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It’s been a household staple in Melbourne for decades. Now the iconic Green Guide is 50

The Sydney Morning Herald·Debi Enker·20 days ago
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It launched on Thursday, May 13, 1976, a banner on the front page of The Age announcing “the bigger lift-out TV-radio green guide gives you news, reviews, record notes and an easy-to-read guide to ALL TV and radio programmes.” It was a slender 16-page section, heavy with ads for hi-fi equipment. One of the cover stories reported on protests to the ABC’s Sydney management about proposed changes to the popular local drama, Bellbird . And, back then, “ALL” the TV programs meant daily listings for the four free-to-air channels – SBS TV didn’t appear until 1980 – which all shut down for the night before or soon after midnight. In those days, households customarily gathered around a single TV set in a loungeroom, debating over whether they’d watch shows such as Countdown , M*A*S*H, and Starsky and Hutch. Parents tried to get the kids to bed before the racy antics on Number 96. The first edition of The Age’s Green Guide on May 13, 1976, featuring a story on the ABC soap opera Bellbird.…

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