Australian Music
Related Television Shows
(Taken from Wikipedia)
| Title | Period | Network / Channel | Presenter(s) | Notes |
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| TV Disc Jockey | 1957 - 1958 | TCN9 | John Godson | Sydney only |
| Teenage Mailbag | 1957 | HSV7 | Ernie Sigley, Heather Horwood and Gaynor Bunning | Melbourne |
| The Hit Parade | 1956 - 1959 | HSV7 | John Eden (3DB) | Melbourne |
| The Astor Show | GTV9 | Sydney | ||
| Your Hit Parade | GTV9 | Peter Sharpe | Brisbane | |
| Club 7 Teen | 1962 - 1968 | TVW7 | Elizabeth Cater and Gary Carvolth, Gary Garvolth, John Young, Ashton Farley (6PM), Jeff Phillips and Keith McGowan | Perth |
| In Time | SAS-10 | Adelaide | ||
| Saturday Date | 1964 - 1967 | TCN9 | Tony Murphy, Jimmy Hannan | |
| Bandstand | 1958 - 1972 | Nine Network | Brian Henderson | |
| Teen Time | 1959 - 1961 | ATN 7 | Keith Walshe and Carol Finlayson | Sydney only. Teen Time started on ATN Channel 7, Sydney at about the same time as Bandstand on Channel 9 and was a mix of live performance and records. It was hosted by Keith Walshe and Carol Finlayson and had a live audience. It went to air initially for a half hour only Monday - Friday at 5.30 - 6pm. After several months the time was changed to 5.30 - 6.30, 2 nights a week - Tuesdays and Fridays. The Tuesday permanent band was headed by Dig Richards and on Fridays, Lucky Starr. Bob Malcolm appeared on a regular basis to teach rock and roll steps. |
| Six O'Clock Rock | 1959 - 1962 | ABC |
Johnny O'Keefe, & others |
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The Johnny O'Keefe Show / Sing Sing Sing |
1961 - 1962 1963 - 1965 |
HSV-7 | Johnny O'Keefe | |
| Teen Scene | 1964 - 1965 | ABC | Johnny Chester | |
| The Go!! Show | 1964 - 1967 | ATV-0 | Alan Field, Ian Turpie, Johnny Young | Melbourne only |
| Kommotion | 1964 - 1967 | ATV-0 | Ken Sparkes | Monday to Friday at 5.30 pm |
| Club Seventeen | 1965 - 1969 | TVW-7 | Gary Carvolth, Johnny Young | aka 7-Teen. Perth |
| It's All Happening | 1966 | Seven Network | Billy Thorpe | Sydney
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| Dig We Must | 1966 | ABC | Bobby & Laurie | Originally called It's A Gas |
| Uptight | 1967 - 1969 | ATV-0 (O-Ten) | Ross D. Wylie | 8am to 12pm Saturday mornings. |
| Where The Action Is | 1967 | TEN-10 | Johnny O'Keefe | Sydney |
| GTK (Get To Know) | 1969 - 1975 | ABC | 10 minute show at 6:30pm weeknights | |
| Hitscene | 1969 - 1972 | ABC | Dick Williams | |
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Happening '70 (also '71, '72) |
1970 - 1972 | ATV-0 (O-Ten) | Ross D. Wylie | |
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Sounds Unlimited / Sounds |
1974 - 1987 | Seven Network | Donnie Sutherland | |
| Countdown | 1974 - 1987 | ABC | Ian "Molly" Meldrum, various guest hosts | Initially on Friday evenings, later Sunday evenings at 6pm with a repeat on following Saturday |
| Bandstand 76 (#2) | 1976 | Nine Network | Daryl Somers | |
| Target | 1976 | ABC | Mark Holden Jane Fennell | magazine type program which included music, week nights at 5:45 |
| Funky Road | 1976 | ABC | Stephen McLean Bernie Cannon Albie Thoms | Started Feb 24 1976 as a rebadged GTK which moved to a weekday 10:30 slot 30min program |
| Flashez | 1976 - 1977 | ABC | Ray Burgess | Mon-Fri 4:30pm magazine style incl music |
| Nightmoves | 1977 - 1986 |
Seven, and later Ten |
Lee Simon | Ch 7 1977-83, Ch 10 1984- |
| Music Express | 1975 - 1984 | SteveCurtis [later joined by Steve Whitham] | In Sth Aust ADS7 4-6pm Saturday's and on relay to SES 8,RTS5a and BKN7 | |
| Studio One | 1980 - 1983 | BTQ-7 | 7 Brisbane had this local program, because Sounds ex ATN-7 Sydney was screened on QTQ-9 Brisbane. | |
| VideoDisc | 1981 - 1982 | ABC | 5 minute clip prior to 7pm news | |
| Rock Arena | 1982 - 1989 | ABC | Peter Holland (1982), Andrew Peters (1982–83), Glenn Shorrock (Jan-June 1984) Suzanne Dowling (July 1984-1989) | Originally concerts as per Nightshift, 1st episode (Feb 1982) was a concert of The Kinks 1979. Later in 1982 started showing clips and by 1984 recorded live studio performances as well. |
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Wrok |
1982 | Network Ten | 5pm-5:30pm Mon-Fri | |
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Countdown Friday |
1982 | ABC | Clip show with voiceover from John Peters, Approx 22 episodes July - Dec | |
| Breezin | 1981 - 1984 | Bendigo BCV8 | John Hurst and Glenn Ridge | Friday nights around 10pm for 1 hour |
| Rock Around the World | 1982 - 1985 | SBS | Basia Bonkowski | Mon-Thurs 6-630pm, Friday 1 hour at approx 11pm |
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Take 5/Take V |
1983 - 1984 | ABC | 5 minute clip prior to 7pm news, replaced Videodisc | |
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Countdown Flipside |
1983 | ABC | Request show hosted by John Peters[disambiguation needed] | Saturdays 5pm |
| Clipz | 1983 - 1987 | QTQ9 Brisbane | Brisbane only | |
| Music Video | 1983 - 1987 | Network Ten |
John Torv
1984-85, Basia Bonkowski 1985-86 |
One of the earliest all night music programs before Rage which consistently showed music clips along with interviews and reviews. Was cut in early 1987 when Video Hits started. |
| Saturday Juke Box | 1983 - 1988 | BTQ-7 | Brisbane only, replaced Studio One | |
| Trax | 1984 - 1989 | Ch 7 -1986, Ch 10 1987-? | Andrew Peters, SAFM DJ's | Clip show in Sth Aust and WA only |
| Wavelength | 1984 | Nine | Jono & Dano (Jonathan Coleman & Ian Dickson) | clip show 5:30pm Mon - Fri |
| Continental Drift | 1984 | SBS | Basia Bonkowski | Saturday 6 - 6:30pm |
| Freeze Frame | 1984 | SBS | Friday 6-630pm covered music, fashion and comedy | |
| Antenna | 1984 - 1985 | ABC | Sunday morning 10 - 10:30, music clips, lifestyle and reviews | |
| Night Shift | 1985 | Ch7 | Shown in Adelaide | |
| Simulrock | 1985 | Andrew Peters | Shown in Adelaide in conjunction with 5AD | |
| Top 40 Video | 1985 | Adelaide, 3 hour show playing the Top 40 clips | ||
| Kulture Shock | 1985 | SBS | Annette Shun Wah | later became The Noise, Nomad and Alchemy |
| The Noise | 1986 | SBS | Annette Shun Wah | later became Noise TV |
| Nomad | 1987 | SBS | Annette Shun Wah | |
| Alchemy | 1987 | SBS | Annette Shun Wah | |
| Seven Rock | 1985 - 1987 | BTQ-7 | Late Friday evenings - Brisbane only | |
| Beatbox | 1985 - 1988 | ABC | TBC | Saturday morning - replaced by The Factory |
| Rockit | 1985 | Ch 9 | Lee Simon | |
| Tracks | 1985 - 1988 | Clip show in Tasmania only | ||
| Between The Teeth | 1986 - 1987 | ABC | ||
| Video Hits | 1987 - 2011 | Network Ten | Kelly Cavuoto (2004), Axle Whitehead (2004–2006), Faustina "Fuzzy" Agolley (2006–2011), Nathan Sapsford (2007–2008), Hayden Guppy (2009), Dylan Lewis (2010–2011) | Saturday and Sunday mornings |
| Off The Record | 1987 - 1989 | Ballarat BTV6 | Glenn Ridge | Saturday mornings 10:30 - 12:00 |
| Rage | 1987 - current | ABC | Friday show is generally compère-free. Saturday show has numerous guest presenters | Friday and Saturday nights (late) until early morning |
| Nightshift | 1987 - 1989 | Network Ten | Friday and Saturday nights approx 12am-6am | |
| MTV | 1987 - 1992 | Nine Network | Richard Wilkins | late night show, later moved to pay-TV |
| The Factory | 1987 - 1989 | ABC | Andrew Daddo and Alex Papps | Saturday morning |
| Countdown Revolution | 1989 - 1990 | ABC | Tania Lacy | |
| Video Smash Hits | 1990 - 1996 | Seven Network | Michael Horrocks, Emily Symons and Kym Wilson | Saturday mornings. Ran opposite Ten's Video Hits |
| Take 40 Australia | 1993 - 2009 | Network Ten/2Day FM | Andrew G | produced in association with the syndicated radio program of the same name |
| The Drum | 1993 | Channel V Australia (on Foxtel) | Ian "Molly" Meldrum | Revived on Fox-8 in 2002 |
| Turn It Up (Rhythm NATion) | 1994 - 1996 | Australia Television Channel 31 Optus Vision | Paul Fidler | 1995 - Beamed to over 40 countries globally, Back in production January 2009 |
| MC Tee Vee | early to mid 1990s | SBS | Annette Shun Wah | Mainly dance, house and hip hop tracks. |
| Recovery | 1996 - 2000 | ABC | Dylan Lewis | Saturday mornings from 9:00am - 12:00pm |
| Alchemy TV | 1998 - 2000 | SBS | Frank Rodi, Robbie Buck, Nicole Fossati | Friday nights from 10.55pm |
| Ground Zero | 1998 - 1999 | Network Ten | Penne Dennison, Jade Gatt, Ugly Phil O'Neil, Jackie O | |
| The 10:30 Slot | 1999 - 2000 | ABC | Dylan Lewis, Angus Sampson | |
| Studio 22 | 1999 - 2003 | ABC | Clinton Walker, Annette Shun Wah | Live performances of artists from Australia and overseas |
| The House Of Hits | 2000 | Network Ten | Leah McLeod, Ian Meldrum | Saturdays, 6:30pm |
| AMV | 2000 - 2002 (Seven Network), 2000 - present (Seven Local TV) | Seven Network | 7am to 9am weekday mornings | |
| So Fresh TV | 2002 - 2006 | Nine Network | David Campbell and Elysia Platt | Saturday Mornings |
| Underground Sounds | 2004 - current | C31 | Shane McNamara and Kelli Mcdonald | Saturday Nights |
| Eclipse Music TV | 2005 - current |
Seven Network
(2005–2010) GO! (2010 –present) |
Lizzy Lovette (2005–2007), James Tobin (2005–2010), Virginia Lette (2008–2010), Suze Raymond (2010), Shura Taft (2011–present), Zoe Balbi (2011–present) | Saturday noon |
| jtv | 2006 - current | ABC | Rosie Beaton and various other Triple J presenters | Friday nights, weekend mornings |
| The Music Jungle | 2007 - 2008 | Nine Network | Asha Kuerten (07), Angela Johnson (08), Lizzy Lovette (08) | Saturday Mornings. |
| The ARIA Music Show | 2009 | Nine Network / GO! | Monday to Friday late night | |
| MTV Hits Weekly Hot30 Countdown | 2010 - current | MTV Hits Australia/Today Network (2010 –present) | Erin McNaught (2010–present), Matty Acton (2010–present) | Every Sunday, 6:00pm - 8:30pm |
| The Hit Rater.com | 2010 - current | Southern Cross TV | Every Sunday, 8:30-9am | |
| The Loop | 2012 - current | Eleven | Scott Tweedie and Ash London | Saturday Mornings, 9am - 11:30am |
| Jukebox Saturday Night | 2012 - current | Foxtel's Aurora Channel 183 | Ken Sparkes | Aired each week on at 7.30pm, Repeated Sundays at 1.30pm and 10.00pm and again on Thursdays at 9.30pm. It's a bit like listening to the radio in the 60s, except with vision. Ken plays the videos from the 50s, 60s and 70s |
Music-oriented
Talent Quests/Shows
(Taken from Wikipedia)