 AM
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Stop whingeing Hasbeen, and move to the city.

You know you want to, deep down.
Posted by Pericles, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 8:42:32 AM
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I don't think that the ABC isn't still the best we've got, there is no doubt about that King Hazza, but what I'm really saying is, it now seems more restricted by it's lack funding and this in turn has been used in the past to impinge ideologically on the ABC and SBS alike, by people and Govt's (e.g Howard) that have not supported the independence of our public broadcasters in the past.

People who have necessitated and advocated advertising in place of public funding etc in keeping with their ideological view. I think their influence on public broadcasting is now more evident and actual than before.

The content has changed subtly over time in keeping with change in funding.

The modernisation of the ABC now produces instances in news coverage with and over reliance on commercial feeds etc and a tendency to mimic their commercial counterparts badly. I don't think ABC watchers want to see that anyway.

But media content throughout has changed politically as well and at the same time, with the political right positioning itself successfully as the centre, resulting in change of opinion about carbon pollution for example, or touting views bordering on race discrimination, or stirring up xenophobia and using fear tactics, all the while as a right commentariat froth at the mouth on the sidelines and do so with the smell of govt in their nostrils. The political left are assigned by the commercial media to the lunatic fringe, or portrayed as extremists, hippies, or freaks out of touch with reality.

There are heaps of examples I could cite KH, if I can get the time I'll provide some links.
Posted by thinker 2, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 9:23:29 AM
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Oh Thinker, Kerry O'Brien respected? Well I suppose if you are left of Khrushchev you might like his ideas, & presentation.

Bazz we never had a problem with the ABC when it was analogue, often a bit ghosty, but OK, although SBS was a one night in 4 proposition then.

Now with digital, SBS is about 2 in 3/4 nights, often good/bad for an hour or 2, then normal. Digital makes it worse, as it's all or nothing. Previously we could often hear something we couldn't watch.

I have to say that with the expansion of the channels TV has improved dramatically. To fill the time there has been a huge increase in documentaries on the commercials second string stations. This at the same time that the ABC has dropped much documentary stuff, & gone full propaganda, with talking heads, guided by one such as O'Brien, with opinionated fools as guests.

Granted the narrator trying to make a bridge building/demolition dramatic can be a pain, but the content is there, & otherwise things like the ice road in Alaska, or a new cable laying ship is right up my street.

I do have to wonder about sincerity of those praising the ABC, when both the best & worst, [Attenborough/Heartbeat] of ABC programing from the last ten years is now on the commercials. Perhaps their elitism is showing just a little.

I agree about those morning shows, & many "current affair" things on the commercials, with celebrity guests I've never heard of. [Note, must start to watch soaps & "shows"], but no worse than things like Q&A, with equally thick unknown celebrity guests, & an agenda which could make even the strongest stomach loose it.

Regardless of how bad it is, as one who has paid taxes fro a very long time, I should be entitled to get what I have paid for, & have had for 20 years.

Sack Kerry O'Brien, & buy a new transmitter I say.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 12:07:44 PM
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I'm amazed that so many who see the ABC as some sort of Socialist Propaganda machine are complaining about not getting acceptable access to its broadcasts.

Surely their argument should really be to close it down for the rest of us.
Posted by wobbles, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 12:33:00 PM
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Hasbeen, about the only solution I can suggest at this distance is to
get a new TV mast at least twice as long, check what sort of co-ax you
have, and if it is a cheaper type, buy a length of better quality coax
and try your existing antenna on it.
If that does not do the trick, then buy an antenna with higher gain.
You may find the coax type printed on the cable.

You did not answer my question about the neighbours' antennas and did
the signal improve when you installed the amplifier ?

Does the amplifier have its own power supply ?
Or does your TV set supply the 5Volts ?
See the TV menu.
Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 12:36:07 PM
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I liken the ABC to Telstra, excellent application but very poor mentality.
Some camera crew even hand out hash resin/oil which proves too much for some location villagers.
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/compose-message-general.asp?discussion=4812
Posted by individual, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 2:50:57 PM
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We all get it wrong, every one of us.
The hard bit is admitting it.
Bazz will know, we share a hobby, it is a science radio and TV communication/reception.
One neighbor gets no ABC or any TV, young, stubborn, not bright, he refuses to listen.
His Ariel is the wrong one, pointing in the wrong direction, and the wrong way up!
He thinks it is weak signals!
The next one too has the wrong aerial.
Wrong polarization[way up] and pointing in to the ground.
A third? informs me his Ariel box?[booster has a wire of.
All want to get an expert to fix them, do not want my help.
Free as offered and fixed in minutes for one.
My reception all channels is top rate my hobby ham radio.
One with the wire? watch my TV some times
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 3:56:39 PM
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Thanks to japanese & chinese equipment manufacturing, both ABC & Telstra are at the top of the game technologically..
Posted by individual, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 4:03:32 PM
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You should direct your complaint to the correct place Hasbeen.

The ABC hasn't and doesn't operate its own transmitters. The national transmission authority was responsible for the broadcast signals of government broadcasters. It was privatised by the Howard government in 1997 and had become Broadcast Australia by 1999.

Broadcast Australia is owned by McQuarrie Bank and is contracted by the Australian government.
Posted by WmTrevor, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 4:18:28 PM
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So, ABC/SBS is a communist conspiracy because on Q&A and Talking Heads, they might regard that a few left-leaning lobbyists might be regarded as stakeholders on an issue as much as conservative, liberal, business etc lobbies, and allowed to talk on the show?

I think that's our problem- the fact that they give an ear to these people at all (being that they seem to be an invested opposition group in every issue something we shouldn't be dismissing).

I'm curious though- I always thought Labor were supposed to be the pinko party; yet ABC has regularly bashed the Labor party- including getting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to ambush her on one talk-show. So wouldn't that make them 'right wing'?
Or for that matter, when they aired Dick Smith's "Population Puzzle" and invited Ross Eliot (who I am positive isn't "left wing") to comment on it?

Of course, again I think it's just the fact that none of the commercials have ANY political discussion shows at all, and ABC/SBS do that confuses the issue.
But I do remember when Rove made fun of John Howard on Rove Live- I think Channel 10 might be a socialist channel too- and of course when they let that Big Brother Housemate make a refugee protest.
Posted by King Hazza, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 5:13:02 PM
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No Bazz, reception is basically good, & my aerial is as high as any, & that is not very high. We can have excellent reception for days, even weeks, then a couple of bad, with no weather conditions to cause it. In face SBS is often better on wetish, but not stormy days days.

I have had no problems with the commercials

WmTrevor I think you may be right. It does come across to me, an amateur, that it is a loss of transmission power that causes the problem.

Does SBS come from the same transmission outfit? It is often both of them off air together, yet a little community broadcaster has no trouble getting out.

I knew I had some reason not to like banks.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:16:22 PM
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*Hasbeen, about the only solution I can suggest at this distance is to
get a new TV mast at least twice as long*

I tried all that years ago, as I REALLY live in the sticks. Much
better to just get a satelite dish and have perfect digital reception
of all stations, anywhere in Australia.

Even the grey nomads now carry dishes with them on their travels.
Quite reasonably priced too.
Posted by Yabby, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 8:17:11 PM
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ABC/SBS is a communist conspiracy
King Hazza,
Looks as though you're one under their spell already otherwise you wouldn't make such a comment. They prey on the intelligent who have been made stupid in our Unis. They really are on a winner there.
Posted by individual, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 8:36:44 PM
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Hasbeen,
Fading is a common problem with UHF signals. It is just that
you need to have a margin over the minimum signal and it sounds like
you do not. ABC and SBS may be on the same tower and the commercials
in a slightly different area and that can make the difference on marginal signals.
If your TV has the signal strength indicator you can see the fade taking place.
You can use that to turn the antenna and see if you can improve the signal.
Don't be surprised if the best direction is not pointing at the tower.
Is it the Mt Coota services you are watching ?
Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 9:11:49 PM
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Yes Bazz, it's Mt Cootha we get our signal from.

It was all done by the best bloke in the district. I don't go on the roof any more, that's where I had my last heart attack, & I'm banned.

The ABC was getting something, but not a picture tonight, switching back & forth to no signal. It is coming in loud & clear since about midnight.

SBS simply showed no signal until about midnight, & now has a semi broken signal.

There is no weather, or wind within 512Km of the area, so I doubt that's a cause.

Thanks for the help, I guess I had better call that bloke in again, & get it sorted.
Posted by Hasbeen, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 1:56:28 AM
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Always a good idea Hasbeen.
Bazz may care to comment but it is a hobby of mine, watching what some use as an areal.
You can still see 30 year old ones, receiving a picture by accident.
Here great changes took place twice.
And some aerials installed about 12 years ago no longer do the job.
Yabby is quite right, but other options exist,may be no better.
My two digital aerials,UHF and standard are top draw, total cost self installed $320
Most installers here are ham radio ones.
And my club assisted here.
The bent coat hanger trick is not going to do it.
Posted by Belly, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 5:04:34 AM
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Ok has been, just a few questions.

I live in outer northern Brisbane, so how far out of town are you?

Did you pay less for your lot than you would hav in town?

If so, was it due to affordability, or, just for peace an quiet?

Finally, do you expect out of town everything to be the same as in town?

You see, there is a growing trend for people to buy in cheaper areas, which are cheaper for a reason, then they complain about lack of many things, yet forget why they got the cheaper price in the first place.

Now I am not suggesting this is you, more so, I am curious.

Cheers
Posted by rehctub, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 6:13:04 AM
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It seems I am indeed Individual- if only I listened to everyone that warned me about subliminal messages contained in these channels, and just taken Allan Jones' word that it was a marxist brainwashing machine to stay away from instead.
Posted by King Hazza, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 8:38:09 AM
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King Hazza,
the dilemma is that when people are contend you can't make them see anything hence the old adage of ignorance is bliss will be a winner for the social engineering crowd for a long time yet. Hand them a Uni degree & wow ! Same goes for many of the certificates on the market now. No effort required for making yourself to believe you're intelligent. No one can convince you of reality.
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 12:17:07 PM
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Rehctub, I am not too far south of Beenleigh, but behind the northern end of the Tamborine Mountain range, so can not tune to Gold Coast.

Unfortunately my place was not cheep. I came off a too small [640 acres] beef stud, when I was talked back into industry. I bought 20 acres, on a river, with irrigation rights, & a full underground system [ex vealer farm/turf farm], as one of my kids was competing at a high level with horses.

It also allowed my kids to avoid either Beenleigh or Gold Coast schools, which was worth doing 20 years ago.

Just in passing I have town nothing except power, just as I like it. There is very little available, in a city, that interests me, & much about them that I can do without. Suburbia is closing in, but our little bit is in a no subdivision area, which suits me, although many neighbours are none too happy.

We are in a good reception spot. I have never had a problem with the ABC in the almost 20 years I've been here.

SBS has always been bad, & we installed a high quality moderately high aerial as my son wanted the socker. It was never good, but was only off air due to weather.

Come digital I installed a new quality aerial, when I bought a set. SBS was a 4 day out of 5 deal, [good or off], but no further interest in socker so didn't care, & all the rest were excellent, including the ABC.

Over the last 3/4 months the ABC reception has become occasionally unwatchable or "no signal", with increasing frequency. The last 40 hours was the longest so far.

As nothing else, even Briz 31, & SBS, are changed I can only assume it is the ABC transmission that is at fault, hence my rant.

Thanks for your interest.
Posted by Hasbeen, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 12:54:33 PM
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Very much Individual- simple fact of the matter is our knowledge is just the sum of what we are told.
The difference between intelligence and lack thereof is being able to interpret these things, and potentially compare the secondary evidence (what some shock-jock said about a TV channel) to the primary evidence (actually watching the TV channel to see if he was accurate), and being able to compare them, without simply expecting one or the other to be automatically true.
Posted by King Hazza, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 5:15:17 PM
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Well has been, it sure sounds like a nice little pocket, as a land lover myself, can appreciate your passion as I have 1600 odd ac out bush and just love getting there, mainly to cut timber.

I have foxtel back home which I just love, gets all channels including SBS and the ABC and most days is great.

We do loose signal when there is the slightest hin of a storm though which is quite frustrating.

Now I have AUSTAR out bush and it's just not a patch on fox.

So perhaps you could try foxtel as an option, or, find someone the with it first, so you can check it out.

BTW, given that 20ac is small, have you considered lucine as a crop. Big money these days, $20+ but you need plenty of water.

It funny how thing happen, as although some of your nieghboures are frustrated with not being able to subdivide, it wil pay off in the long run, as ac that close to everything will be gold in future years.

My block could not be cleared, which was a bumer a few years back, but now the timber, being hard wood is worth a fortune.

I could make a comfortable living in just one day per week if I choose and, being a mining own, I,m now just 10 min from what will be a major town.

Never expected that when I bought.
Posted by rehctub, Thursday, 3 November 2011 6:25:36 AM
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My reception usually ok, however had a great deal of interference effecting programs self likes to see from others here.

RESOLVED: watch most on my computer, with fine ADSL2 broadband signals.

Admit changed my plan so higher speed as soon as my teens discovered online videos.

Broadband allows most to watch own programs, listen to most audio (formerly radio) online :-)

Some audio's possible on dial up.

ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/listenlive.htm#direct_links

Most TV and Audio networks provide similar.

Broadband truly liberates rural communitie
Posted by polpak, Thursday, 3 November 2011 7:03:54 AM
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Failed to mention one near neighbour who resolved his reception problem by installing a big (2m?) dish, so receives signals/programs he wants from satellites.

Access to commercial sattelite TV services was restricted, subject to an eligibility test, IMHO government should dump this ASAP.
Posted by polpak, Thursday, 3 November 2011 7:22:20 AM
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Hi hasbeen:

...Wow, how lucky are ya! Just to update you, Virginia Trioli is expecting a baby, (not on TV I hope)! And I have written in to “News 24” requesting a change to title more reflecting of content, “Same News 24”: The “mute” button on my remote has permanently seized “on”; in fact I have considered writing to “Sanyo” suggesting they produce a TV receiver with no sound system at all, as a contribution to arthritis sufferers.

...I think the obsession now-days, reducing electronic components to “micro-digital” has the effect of reducing reliability. My boat radio suffers from the same symptoms as does your TV. The only place it stubbornly refuses to work is where it is most relied upon, travelling over the bar! There is nothing wrong with it either, having spent the best part of its life back in the factory for confirmation
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 3 November 2011 8:45:50 AM
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Individual:

...And a big “thanking you” for another of your inimitable quotes!

# They prey on the intelligent who have been made stupid in our Unis.#

...I’ll see what I can “hatch” from this one!

Cheers;

Dan the man!
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 3 November 2011 9:35:25 AM
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Thanks for that Dan. Sorry to appear a bit out of it, but, who is Virginia Trioli.

I am continually amazed at the number of celebrities I have never heard of.

Rehctub interesting with your storm thing.
I have an L shaped, quite large tree windbreak on the western & southern sides of the house paddock. about 50 & 100 meters long respectively.

In the analog days we used to get SBS better on wet. but not too windy mights. I always thought the signal we were getting must have been a reflection off those wet trees. At those times one of the commercials would become very ghosty, probably 2 signals.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 3 November 2011 10:19:37 AM
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Virginia Trioli, in my opinion, thinks that it is her job to suggest what the incumbent Government, should be doing, and others of high flying jobs, if the host and hostess of the morning show on the ABC continue with their inane remarks on occasion, I will stop watching the morning news and current affairs, I am disappointed, I thought that it (the program) would contain a lot less trivia than the other commercial channels, sadly I was wrong.The Media Watch program at least exposes the misrepresentation of the media.
NSB
Posted by Noisy Scrub Bird, Friday, 4 November 2011 8:59:29 AM
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Thanks Noisy, no wonder I've never heard of her. My TV only goes on during the day if there is an Formula 1, or Moto GP on, or a cyclone or some such.

I had a visitor staying a for a few days who watched one of the commercial morning current affairs things. Convinced me I had no need of daytime TV very quickly.
Posted by Hasbeen, Friday, 4 November 2011 10:12:06 AM
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As I said about News Breakfast (earlier in this post) on ABC 1 , I agree with NSB about Trioli and Rowland they are icky to say the least. And the content/format over trivialises important news events allowing the hosts and their guests and twitter friends to conduct gloating sessions amongst themselves throughout in a loop.

It smacks of funding shortages, maybe they could get George Negus back if they had some ?.
Posted by thinker 2, Friday, 4 November 2011 7:39:56 PM
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Passing dope around wouldn't have helped either.
70+workers on the 33 million $ school

http://www.torresnews.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1861:mabo-film-crew-attacked-on-mer&catid=3:news
Posted by individual, Saturday, 5 November 2011 10:14:15 AM
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