Title: Radio with pictures! : 50 years of Australian television /
Authors: Horgan, Brendan.
Publisher: Lothian,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Television broadcasting Australia History.
Abstract: This is the inside story of the birth and growth of Australian television over its first 50 years. It is gripping, it is colourful and it is about the people who made the industry: the on-air personalities, the cameramen, writers, electricians, directors and producers and the media barons who created this powerful medium.
Contents: 1. There had to be a Royal Commission! -- 2. The race is on -- 3. To be the first on air -- 4. May I see your licence, please? -- 5. Hooray for kids -- 6. Rock and roll and the kids loved it -- 7. Mums and dads wanted to be entertained too! -- 8. We just laughed and laughed -- 9. We loved Aussie drama -- 10. Soapies -- 11. What's on the news? -- 12. Who's the next contestant? -- 13. Hey sport, who won? -- 14. The best of the rest -- 15. What next?