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TV Weather Melbourne
No. 64 November 1961, Item 453The weather programme which Meteorologists of the Victorian Office had been presenting since the beginning of 1957 on ABV-2 ceased at the end of June, 1961. The Australian Broadcasting Commission commenced a new policy from that date. Members of the A.B.C. rural department now come to the Melbourne Divisional Office where they are given the Official Weather Report and any additional briefing they require. Based on this information, they present a session of three to four minutes on 6 nights a week.
Channel 7 originally had special station personnel who had been given an elementary briefing in meteorology for the weather session. Later, the announcement of the forecast became a part of the news service. But when the decision of the A.B.C. to dispense with the services of the Bureau Meteorologists raised a storm of protest among Melbourne viewers HSB-7 seized the opportunity to bid for a session with an obviously high rating. Their request was approved by the Director and the Minister and a contract was signed for a 5 nights weekly presentation. The programme is presented by the four duty Meteorologists of the Melbourne Office. A period of at least four minutes for the session has been guaranteed. The design of the new set, based on several years' experience gives scope for variability and facile explanation of any meteorological factor which is pertinent to the situation.
The other Melbourne commercial stations GTB-9, in its early days, used to display charts in the studio, and, by means of a landline hookup, give an accompanying commentary from the duty forecaster at his desk in the Bureau. Later this plan was abandoned and the forecast is now read out at the end of the news services.
TV Weather Report
No. 64 November 1961, Item 454Weather telecasts commenced in Perth simultaneously with the opening of Station TVW-7 on which they are presented by an employee of the Studio on the basis of the Official Television report. In the summer months he frequently uses special charts showing the levels of the water catchment areas—Canning and Serpentine Dams and Mundaring Weir—of great interest during times of severe water restrictions.
On the ABC station the meteorological programme is handled by two rural officers, John Trefry and Tony Parker who were well known as radio personalities in the country hour and breakfast rural sessions. Both received instruction at the Bureau before starting the session. Trefry is a graduate of Hawkesburn (N.S.W.) Agricultural College.
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